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Well crap I just got mine… Should have know that last sale was too good to be true.

Happy birthday!

Great article, interesting take. Feels wierd but am gasp optimistic now?!

Thanks! Will check out this system might be good for con games to. Also, always good to see groups co-gming I think it works out well and keeps burnout at the bay :)

Also I am very happy to run a one shot online for you and your group! I can do a solid one in 4 hours and should help you see if it’s worth your time. :)

Cool glad to help. I played Red as well and while its perfectly fine, I felt it was just too much mechanics that get in the way of the story.

Note on Sprawl: default system is deadly and high chance of body parts blown off or death it’s gritty but you can adjust to your taste. Embrace the chaos. Also stick to mission structure for first few games, a narrative will emerge naturally that just fits and you will know it, and that you can build into a campain around. Scary to start that way but it works well!

As for PBtA in general it (for me at least) took a bit to grok how to run it. Once it clicked and I realized I didn’t need a ton of detailed prep, just going with the flow in game, and then putting my prep into vectors of story and world-building, and character complications, I feel in love. Your not making plot details, your adjusting around player decisions and adding complications… It’s a very diffeent take for me.

There is a good actual play for the Sprawl that was a good primer to see how it works. Let me dig that up.

Also this video is good too! Adam is a dbag for other reasons but this advise is solid https://youtu.be/xBkMOsZ7KDo

I love cyberpunk and have run many different systems and settings over the years. A few years ago I picked up The Sprawl a PBtA book and it clicked. Of course very narrative but with the cyberpunk stuff you want- hacking, gear, cyberware but without a ton of book keeping.

Is it perfect? No, but it’s a good fit if you like to narrative games. It’s default is mission based gameplay, but have done several campains breaking out of that mission structure. Doing a Shadowrun campain right now :)

I can’t recommend it enought! DM me happy to chat more!

http://www.ardens.org/games/the-sprawl/

For us it was either live rual (which I would like) but live far away from everything, good schools and massive drive to go anywhere. Or Settle for HoA… We settle for HoA while kids are young.

I wish I could HoA would throw a fit. Long term plan is more rual and will try to keep it local for most of the “lawn”

This made me tear up. Working with my son through his adhd issues made me angry and sad I went through the same without any support.