I designed B&C with no specific social combat system. As I’ve mentioned before, I and a lot of other people tend to find social combat rather deprotagonizing. That is not to say, though, that B&C couldn’t have a social combat … Continue reading
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Another B&C Trait, not inspired by anything in particular: You are naïve. You tend to assume the purest motives in others, to look at the world with childish simplicity, and to perhaps assume that the way things appear now is … Continue reading
There has been a small — very small, but still noticeable — spike in sales for Blade & Crown and the Bandit Map lately. I don’t think it’s been entirely thanks to Brian I., either. 🙂 I’m not entirely sure … Continue reading
Would you be interested in a new edition of Blade & Crown? It’s now been out for more than six years. It’s had some small degree of success. I always wonder, though: would a new edition help it get more … Continue reading
Last month, I got the chance to game with what I still consider my weekly group. Most of the time, I’m approximately 12 time zones away from them while they’re gaming. This makes it very difficult to join in to … Continue reading
If I ran an SF RPG these days, it’s very likely I would use the Silhouette rules to do it. The rules were pretty influential on Blade & Crown. I really like the “roll multiple D6, keep the highest, get … Continue reading
I included Fighting Styles in the rules because it seemed like a neat mechanic, and a nice way to get those kind of “I find that Thibault cancels out Capoferro” and “Aha, I see you studied with Heren of Lestul; … Continue reading
One common problem for B&C players is how to use the Variation Die when they’re rolling for Awareness. You don’t know what you’ve noticed yet, if anything, so how can you narrate the way you’re trying to notice things? My … Continue reading
I have already published a full sheet of disposable NPCs in The Bandit Map. But one can never have too many. Here is another whole band of bandits, with a little variation in equipment and ability. Each has a suggested … Continue reading
Another observation brought on by gaming with my ongoing Blade & Crown group: It can be quite fun to have players choose the combination of characteristic and skill with which they’re doing a given skill roll. B&C is meant to … Continue reading