Biting Off More Than I Can Chew
Tales from the Golden Dragon started out as some useful Fate rules I wanted to share with the community. After trying to run it with my gamer friends, who hadn't played Fate before, I realized there was a real need for a Fate book intended for new players. It's not the mechanics that they had trouble with, as much as the shift in play styles. If you've been in the TTRPG scene, you probably know what I'm talking about. There's a spectrum of play styles. On one end, there is the old school, with roots in war gaming, and on the other end, the new school, where games start to resemble improv acting more than any sort of traditional game. Any game can be played in any style, but the unspoken assumptions of a play style are reflected in the text. So how do you introduce someone to a new style of play? It's hard to even describe a style of play. We lack a common vocabulary. The new school vs old school rubric I'm using is barely adequate. At first, I thought it...