thank you for writing the dang thing!

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Review here!

But I've only mastered the mechanics once I understand ways in which I can combine the rules. [Insert something about Go and emergent gameplay and skill expression here because it's almost midnight and I am rambling]

Mechanics, at least to me coming from a competitive TCG and video game background, imply skill expression through mastery. The longer I play a game, the more familiar with the mechanics I become, the more mastery I have over it. I may have full rote knowledge of the rules

A Mechanic is system of rules that come together to output something, while rules are the defining boundaries of limitations. For example, meta currency in Star Trek adventures is a mechanic (several mechanics actually). Mechanics are oftentimes where a lot of tactical crunching happens

I really like this one

Finally got to listening to this episode, and it convinced me to pick up this module. Sam's aesthetic descriptions were absolutely on point. It's breathtaking, but I have no idea if I will ever have a setting that could fit it in.

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Demon god of the duck men, my shadow dark module is now permanently on pay what you want

Some art from some projects I'm working on in the OSR space

This is some really good stuff :)