#hwaet

This will be a short post because I have some day job stuff to wrap up before going to bed, but I looked at Facade yesterday (see my write-up here), and it's a Resistance toolbox game and therefore somewhat

Recently I've been working on Hwaet, a Resistance toolbox game, and today I learned about Facade, another game built on the Resistance toolbox. Facade's a game about becoming a vampire, and it is a tremendous

As I go into Hwaet, I've been struggling a little with figuring out how exactly I want to handle the storytelling elements. I'm not a huge fan of scripted experiences; the whole point of a tabletop game

Hwaet has two forms of advances: Major and Minor advances. When a character triggers an advance by creating changes in the world, they typically get a minor advance. At act thresholds and at highly critical

Short post tonight because I wound up doing day job stuff today that got in the way and may have also gotten involved with Sid Meier's Civilization again. Oops. I've also been reading through Carl Jung's

So basically I didn't get anything done today. I had a really rough day at my day job due to some stuff I'm not really at liberty to discuss, but long story short there's a nice little burning dumpster

A little slow today, between waking up early to get back on my schedule and work going a little longer than usual. I've been trying to keep up with Hwaet, but I've gone back into doing more work on the

Resistances are the core part of the Resistance Toolbox, and defining them sooner rather than later is important to get everything rolling. Skills Commentary It's important to note the distinction between

In the Resistance Toolbox, roles and domains are critical pieces of putting your game together. A character's role reflects how they are developed, and unlocks Advances for them. Characters can get Advances

The following comes from Hwaet's rulebook more or less verbatim, and it's about how to play with epic heroes. Making Epic Heroes Hwaet doesn't have a defined setting. The main inspiration for Hwaet is

Alright, I've started working on Hwaet, which is based on the Resistance toolkit. For those not familiar with it, the Resistance toolkit is what covers Rowan, Rook, and Decard's excellent Spire (affiliate

Alright, so the Segira alpha's postponed again. This is not necessarily good, but it's not necessarily bad either. Right now what I've got for an adventure looks more like a campaign frame, and it's so

I'm still not done with the Segira alpha. I'm so close I can taste it, but I just haven't had the inspiration to fill in the final gaps in the adventure. Everything else is officially done. Once the alpha's