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Posted at 2017-08-30 01:12:44+00:00

Howdy, so those who have gotten to playtest the game, do you think it would work in a West Marches style campaign? I've been working on a Final Fantasyesq version of a West Marches game and was toying around with either D&D or Cypher system. I love the Narrative Dice System from FFG though so am hoping that this system would work well for that.

Posted at 2017-08-30 20:05:16+00:00

Any more information on this please?

Some of us well at least me have never heard about this!?

Posted at 2017-08-30 21:21:26+00:00

1 hour ago, copperbell said:

Any more information on this please?

More information on what?

Posted at 2017-08-30 22:05:37+00:00

I had to look it up after seeing this, but it's basically a style of gaming that's suitable for large groups and abandons the idea of a campaign in favor of exploring a sandbox.

The PCs are explorers stationed in a settlement at the edge of a huge wilderness. The players decided where they would like to explore out of game and inform the GM ahead of time. When it's time for the session whoever wants to play plays, and whoever isn't interested stays back.

Posted at 2017-08-31 01:15:16+00:00

3 hours ago, CitizenKeen said:

More information on what?

What "west marches" means, for one thing.

Posted at 2017-08-31 01:16:08+00:00

3 hours ago, Revanchist7 said:

I had to look it up after seeing this, but it's basically a style of gaming that's suitable for large groups and abandons the idea of a campaign in favor of exploring a sandbox.

The PCs are explorers stationed in a settlement at the edge of a huge wilderness. The players decided where they would like to explore out of game and inform the GM ahead of time. When it's time for the session whoever wants to play plays, and whoever isn't interested stays back.

That sounds like most RPG campaigns I've seen over the past 35 years.

Posted at 2017-08-31 02:49:45+00:00

Sorry, this is what I was referring to.

http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/

I'd probably be playing with a more dedicated player base, but they're still interested in a Sandbox style game, and I was wondering if this system, mainly the careers/specs lends themselves well to it.

Posted at 2017-08-31 13:29:17+00:00

West Marches became famous after RollPlay did it.

Posted at 2017-08-31 17:02:53+00:00

Thanks for this, I haven't seen any lets plays on it yet.