February 2, 2022
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Oath Souls
So, lots of talk about Dark Souls lately. This is my Dismal Combat Game, unplaytested. Released under CC BY license: Do what you want with it so long as you say “Based on Oath Souls by Idle Cartulary at playfulvoid.game.blog.” I hope you hack it, fix it, enjoy it. You are honorable souls are struggling… Continue reading
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The fractal dungeon
For real, this is how I prepare places and people, often while play goes on, on scratch paper. The Fractal Dungeon is my version of the the five-room dungeon (1), but I’ve largely scrapped the granularity of the original version. Instead, I have a [first] Impression and around four Features. The key thing is that… Continue reading

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