Sounds awesome! I was thinking a bit about Encounter Critical for this jam but hadn’t had a chance to work it into the convo yet so I’m glad you did! I think it fits the theme well, an alternate history “original rpg” is an idea just full of possibilities.
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There aren't that many games like this, but I'd regard EC as an existing game, albeit with a fictional history/background, and thus not applicable to this jam? If so, I'd encourage everyone to make something for Conkle's Mork Borg-derived new rules for the original setting, not EC directly, given who currently holds the rights to that.