Blades in the Dark G+ Archives

The quickstart is really cool.

The quickstart is really cool. A couple of days ago we started a Ghost Lines game because I wanted start generating interest in my game group fot BitD…Didn’t have as much time to play as I hoped, so we didnt progress much, and now I’m thinking of trying to use the Quickstart to play Ghost lines with the new system directly…

John Harper: is there any chance you can go into a bit more detail about exactly what elements make up a playset for…

John Harper: is there any chance you can go into a bit more detail about exactly what elements make up a playset for the game? I’m chiefly interested in finding out how effort-intensive it would be to use Blades in the Dark to run something set in the pre-metal-age City (from Thief, obv.) if my players wanted something a bit more medieval.

If it’s just a question of glossing over some of the Duskwall setting elements, creating a Hammerite faction and reflavouring spirit magic into Pagan magic, that’d be super convenient. If it’s going to be a much more complicated endeavour, it might make a pretty good stretch goal. 😉

Hm.

Hm… aren’t those runes on the map in the Quickstart similar to (or maybe even from) the game-that-never-quite-happened Stranger Things? I have a couple of (well-worn) T-shirts from that still … ( http://4673.spreadshirt.com/ ). I almost forgot about that game, I was pretty interested in it at the time.

Is there any heritage from Stranger Things which carries over into Blades in the Dark, either game system or setting (or both)?

http://www.onesevendesign.com/strangerthings

What’s the minimum and maximum number of players for which the system works well?

Well, the suggestion of Furnace Room Lullaby as music in the quickstart makes me think my Tom Waits/Neko Case/Nick…

Well, the suggestion of Furnace Room Lullaby as music in the quickstart makes me think my Tom Waits/Neko Case/Nick Cave playlist is the perfect inspiration.

Just scanned the Quick-Start rules; does this confirm my suspicions that Ghost/Echo is a prequel?

Will there be a “regular Quickstart” for the game later on for players who’d like to just have a quick glance at the…

Will there be a “regular Quickstart” for the game later on for players who’d like to just have a quick glance at the game before delving into the full fun?