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I think Tricube Tales does FATE better than FATE

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I must say I love Fate, and I find that I agree with some of the things you said. What you need to remember is that Core is the generic Fate version, so it had to had generic skills. You might have more luck in checking the several worlds for it and how they tweak the system. Or the System Toolkit book to check how it can be done. I agree that the imagery of the book has not aged well at all. You might also want to check the latest version, Fate Condensed Edition. My best recommendation would be checking actual play, when you see aspect invocations and aspect compels at work. Offering a Fate Point teasing it while describing the consequences of accepting it is great.

Narrative games are alien to me. Narrative is supposed to emerge from the act of playing. As far as the Uncanny Valley, I know why dolls are creepy to many. But what affects me the most is in many horror movies, they'll take a humanoid form but have it walk like its joints are different or it has more joints than it should. That gets me every time.

Very interesting review of FATE Core

First time I've actually bothered to read the video description, just because I inhale all information I can get my hands on about Fate at the moment 😂 Haven't seen the video yet, that is the next step :p

I have run, played and enjoyed FATE Core, but there's something soulless about it. I keep trying every few months. I like the FATE deck.

I actually visited a restaurant like that a few years ago. They had actual food and it was perfectly, and I am not exaggerating, it was perfectly cooked everything was exactly as it should be. But it had no soul at all.

Love Cartograph. I don’t always follow the rules but mostly.

For me, FATE was perfected before it even existed, in the time of its predecessor, Fudge. The special dice, and the named scaling successes (personalised), were, and remain, all that I have ever needed from the “system”-heck, they’re basically all I really need to GM anything, ever. Aspects? Miss me with allat.

Video 94 of me liking and then commenting on every new upload to tell the viewers that the Man Alone Podcast is absolutely some of that sweet, unhinged audio/vocal-honey. Psssst. Will he make it to 100? Maybe. Maybe not.

Spotless video description, A.T. 🫣

🤣make me a quarterstaff…Show me which broom you need anymore…I don’t even like crafting in a video game. I tolerate it just to get the in-game stuff I need to do the stuff.

I’m commenting on this older video because I want to see my waffle icon change color faster! Also, I liked the grandma photo on the thumbnail. Also, I’ve been playing rpgs since the late 70’s (in grad school in Berkeley) and want to see if your categories match mine. I’m excited to see it! If I think of something more to say, I’ll say it. Edited to add, after watching this video: yep, I think you nailed it, plus gave a couple of more categories I hadn’t thought of. 💪

A lot of good soloing information. Thank you.

Yeah I'm a recovering alcoholic and can relate. Though, I needed booze to relate and as an excuse to indulge more. Sober for over 4 years now though. Great video ass always. o/

Yeah I find that the best way is talking through things, but I can't do that unless I'm recording it as I feel weird, I've never been good at just journaling because I always think that I may as well just do more work on writing a novel instead. Great video.

I love to journal and even spent much of my life writing, sometimes professionally. I have stacks of my journals over decades. But I completely despise journaling my solo rpgs. It’s no fun and just feels like onerous work. So, I quit playing solo for a while. I still keep a journal of my life though. 😵‍💫 Maybe I’ll get some ideas to try here, thanks. 🙂

Hey Man Alone! Have you seen Chris McDowell's skirmish game? It's mini agnostic, rules light, and I think he is designing it with small tables in mind.

Fascinating, thoughtful, and nuanced discussion. As a 68-year-old who likes Berholt Brecht and would love to see one of his plays performed (and am thus obviously raised in different world from you and many of your viewers) I very much enjoyed hearing your point of view. (Yet, this is definitely not what I expected from a gaming video!) 😉

Heya I had a question I was wondering about. I really like the idea of soloing and you have really helped me break myself out of molds or things I feel are hard locked but one thing I still struggle with is separating games. I come across a concept I really enjoy but I end up wanting to homebrew it into a Frankenstein monster. Some concepts are easy enough to take some things from and keep other things from another, but right now I'm struggling with stat conversions, for example. Like going from Sword Weirdos on a table to Knave 2E. For example.

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Great video, not just for new players but for experienced procrastinators. Anyone have a good suggestion for places to follow up on the advice to share your experiences? My solo play has always been personal but I like the idea of blogging or sharing it somehow, even if no one wants to read it.

I liked earlier RHCP… Then they started releasing trash, like Stadium Arcadium.. and won a Grammy for it. And got more popular. I don’t think I’ve listened to them since.

You were right about Lance. In 6th edition, it becomes Charge. I had no idea about the limitation of horsemanship capping other combat skills!

I didn't know if I wanted sleepy hollow, not much into it, but that solo supplement is golden.

