Recent content by Sparkle_cz

I run PbtA games with heavy prep and it works fine. The only difference from traditional games prep is that the elements you prepare should be more "floating in time and space", because ideally you introduce them to the game as a result of a player's roll from a move. For example, in a...

8 players in a group is way too much. I'm afraid that the other issues cannot be fixed without dealing with this one.

When I heard about the existence of NFTs for the first time years ago, I thought it was a brilliant idea that can solve a big issue that me and my friends had. We are creators who do niche / smallprofit / nonprofit stuff in a small market (Czechia) and we struggle heavily with finances and ways...

I wish you the greatest of luck! It's great to see new FLGSs emerging.

For me it's absolutely understandable that certain NPC's cannot be persuaded at all by some means and about some topics. Especially important NPCs. If every NPC was always "persuadable", that would be way too unrealistic and "easy" for my taste that I wouldn't enjoy the game. So, as a GM, I'm...

I should also add that the group of writers in my area that doesn't suffer from the budget issue that much are OSR writers. Their target audience is into alternative, "crooked" artwork, so an OSR writer with zero budget can just splatter some paint in a vague shape of some nightmarish creature...

I write RPG stuff for tiny little Czech market and budget for proper artwork is a HUGE issue here. The publishers barely sell enough books to pay for layout, grammar checks and basic administrative and graphics. Artwork is usually at loss and the publisher has to obtain it through volunteers or...

I already have all the gaming supplements that I need for my own games, so I don't need to buy new RPG stuff. So, when I decide to support a RPG project, it is because I feel it needs my money. That means for example small and very niche authors from small countries that are talented and...

It wouldn't be harmful if it was just this single post on this single forum. But I hear such opinions regularly and it adds up and it is frustrating. Even the pamphlet "Play unsafe" which came ages ago contained a similar kind of advice.

In my social bubble, the people who share the same life values as me and who give me joy to be friends with, are usually also very introverted. They will not open up just like that and talk about important personal stuff if I just invited them for a beer. I would never get to know them if I...

Since I prefer games that are very immersive and deep, 3 hours is a minimum for me.

edit: somehow this post got stuck for "moderator approval" so I guess there is something wrong with it? If it's controversial somehow, I'd delete it entirely, but it doesn't seem possible? (Sorry, I'm new here)

Unfortunately the Czech community is very small so when these "unnecessary-prose-loving" writers want to engage with the community and have exposure for their work, they have to share the same social platforms as the edgelords who give them hell. There is one particularly toxic person who is on...

Yes, it's good when people generally try new things to gain a new perspective of the world and become more tolerant. No, it's not mandatory that they should do it in every field of their life including RPGs. There are people who play RPGs for a very particular reason that helps them mentally...

Currently working on the second installment of my setting: a sandbox campaign set in a city full of magic and cats. Most of the text is written, but plenty of work still needs to be done.