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Tuesday 29 June 2021

Scarcity RPG [Free]

Scarcity RPG [Free]:

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Hi, I'm Walfalcon Walfalcon here presenting Scarcity RPG. Are you sick of games that promise to be "generic", "universal", and "roleplaying systems", and yet they only deliver on the third? Well I'm here to flip that paradigm. Scarcity RPG has no baggage, it is truly equally apt at providing any experience you can think of! Most games take one of two paths to attempt universality: "Provide an optional rule for every situation," or, "Provide rules that can expand to cover any situation." These are both fine for making games that cover a wide variety of situations, but to take either approach and create a truly universal game is impossible for a mere mortal to accomplish! You see, both approaches have the fatal flaw that the rules they contain flavor the games, tainting attempts to create tonal experiences that differ from the handful of supported ones. You may be able to create a game that allows for any setting,  but not one that equally handles every genre and story.

Scarcity RPG brings a new approach, one which successfully navigates all premises, stories, themes and tones with equal grace. I can confidently say that no mainstream game has ever been as truly universal as Scarcity RPG, just as I can blindly and likely erroneously claim that no game of any kind has been as universal as Scarcity RPG. It truly is a game with no thematic baggage, the first of it's kind!

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