Okay, continuing on our journey and not while on my phone, which is a bonus.
25. Walkers in the Witchery Way by Alla Hoffman
The Good:I love the writing at the beginning, you think you're going one way and then you go the other way. Also love that you're playing Skinwalkers which might be called Dopplegangers in another setting, with more gruesomeness.
The Bad:The exceptions to the exceptions to the exceptions of the time when you do this, and when you want to do that makes me feel like I am playing D&D.
The Other:I just love the name Corpsedust.
Would I play it? If I say yes, you can assume that a Skinwalker has taken my over and it should be stopped!
26. Chronicles of Skin by Sebastian Hickey
The Good:Good use of the word skin, as the place where you record the history of your people during a civil war. Also, drawing emblems for the win.
The Bad:Sometimes, despite assertions to the other, it feels like you do need a bit of an art practice to get things right. I might just be a perfectionist like that.
The Other:It's way better than I thought it was going to be when I got hit with the emblems. I recommend it, reading the whole thing is worth it.
Would I play itYes, yes you should. It's got a lot of replay value and you get to draw! Come on!
27. Memoir by Declan Feeney
Thought 10! Double digits! I think we need to include some elements of design in the concept. Full pages of colour do not friends with printers make.
Thought 11: Names don't evoke a type of person. My favourite part of The Thief series is when the two Queens comment on how inappropriate they feel that their names are.
On the 12th thought of this project: Can we avoid the Euro Games, cute method, of determining who goes first? The first time you read it, it's fun ... the tenth time not so much.
The Good:I love how much of the game is set up so that you can follow it without any problems. I didn't have to reread it to follow the flow.
The Bad:That doesn't mean I agreed with the direction. I'd like a little bit more control, not a lot more, but a little bit more control over what happens to the character. I mean Fiasco I get to choose the beginning or the end and reading this it felt like I had a choice to do the scene or let someone else do it.
The Other:Seriously? More colour coded dice. Can we not find places to put them and just leave it as that? Chesex must secretly sponsor these contests, or at least laugh maniacally whenever they get done.
Would I play it?Yes. I'd want to give it a try, because the idea of doing a whole life is interesting.
On the 12th Thought of Game Chef: Best way to make anyone feel bad about saying anything could be made better on their game, dedicate it to your unborn child. =p
28. World Riddle by Stuart Chaplin
The Good: I love the fact that the oracle cards get forked depending on if you have more cards towards your good ending or towards your bad ending. It's a nice addition to the Oracle Idea.
The Bad:Feels almost too nebulous, where the writing is too much like the koan that the game wants you to try to answer.
The Other:I really don't see how it used City, Desert and/or Edge, but meh, that's not my call.
Would I play this I don't know, it is a question better left to the journey of understanding than to an actual answer.
29. The Hand of Gulliver the Man-Mountain by Mike Pohjola
The Good: OMG! FINGER LARP! Who can totally see someone going all out and picking up finger puppets and making costumes for their fingers to play this game? I can see it happening.
The Bad: OMG! FINGER LARP! I can see this going badly if there are a lot of players and not a lot of hand.
The Other:I really love when someone takes an idea and runs with it, and here the skin ingredient is really played out incredibly well.
Would I Play This? HAHAHAHAH! FINGER LARP!
What's in the Binder
1. Cosmic Journey
2. Bridge Across Eternity
3. Skin Men
4. Danger Mountain
5. Longshot
6. Over The Wall (It's mine, so duh)
7. Chronicles of Skin
8. The Hand of Gulliver the Man Mountain
9. Pub Crawl: take the edge off
10. In Skin City You Need an Edge
11. Going Home: an urban power fantasy
12. Chaos Lords and the Desert of Death
13. Sparks from the Fire
14. Memoir
15. My God's Bigger Than Your God
16. A Trick of the Light
17. Paths of the Resolute
18. nowhere ROAD
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Thanks for the Memoir review
Memoir was designed to use a subset of the same dice used for Don't Rest Your Head - so anyone who's played that wont need to invest in any more dice. I do however agree that it does require a lot of dice.
I'll have a look at the amount of control given in each stage. The inspirations for the mechanics were Fiasco, PTA, A Penny for my Thoughts and Don't Rest Your Head. I know that all of those games got a lot of playtesting before reaching there current incarnations. I wouldn't be surprised if the amount of narrative control granted the active player was too low. After all, due to the time constraints it only got one playtest (and that playtest highlighted some pretty major issues resulting in me rebalancing the challenge mechanic and stripping out the skinning phase which just didn't work for me).
The comment about full colour pages is well taken. I'll produce a print friendly version for anyone who wants to print it. I'm also going to put the full colour version on Lulu (for personal use - I want a copy), and I'll make it available to everyone else too (once I'm sure my print looks okay).
As for feedback, positive or negative. I really appreciate any. Its my first game and I'm eager to improve. That means figuring out what I could have done better.
By doing two things, reading my game and giving me constructive feedback you've given me the biggest complement you could have so thank you.
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