Andonome

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[–] Andonome 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know if Google docs count as a 'source file'. It's clearly the source. Is it a file? I guess everything's a file if you go by the UNIX definition, so 'close enough'?

Licensing riddles aside, it looks great, and it's nice seeing a fast-paced intro that gets straight into what the game's about.

[–] Andonome 2 points 1 month ago

That's never been the case with any of the open source movement. If someone says their project is open source, then they give out files which are not the source, we would normally say that's not open source. We don't ask Microsoft if they feel that X, Y, and Z are 'the core components' of VSCodium. It's just not open source.

Providing text is good, and you might say the text files are 'open source', if they have a licence which allows modifications and so on. But you can't make closed-source pdfs out of them, and say 'this has text, which is open source, so I feel like it's open source'.

I get that it seems like a small distinction to some, but it's been an important distinction since the inception of the open source movement, and without it, we won't be able to tell open source projects from projects that have open components which people 'feel' are core.

[–] Andonome 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"Open source" [files] means the source of the pdf. If the source files aren't available with the download, it's not open source.

I hope it doesn't come across as a small point, as it's a pretty big deal to me. I've spent years looking about for others doing open source RPGs, but most people using the word 'open source' mean something like 'copying this pdf is okay', which makes it very difficult to find open source RPGs under all the false signals.

[–] Andonome 1 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Are the source files included in the drivethrurpg link, or somewhere else?

[–] Andonome 2 points 1 month ago

it’s now on my list!

Glad to hear it!

s there a simple way to just download a bunch of pdfs

Yes. Each book's repository comes with a download link.

  • Metabind: a collection of the core rules, players' book, and GM's book, all stuffed into one. Getting the books separately is better if you're printing, but a single pdf works better for searching.
  • Missions in Maitavale - a full campaign setting and long story.
  • Goblin hole module, the intro module.
  • Goblin Horde, another goblin-filled introduction module, but this one is in the style of more traditional fantasy RPGs.

But fair warning: despite the hyperlinks, the books all prioritise printing. Reading two-column bright-white pdfs can give you a headache.

[–] Andonome 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I couldn’t make the downloads work in my phone

Thanks for letting me know!

It appears that (some parts of?) this is available in English and in German,

We only have the tiny core rules translated right now, and the character sheet.

Would this be suited to playing with kids, too?

The system is just 2D6 + Attribute + Skill [ + Equipment sometimes ]. Should be fine for kids who are okay with small sums.

Example of a simple action in BIND, with character sheet guide

The books have one or two spots of harsh language.

I've just playtested and released a oneshot module. If you have any questions about running it, let me know!

[–] Andonome 1 points 2 months ago
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My one-page Rules (bindrpg.itch.io)
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With not enough space on the table for the gadgets, snacks, and flailing appendages, it's time to make the rules smaller.

To make things truly minimalist, I've made the rulebook with the assumption that people have a character sheet in front of them, so they'll see stats (and a couple of rules-hints, like the XP costs for Attributes).

If anyone has printer handy, I'd love to hear how clear the folding instructions are (they're written with the assumption that you have the printed page in front of you, and only need to make sense in this context).

[–] Andonome 2 points 9 months ago

Ye gods, I finished this video and now I'm going grey.

Worth it though.

[–] Andonome 1 points 9 months ago

I'm likely starting a game next month, so if you have any ideas, shoot them over. There's an issue boards on Gitlab.

You can definitely port Requiem ideas with the files, though if you want 100% actual Requiem, you're better off remaking it from scratch (took me 3 months though, so it's not done lightly). And I've kept a branch called 'original' which has the original, unmodified books, or as close as I could make in case anyone wants to start from there (go to source files, click 'branch', then click 'original').

After you mentioned Malkavians, I started thinking about better derangement rules. I've just pushed a new copy up 5 minutes ago (same link, but the Derangement rules have been changed).

[–] Andonome 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think it'd work, though I added a little more in terms of stakes. Mostly, the stakes are backgrounds, so characters can steal or destroy others' backgrounds.

Also, it annoyed me that the backgrounds don't have a mechanic, so they're gained and lost by Storyteller fiat.

There's a short overview as a primer.

If that sounds like what you're after, I've recreated the original books, and modified them, so I don't have to reference a Google doc for house rules:

[–] Andonome 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I feel like the Malkavians need mechanical solutions for these problems.

On derangements: something like 'you go mad when it's a full moon' is vague. I feel like it'd be easier with a just any system, for example 'renew all Willpower during a full moon, but lose one each scene thereafter', which encourages the player to try just about anything during that night.

Twisting the mechanics also means the player doesn't lose agency by thinking 'oh well, time to act crazy I guess'.

On the combat problem: I feel like this is a symptom of a larger problem with the system. Combat has a system - it has levers everywhere which do things. Nothing else does, and you can't push buttons which aren't there.

I've solved the second problem by replacing Combat rules with general 'Contest' rules -- a single system for Extended and Resisted actions, which works for Investigations, competing companies, or snide remarks at Elysium...and sword fights, if you must.

[–] Andonome 98 points 11 months ago (9 children)

The internet's fine - the web's the problem.

ssh, Call of Duty, email, random voice-call software on strange ports - all of them work fine. People have problems with websites.

Plenty of websites of course are fine, the problems present when people use search engines and find a bunch of guff written by a bot, Paywalls, and sign-up screens.

They say the best way to predict the future is to create it, so if you want to help there, 'make good art', write and share good content, don't feed the machine. Sounds like you're doing that already if you're on Lemmy.

And if you want to check out a quieter corner of the internet, where things aren't all in-your-face-sing-up-click-here-now-NOW-DOIT...download the lagrange browser and check out Gemini. It's a mostly plain-text protocol, where people read and write, and sometimes share whacky music.

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Conserving the Earth (education.nationalgeographic.org)
 

Soviet propaganda poster showing Stalin as 'Tankie Sects left over from the 70's', holding a child shown as 'lonely teenagers learning Marxism from Wikipedia'

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My capsule set up (soft.dmz.rs:2222)
 

I keep seeing gemini capsules without an RSS feed and whatnot, so I thought I'd share my standard setup. There's not much to it.

It's a python script which takes dates and tags from the markdown metadata, then uses that to order the RSS feed (future dates are simply not published) and uses the tags to create topics.gmi files, with a list of all the articles which have that tag.

The basic example is here:

git clone ssh://soft.dmz.rs:2222/capsule.com

It requires fortune, make (optional), md2gemini, and gematom to run.

fortune is in all the Linux repos, and md2gemini can be installed with pip. Unfortunately, gematom will need to be installed from the AUR or built from source (I have instructions in the doc, but I've not tested them very well).

But if getting gematom working goes smoothly, the rest is simple - just type make.

 

 

Give us a run-down of your last session in bullet-point format.

Does it seem to have plot, or to operate like real-world scenarios (kinda random, not crazy), or more like a fever-dream?

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