Posts Tagged by skill check
| January 26, 2012 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
A few months ago, I backed a Kickstarter for a product called Writers Dice, by Daniel Solis. I just got my dice this past week, and wanted to use them in my All For One game. So I started to think about how to work them in. I came up with three ways that I could use them to enhance my game and add a bit of randomness to it. Writers Dice: A Quick Summary Writers dice are d6’s, but rather than the standard numbers they…
| September 7, 2009 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
The skill check. Next to combat, the skill check is the mechanic most used to drive the plot of a game. Most games have a skill system, and most rules do not do a good job of making skill checks interesting. That’s where we come in. With a little helping from the Stew, we are going to show you how to make your skill checks rock. When it comes to skill checks, there are some games that are doing it better than others. I would…
