In my last posting, I shared a game I have been running, in different contexts: Quick Hei$t. The game came to me during a bit of session prep. I wanted to give players the room to move around without the rules getting in the way. Most legacy games a tricky to tackle with new players, especially class-based games.
This is QUICK HEI$T, a one-shot, game-nite-friendly tabletop roleplaying game. You play as con artists, bank robbers, or hackers, looking to accomplish the next big theft. Every job begins with an empty rectangle, and this empty rectangle holds what you want to steal or break free. Every player’s character has their agendas and motivations—some of these are going to conflict.
Hit-point mountains in the current version of D&D are one thing I have trouble with. Why should anything, even a monster, have more than thirty (30) hit points?
Before you roll your eyes and dismiss me as an OSR bro looking to convert you, let’s think about hit points (HP) differently.
Working on building up my nonfiction writing again. Using Substack because of the engagement tools and low barrier to entry. No paywalls, tons of articles already posted, and loads of potential for cool conversations on gaming, simulation, and more.
The Hu was a quick realization of Marx’s observations concerning the power of capital and the capitalist mode of production. Mongolia, a little-known place in the world, aside from the likes of Chenggis Khan and his unrelenting armies, too, has succumbed to the power of capital in the twenty-first century.
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