Kingdom: A Role Playing Game About Communities

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Beyond that, there's also an intriguing set of roles, where each player has slightly different mechanistic powers. It is also cool to see that it is adaptable with Microscope, since this one is more focused on a specific period. Nailing down definitions can turn into a horrible quagmire, particularly when we’re tackling words that lots of people already use but define differently, or use without an actual definition just a case-by-case “I can’t explain it but I know it when I see it”. So, while they may be a particular character, the King, for example, the King exists to represent the one who decides what direction the community goes. It is cool to see that there is something playable in the veins of a fiction first approach that also works for more competitively minded people.

So, if you've read my Microscope and Microscope Explorer reviews, you know what I think about those. I feel like it has less amount of freeform, but the ruleset felt ambiguously strict, structured but without clarity, so will probably feel like I am playing the game wrong, if I am to teach this to others. The range of what could be defined as a Kingdom is honestly surprising alone, which is a good thing. And I just told him that if he does what the people want his precious authority is going to be a thing of the past. We play these games together to be surprised and satisfied by ideas we wouldn’t have created on our own.Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. The format and mechanics of the game allow a wide-range of possibilities and its very adaptable to different circumstances. Here's an example from Kingdom: the status quo of theocratic city state is challenged by a foreign, barbarian religion gaining popularity among the masses (I immediately thought of the Gol in Matt's game).

Whatever the case, unlike Microscope (also by Robbins), I didn't find myself immediately trying to recruit my wife into playing a game of it with me. It does a number of things that are a little more familiar than Microscope: you have a (mostly) persistent character, this character has a role they play and certain information about them written onto a sheet, in a way they are kind of the main protagonists of the story. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. You’re sitting at a table, playing a game, and someone across from you says: “I grab your neck and put a knife up to your face and say “Tell me what I want to know, or else!This is an excerpt from Kingdom, but it’s a good recipe for making scenes in just about any story game. When your charter is to game with strangers every week, maturity and civility is fundamental to making that work. You can play serious games with scheming and regicide, but you can also make Kingdoms that are about romance, teen drama, or hilarious hijinks. A role-playing game about communities, by Ben Robbins, creator of the award-winning game Microscope. Even when the character's a pre-generated there is a conformity to the features of that characters skills and abilities, so the focus is often more on the personality and character of the individual.