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Push — RPGaDay #21

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020

The Agents of Dee are always looking to push on and weather the storm, as the system opts to Fail Forward rather than simply to fail (I touch upon the concept in Meet). There is no push mechanic, as such. You can spend Fortune to re-roll a really bad throw, but otherwise … Continue ReadingPush — RPGaDay #21

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Rest — RPGaDay #13

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020

An Agent must have the equivalent of a full night’s rest (i.e. about 8 hours) to recover all of their Hits—starting characters have 3. Otherwise, they recover a single Hit for every two hours of uninterrupted sleep. However, sometimes rest is insufficient. Some enemies inflict Consequences that are not as … Continue ReadingRest — RPGaDay #13

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Light — RPGaDay #9

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020

It would be fair to say that The Dee Sanction is system light. It isn’t entirely intentional, but I’ve never liked heavy. I mean, I can read hundreds of pages, but can I keep them all inside my head. And would I expect anyone else to do the same? The … Continue ReadingLight — RPGaDay #9

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Tribute — RPGaDay #5

August 10, 2020

If there’s a tribute to be espied from The Dee Sanction‘s development, it would be in the form of the developing role of the Usage Die. The concept appeared notably (but not uniquely) in The Black Hack as an easy mechanism to track consumables without keeping a precise tally. Seeing that … Continue ReadingTribute — RPGaDay #5

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Change — RPGaDay #2

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020

The real change at the heart of The Dee Sanction has always been in the system. If you look back to the original post on this site, 214, you will see the first mention of the system and the plans for playtesting. That was October 2014. In that iteration, you rolled … Continue ReadingChange — RPGaDay #2

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The Me in Team

December 9, 2014

Teamwork. What is it good for? That’s a tough one. In the session of The Dee Sanction I ran at Dragonmeet on Saturday, I found the teamwork dynamic of the group worked quite well. When someone faced a challenge and they rolled outside their success threshold, the team generally jumped … Continue ReadingThe Me in Team

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Playtesting at Dragonmeet

December 7, 2014

Dragonmeet 2014 at the ILEC Conference Centre saw me running another playtest session of 214. I ran The Dee Sanction setting using a new adventure called “The Holy Wax Infant of Prague“. I had five players and a table in the open gaming area (where I had the opportunity to … Continue ReadingPlaytesting at Dragonmeet

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It’s In the Cards

December 4, 2014

I’m running a session of The Dee Sanction at Dragonmeet (visit the website to discover more) in London this weekend. The morning session, somewhere in the big new Ilec Convention Centre. Don’t ask me – I’m sure someone will point you in the right direction on the day. Anyway, in preparation, I have … Continue ReadingIt’s In the Cards

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Inspiration Strikes

November 10, 2014August 17, 2016

I have written before, probably elsewhere, on the matter of inspiration and the spawning of new ideas. People have different ways of sparking their creativity, or find ideas coming to them in specific situations. It’s that principle that causes writers to keep a notepad by their bed, in case they … Continue ReadingInspiration Strikes

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Quick Thoughts on Last Night’s Game

November 4, 2014

I ran The Bell’s Toll over the course of two short sessions with my regular gaming group. I have asked them for feedback on The Dee Sanction – and I look forward to getting some good stuff over many future sessions. Generally, the adventure seemed to work. I think the … Continue ReadingQuick Thoughts on Last Night’s Game