Where did you get your grid board map from?

My mom's lasagna was fuckin terrible

In my case, the difficulty was in that I was under the impression that I have to or that I should roleplay out dialogs etc. But then I was like "why?" and just don't :D . I just write out a sentance or two of what happenes after a roll or before like #1: this the intent then #2: roll and then #3: i write a sentance or two what the result means. All that acting and roleplay may be what some people like but on youtube it is done so that people have a show :D . Of course some people like to do it that way, but I thought I'd write my style and preference.

I’ve been running a game on Alchemy for about a year. Before that I used Roll 20. Overall I like Alchemy but it is frustrating that it doesn’t yet have certain tools that have been standard for a long time on Roll 20 and Fantasy Grounds. Alchemy’s fog of war tool is pretty primitive and I’ve found it to be a little buggy. It would also be nice to be able to draw on maps to show areas of effect, but Alchemy doesn’t have that. Also, maybe this is just my laptop, but in about half my sessions I find the whole platform to be a little laggy. (But my device is only a couple of years old.) What I do love about Alchemy, though, is the immersive effects of story mode, and the very attractive aesthetic and format of notes and handouts.

I’ve been running a game on Alchemy for about a year. Before that I used Roll 20. Overall I like Alchemy but it is frustrating that it doesn’t yet have certain tools that have been standard for a long time on Roll 20 and Fantasy Grounds. Alchemy’s fog of war tool is pretty primitive and I’ve found it to be a little buggy. It would also be nice to be able to draw on maps to show areas of effect, but Alchemy doesn’t have that. Also, maybe this is just my laptop, but in about half my sessions I find the whole platform to be a little laggy. (And my device is only a couple of years old.) What I do love about Alchemy, though, is the immersive effects of story mode, and the very attractive aesthetic and format of notes and handouts.

Ok, I'm convinced, this is awesome. Rolling the crit on the bravery check near the end was peak solo rp (imo).

Even if one wasn’t interested in throwing old onions at the wall or searching for witch’s moles…there’s still a lot to learn from this video. Seriously, I always find that with MaLone’s videos, it unlocks things in my brain that help with completely unrelated topics. Not sure why yet, but I’ll take it!

As someone coming into this fresh, I’m excited for CTGD. I totally get how a fan of the first edition would be disappointed. They maybe shouldn’t have explicitly made it a sequel to CTTH.

Video 93 of me liking and then commenting on every new upload to tell the viewers that the Man Alone Podcast is absolutely some of that sweet, unhinged audio/vocal-honey. Psssst. Anybody into protein bars? I love protein bars. On the hunt for the best one. So far, Fit Crunch has my vote. Keep the sugars extremely low, the protein high and calories close to 200-300.

Oh yeah, cool dice too btw. The beige n burgundy ones do have a nice look. I try not to buy lots of extraneous dice that im not ever really going to play with,buying them just because they are cool looking, but i would get some of those dice probably as i dont have too many that are just for beauty and art design uniqueness, i usually buy ones that are practical and have easy to read color combinations.

Ya bring up memories of the other traumatic frightening "holiday special" animated "childrens" shows of my youth. Riki Tiki Tavi, Watership Down. Heck even the early Rankin/Bass "The Hobbit" animated movie from 1977 had quite a lot of scary imagery the way the art designers did it. The mountain goblins with their huge mouths and teeth...Smaug in that one was kinda scary for a little kid. To me though it seemed all to fit in a fantasy story in that world. My uncle had the hardcover book version of that animated Hobbit movie and I used to read that all the time when i was at my grandmas. He collected comics and vintage horror movie stuff also. Anyway, yeah i recall those british animated story movies back then all were unique, but also had a lot of really frightening scenes at times which later on i thought was kinda odd choices for always showing around Christmas. Lol But even the Wind In The Willows story was pretty damn dark and sad when ya thought the poor mr.mole or otter ir whoever vanished and ya thought he drowned or died in some way. To me that was always more stress or sorrow inducing than cheery and carefree as the holidays were supposed to be intended.

When you said "abacus" I, a person with a math degree who already has an abacus app on my phone because I think it's a wonderfully fun way of approaching numbers, said "hELL YEAH!" involuntarily ...So uh, yeah, I'm *that* kind of player, I guess, lol Excuse me while I unironically ponder ways I can integrate an abacus into my gaming...

If you're really looking for a great solo skirmish game that will play in a 2'x2' area (or slightly smaller), pick up The Doomed. Very melee heavy and not reliant on needing bigger space for long-range weapons. Your WH40K minis will work great with the theme as well.

Slice of pie? Apple would be up there with Pumpkin for me.

Hope your surgery recovery is going well!