A downloadable game.
5/5! I'm glad I got to finally play this one! It was included in two bundles I supported, and it's definitely a plus that the author seems community-minded (:
(posted a whole playthrough along with the below review on my atieflingtime tumblr blog, so the tone is a bit different haha)
THOUGHTS: I read the rules wrong! I used both the number and suit of the same card to determine the petitioner, rather than drawing one card for the kind of petitioner and a second one for their relation to the conspiracy.
My mistake didn’t wind up taking enjoyment out of the game at all (which is a plus in my books!) since it also means it didn’t rely on everything being followed exactly. The only thing is I had to adjust to not getting repeat petitioners, but that’s because of my mistake rather than anything in the actual game haha and it still worked out well imo
It was pretty interesting to play through a situation where your goal is futile — like no matter how much your jester character desperately wants to warn the king about the conspiracy, they are destined to ultimately fail.
Perhaps having some reference to what sort of timeframe in-game we’re playing under? I think that’s really the only thing that could be a tweak, but tbh ain’t ABSOLUTELY needed since players can decide how long time is between petitioners. I kinda threw myself off since I didn’t make myself any time indicators in my own text-playthru but I intended it to be seen as taking place over several years!
I think I played for about 3 hours? Definitely could have gone on for longer but my shuffling put my two joker cards only one card apart lol
Also I’ll be entirely honest I don’t know anything about jesters or courts but I had a lot of fun :P
