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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
Got this while on vacation as entertainment while relaxing in the hotel room. I found it to be fun and happy there were a few solo game but the other scenarios sounded like they would have been fun to play with a group of people.
Expertly crafted? That’s a huge stretch. Most of these “games” are just sort of concepts that I highly doubt any of the writers have ever actually run games for. They are mostly just brain exercises with some attempts to put mechanics on top, usually lifted from other full successful games. You might get at best a handful of usable ideas out of this book, which might be useful to you, but was very disappointing to me.
As you can imagine, some of these games seem more promising than others. There are a good 5 or 6 that I'd like to try.
Lots of fun ideas, of different 'complexity' levels. I think this would make TTRPGs more approachable for a lot of people, as many of them are pretty light-hearted in nature (though there are still some more serious ones)!
A collection of small one shot tabletop RPGs. Their quality varies and not all of them will be interesting to the people you play with BUT there's some bangers in here.
I read through all of them and picked out a few that seemed interesting, presented them to my group and we chose to play Unkindness, a game about adolescent ravens causing havoc and experiencing emotions.
It was really funny and it pushed us into different headspaces. There was an interesting contrast between the lofty goals we set out to achieve (stealing some clothing from a baby) and the more grounded results we actually got (NOT stealing clothes from a baby, becoming depressed, dying / mourning over our dead friend).
That was 1 game out of 40, and I'm excited to try a few more of them out with the same group. Even just playing 1 game, I got my money's worth.
So even though I don't see myself playing most of the games in this collection (because they're meant for 1 or 2 players, they don't look exciting, the design is too complicated, etc.), that doesn't matter.
I read through all of them and picked out a few that seemed interesting, presented them to my group and we chose to play Unkindness, a game about adolescent ravens causing havoc and experiencing emotions.
It was really funny and it pushed us into different headspaces. There was an interesting contrast between the lofty goals we set out to achieve (stealing some clothing from a baby) and the more grounded results we actually got (NOT stealing clothes from a baby, becoming depressed, dying / mourning over our dead friend).
That was 1 game out of 40, and I'm excited to try a few more of them out with the same group. Even just playing 1 game, I got my money's worth.
So even though I don't see myself playing most of the games in this collection (because they're meant for 1 or 2 players, they don't look exciting, the design is too complicated, etc.), that doesn't matter.
funny
informative
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Perfect for anyone interested in table top gaming and looking for new systems to try.
A fun collection! I haven't played any of the games yet, so I'll hold off on a star rating for now, but I marked a number of them for future play. I'm particularly interested in:
- Mythology by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims
- On All Frequencies by Nathan Blades
- Post-Match Interview by James Mendez Hodes
- Truth in the Mirage by Amr Ammourazz
The design of the book is also really fun, with each game on a two-page, removable spread with its own distinct visual style.
- Mythology by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims
- On All Frequencies by Nathan Blades
- Post-Match Interview by James Mendez Hodes
- Truth in the Mirage by Amr Ammourazz
The design of the book is also really fun, with each game on a two-page, removable spread with its own distinct visual style.