A lover of words, in all their forms, retro video games, board games, card games—really games in general—and history.
Appreciate the heads up. I just bought it as an early birthday present for myself! The PDF comes immediately upon purchase. The book will be on its way shortly.
Reading through it now. It feels very promising.
Man, if I smarter or dumber I’d really want a pet skunk. Unfortunately I’m just the right level of educated to know that I know nothing about anything abnormal pet related.
To be perfectly honest, Lemmy has had staggering growth regardless of the lack of media attention. And I’m not entirely certain that’s a bad thing.
Look at my home instance of lemmy.world, for example. When I joined pre-blackout, we had around 800 members. Now, two server upgrades later, we’re at nearly 18,000. If only a fraction of those newcomers stay, it’s still enough to jumpstart organic growth, even if it’s slow. And it gives us time to really develop.
Maybe that’s a glass-half-full outlook, but I’m optimistic.
Wow, friend. This is super amazing! I can’t even begin to comprehend how you actually built and programmed this thing, but bravo!
Yeah, I totally get that. Leave it to me to turn a 15-hour audiobook into a 20-hour endeavor by 30-second increments! But—and this has been a real godsend—I figured out how to tune my car’s “back” button to the 30-second rewind on my Scribd player. So that has been very helpful.
Honestly, I love pulling out any of the Lego games. Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones come to mind immediately as comfort games, as well.
Yeah, honestly it isn’t too bad. I was a little put-off by the size of everything at first, but, when I checked the settings, there is an option to change the size of the font—and that really helped.
All in all, it isn’t perfect, but I am enjoying it so far. I look forward to seeing it grow and improve!
On the app, go into the top left. It will say “Anonymous” at the top of the menu. Tap that and click “add account.”
Yeah! So, the games can transition between each other pretty seamlessly. You can mix and match rules to your liking. The best way to describe it would be like imagining the barrier of entry from Pathfinder to D&D5E, but taken to a higher extreme.
In Captain’s Log, there’s no equipment. No skills. The closest you get to anything like that is your character stats, which modify rolls accordingly. Your ship also has stats that can modify rolls. As for any conflict, the game uses a simple hit/fail system. Three strikes, you’re out type of thing. Ships are slightly more in depth, with their hit points being relates to their size, and systems getting damaged.
This is very episodic. I could be running a game for months, have a random friend swing by and hop in for a while without missing a beat, and then go home without it mucking anything up. Each mission is divided into scenes, just like an episode of the TV shows.
It’s much more focused on the drama of character development, building and challenging your values, and growing as a person.