Gamewoven

@gamewoven

A ttrpg actual play podcast focusing on indie worldbuilding and storytelling games. Building a single world one game at a time! Part of the One Shot Network! Account run by TTBenjamin (he/him) Find us on Megaphone:

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Gamewoven@gamewoven· 20d

Anyway when I design I'm always lured into the wilderness by the flashing lights of building a good crafting system. One time I made an alchemy system so complex it requires an alchemical circle to make sense. This brought me joy for weeks before I realized it was a nightmare to play.

An alchemical circle in ms paint with a 4x4 grid, several circular layers with hash marks, and labels like "at twilight" and "pulverized"

That same alchemical circle but drawn on paper using coins to indicate the placement of reagents

Gamewoven@gamewoven· 29d

Gamewoven@gamewoven· May 8

Okay so asking honestly here... isn't that NOT simulationist but instead narrativist design? And isn't Fiction First a design aspect, not a pillar? Like you could have Fiction First Simulationism right? You just play til you bump into a decision point in the simulation? Or am I wrong?

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Mar 31

When @zadkielingreen.bsky.social is like "why not make it so alchemical recipes work like a zodiac wheel". So this is how Fantasy No. 1 is going.

An alchemical circle based on the design of astrology charts with 4 spaces on the inner ring and 8 on the outer ring. Coins are used to indicate various positions. Hand-draqn poorly.

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Mar 22

When the three hour gig has a chair

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Mar 16

Chat is this anything?

Fantasy No. 1
For two to four players and game master
Foreword
This text is given in earnest. With any hope this foreword will be sufficient context for the game to follow which is written in an absolute tradition. To this end, the game is presented without setting, programmatic, or narrative elements. Should such an element appear despite all efforts it is the role of the table to interpret and replace as they see fit. Because this text is built of raw mechanics devoid of input from their designer, the best outcome for any table is to attempt to follow and interpret these mechanics with care - as the experience of learning the game is considered an element of play.

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Mar 9

The thing about Cosmic Century Knights having you make antagonists together is your table will collectively come up with something way more fucked up than you ever could have on your own. Thanks @oneshotrpg.bsky.social !

$*clears throat* Rococo fractal painting maze that lures you in by having what you might need but is tracking you and learning everything about you to try and get you to stay inside of it long enough that it can create a perfect copy of you which leaves and takes your place beckoning others inside all while your soul has been placed within a gem to be held inside of its depths forever$

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Mar 7

SECOND run

Slay the spire 2 end screen revealing 1240 damage of 3 million with silent

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Feb 22

Environmental storytelling

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Feb 3

Tag urself I'm crooked

Five words scrawled in orange on graph paper "LUMINOUS CROOKED OMNISCIENT ZEALOUS UNKNOWABLE"

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Jan 26

Unrelated: my jazz quartet had our release show on Saturday for our debut album. Here's the sold out audience holding up their vinyls

A crowded but small theater, stage view of the audience holding up the vinyl records they bought

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Jan 12

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Dec 2

Every time the conversation shifts to rules, fruitful void, role of the designer, etc I post The Gorgon's Game.

Rule 0 The Gorgon’s Game has three written rules

Rule 1 all written rules about the Gorgon’s game except rules 0, 1, and 2 are not included in the Gorgon’s Game

Rule 2 any Rule which is not included in the Gorgon’s game is a rule for a different game called the hydra's game

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Oct 4

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Mar 11

Mildred's ears are proof of her growth mindset (they are very long)

Sleepy basset hound on a couch facing the camera. Sad eyes, ears fully displayed

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Mar 5

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Dec 9

It's my time to shine babyyy

The Gorgon’s Game is a game about not rules. It is a roleplaying game that exists inside the community space independently from the agency of the game’s designer, the game’s text, and third-party input. Like the creature from which it takes its name, to look at the Gorgon is to be turned to stone. Therefore, the only way to play the Gorgon’s Game is to identify what the Gorgon’s Game is not.

0. The Gorgon’s Game is a roleplaying game that has three written rules.

All written rules about The Gorgon’s Game except rules #0, #1, and #2 are not included in The Gorgon’s Game.

Any rule which is not included in The Gorgon’s Game is a rule for a different game called The Hydra’s Game.

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Nov 28

Do you think they explored eachother's bodies?

A picture of The Slavers boss fight from slay the spire. They are at full health and each preparing to attack. The front slaver is in a blue robe, the middle and largest slaver is in red with gold trim and a whip. The rear slaver is in solid red with a barbed spear.

The picture is a reddit screenshot and the title of the post is "do you think the slavers are friends or just coworkers?"

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Nov 27

A basset hound laying on a bed with her dumb nose tucked under a pillow and her belly hanging out. She is in a "road kill" pose meaning she is extra sleepy.

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Nov 26

The batman "this is the weapon of my enemy" meme but the shotgun he's breaking in half is the phrase "drinking corn juice right from the can"

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Nov 17

Hold on I think I figured it out

Norm Macdonald on Conan. Conan is labeled Glaiza and Norm is labeled TTBenjamin (who runs the gamewoven acct)

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Nov 13

Relevant

A basset hound sitting in a field looking attentively at something to the right of the viewer

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Nov 10

Get you a girl who can do both (this is Mildred, the most important dog)

A basset hound in a field looking very dignified

A basset hound in a field in a dumb, pre-running pose with a goofy look on her face

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Oct 26

A skeleton imposingly pointing a gun at the viewer.

In impact text on top it says "Listen up liberal"

On the bottom, obviously hastily edited by a cellphone, it says "my back hurts"

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Oct 24

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Sep 28

Did I hear an escalation in weirdness?

The Tower major arcana from the Tarot but at the bottom is a crudely drawn figure covered in blood giving a thumbs up. The caption at the bottom, instead of saying The Tower, says Don't Worry About It

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Jul 25

You won't

Gamewoven@gamewoven· Jul 25