Saving Throws

Devlog

• Quick Reference Sheet
  December 25, 2020 by Please Don't Play These Games#quick reference, #ttrpg, #beginning playtesting

  Spent some time while watching Christmas movies making a quick reference sheet that I can use for playtesting. It's interesting writing these. For most papers, I have always started with a powerpoint... Continue reading
• Scoring - The Feel of Speed
  December 25, 2020 by Please Don't Play These Games#betting, #drafting rules, #scoring, #poker

  Saving Throws is a Diplomacy Style game mixed with betting moreso than simulating the nature of agreement and disagreement in war. What started out as a roleplaying trainer has become something else e... Continue reading
• The Game Loop and Shape of the Game
  December 23, 2020 by Please Don't Play These Games#Diplomacy, #improv, #drafting rules

  Originally, I had wanted to make this game another 1-page game. I find the constraints of the 1-page games fascinating and super focusing in terms of creativity. I began writing it out and as I did, I... Continue reading

  
• Getting Started
  December 20, 2020 by Please Don't Play These Games#rpg, #getting started, #improv, #role-playing

  Something that occurs when learning how role-playing games work is that we are often met with the awkwardness of ourselves at the time we learn. For most of us, we learn in the midst of, or just befor... Continue reading