Slay the Spire 2 Post
Ascension 10, all characters, accomplished! I'll have to keep up with the game as it progresses but, oh man, that feels good.
I'd been hammering at A10 on the Defect for a while only to win with a fairly straight forward ice and lightning deck! Sometimes the basics are best.
I have no shade for a Dungeon Crawler Carl rpg but I honestly don’t know how they name it that without paying Goodman Games a hefty sum of cash.
I’ve been tackling a10 for a while and have had to learn a lot about optimization and risk analysis. It’s honestly kind of wild how much harder it’s been for me compared to a9.
I tend towards a riskier playstyle in rogue likes and that just doesn’t jive with a10.
Two gaming firsts today:
First player character death in my home game of Blades in the Dark (don’t worry, they’ll be back!)
And my first Silent ascension 10 victory in Slay the Spire 2. I feel like I had to learn a lot about the Silent in my journey to beat that second boss.
My journey to beat ascension 10 on all characters in StS2 has begun! Ironclad complete, thanks to Snecko eye and some truly beefy attack cards.
I almost got into an argument today with someone who was trying to tell me that foreshadowing in RPGs is bad, actually.
Look, we all have different tastes in this hobby, but foreshadowing fucking rules.
That sword isn’t BAD per se (3 strength does a lot for a shiv deck, for example) it’s just not half as exciting as the key or the birdonis egg!
Hopefully as they develop the game they keep an eye on that sort of thing.
I’ve gotten to ascension nine with all characters in slay the spire 2 and of COURSE I did it with a claw deck!
REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter!
55 Player Classes
150+ NPC Classes
29 Factions
20 Example Moons of Realis
GMing and Prep Guidance
Over 100 incredible illustrations from 17 artists!
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Super impressed by the first season of Sentenced to Be a Hero. If, like me, you felt JJK lacked severely in the writing department, I think you’ll find that Sentenced punches far above its weight in that regard.!
Poster for Forgery (a woman sits in front of a demonic entity) that says: A Horror Immersive Reading of “Forgery” April 10, 6-8pm Hugo House, Lapis Theater 1634 11th Ave, Seattle, 98122 Free event! Join tabletop game designer, Banana Chan, as she leads you through her solo journaling game, Forgery!
Coming in hot after back-to-back cons 🔥 come join me for an immersive horror reading of Forgery at Hugo House (Seattle) on April 10 at 6-8pm. Let’s summon a demon together 😈
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Conquered ascension 6 in Slay the Spire, all characters!
I never was much of an ascension climber in the original but something about this iteration really has me in its clutches!
An unknown character with a hood and furry/feathers arm and hand is suspended by glowing rope to a marionette’s board
An unknown character wearing a hooded cloak and a metal mask is injured with neon purple scars on the side of their face and neck
Starting to believe my own conspiracy that the unknown character depicted in these Slay the Spire 2 curse cards, a card subset that almost universal depicts player characters, is some sort of shapeshifter character they’ve yet to introduce.
Astounding. Hopefully he’ll hire back all the devs that were fired as well and pay them a hefty bonus.
If you haven’t tried the co-op, it’s a blast
Slay the Spire 2’a co-op is great! Multiplayer specific cards and events and the added element of negotiating battles and other decisions adds extra depth and chaos into the mix!
The rules and rulesets you create don't have to answer to people who don't choose to use them. They have to answer to the people who do choose to use them.
Really resonated with what they had to say about authenticity and their mixed experience working with licensed stuff.
Attended an inspiring talk by @bananachangames.bsky.social on their journey through the world of TTRPGs and finding their voice.
If you’re in Seattle and in the hobby, definitely look out for their live play of Forgery at @hugohouse.bsky.social in April.
If Mewgenics doesn’t win awards for its music at the end of the year … well it just WILL
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I'm prepping a scenario for Mothership and it's nice to be writing horror again!
New Quinns Quest video!! 📺👻🌵
Public Access by the Gauntlet is razor sharp, powerfully strange and enormously thought-provoking. My players are still daydreaming about our campaign, even though it finished six months ago. I think your players will too.
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This is your regular reminder that in the year 2000, Paul Rudd, with frosted tips, appeared in the Hong Kong film GEN-Y COPS as a bad guy (kinda). In the movie, he does martial arts, fights a robot, and, most shocking of all, does an entire scene in Cantonese.
By the way, it’s super cool to see members of the Blades design discord getting backer tier slots.
Props to @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social and Ema, in particular 🩷
Does this call for another Unusual Suspects playbook jam?
Very weird to see so many people making comments, even POSITIVE ONES, mind you, about not being able to understand Bad Bunny’s music because it was in Spanish.
Have you seriously never enjoyed music in another language?
It seems so improbable if you care anything for music.
Build an entire character around a mechanic their GM has home-brewed out of the game
Rolling, unprompted, to open an unlocked door
Breaking stealth for the dumbest possible reason
