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I play through this tiny zine periodically as a way of shrugging off depression. The mechanics and play are ridiculously simple, but I would suggest you resist adding anything mechanical to it. If you want to go heavier on the fiction, name your rats and describe their quirks. Ditto for your ship and the carp godling. Give each site 2-3 horrifying descriptors. THEN - maybe - give yourself one extra or one fewer die to roll if some of your flavor lines up in favor for or against you. But mostly just roll the dice, look at the pics, and do what the zine tells you to do. It's cathartic and fun.

WHOA! Dude. Share those pics. I want to print them out for when I next play this. :)

And now it's fixed in the devlog post. Thank you, Rufus383!

YEs. Sigh. LOL. Thankfully it's right in the zine.

The instructions were in the download screen, but I moved/copied them to the main description as well. Thanks!

I think they do mention a cut (two actually), but I'll double check. Once you fold you have to either staple then trim the outside edge (longarm stapler) or trim and then staple (regular stapler). Then you have to slit open the top edge folds. 

Haha. Yup, the possibilities are endless. Thank you!

Awesome! Thank you for posting this.

Um. I guess I forgot to put it up? How rude of me. Give me about 10 minutes and it will be in the downloads above.

This is a cool little pamphlet game!

The license is CC-BY-NC-SA. So you can share it (and derivatives of it) - with credit - for non-commercial (can't sell it) - under the same license. As long as you follow those rules you can do whatever you like. I have funny feelings about bringing in rules from another Tolkien inspired game. I'm still sorting that out. I requested access to your doc and will probably have a clearer mind once I read it. But again, the license allows you to do stuff, regardless of what I think. :)

Little ones.

Oh, and included the markdown file ... chef's kiss.

Really nice presentation. Super clean. You pack a lot of flavor into it too! My only complaint - while I like the little doo-dad filler graphics I want them to be bones. :)

absolutely!!

That’s awesome to hear!! Thanks for sharing. Of course the real credit I’m sure goes to you as the GM. :)

Did I mention that Shawn Medero made a VERY COOL online version of the Oracle - click and get your answers. https://shawn.medero.net/the-oracle

Ha. Yeah.  I updated it the. And made the dev log entry but accidentally left it in draft, not published. I noticed it today while updated Books & Bullets. 

Ummmm. When were you going to email everyone and tell them you had a book coming out!!!!!!!!! Gah. I just stopped by Games Omnivorous and saw it. Insta-buy.

That's really good to know. I'll re-download it and check it out.

Not sure how I missed this .... 2 years ago. I just use 4,5,6. So it's either low, normal, or high stability instead of trying to "score" the stability in more shades.

Reviewed it on my podcast. Spoiler: I loved it: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/episodes/347-Fronds-of-Benevolence-e1po6fm

Is this in print anywhere? I totally dig it. I guess it's short enough I can just print it out myself. :P

https://www.patreon.com/posts/69746119?pr=true Patreon post. There was one little thing you got incorrect about the rules in play, but it didn't matter all that much -- see the post. I enjoyed watching you play. Especially when you spent several Fate points and still failed. It was fun seeing you get excited about the fiction. 

Awesome! Thank you. Listening in now. 

Awesome. Thank you. 

Thanks Reese! Always cool to hear that it's doing someone some good or at least getting their creative juices flowing.

Did I never reply to this? Certainly you can.

Wait. Did you mean to post that comment here or on Gygax 75?

Will do! Or at least I'll put out an announcement here that will email all the people who have downloaded it. Thanks for the nudge; I should do this soon. 

I agree! 

BTW, I occasionally think about a new version of this game. I wouldn't change it much. I would likely add a stack of poker chips to represent "level" and introduce stunts - which would be sorcerous things you have done in the fiction before and for which you are automatically an expert. The levels would start at 3 and increase by 1, up to a max of 10 or 12. Each level would represent one "hurt" you could take before going out of action (not hit points at all, but rather fictional conditions representing harm).

yes and yes!

If you ever feel like riffing on it and putting out an edition with your own art ... well ... that would be bonkers-awesome. :)

How bizarre. I thought I uploaded an Italian translation. I have removed it and will go looking to see if I just linked the wrong file. Thank you! Hmmmm. Solo. My wheels are turning. Of course it's a Creative Commons license, so you could make such a supplement too/instead!!

I do. I get notifications anyway. :) I don't really have any strong thoughts on solo play in general, but for insights I guess you have to - from the character's standpoint - think about what it would be useful to know. Then ask the question. Then maybe roll a d6. On a 1-3 you find out something that isn't particularly useful or good/bad. On a 4-5 you find out something useful, but it complicates the situation. On a 6 it's useful and makes everything easier. Example: You are fighting a creature and can't seem to hurt it. You get an insight though. On a 1-3 you might learn that it is a creature from a cold climate. On a 4-5 you might learn that it's hide is impervious to mundane weapons. On a 6 you might learn that it has an instinctual fear of fire. Remix the odds as they seem good to you. :)