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Gambit

Gambit
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Playtest
The game is still being tested, and your feedback is part of the point.
Newbie friendly
New players are welcome, and nobody expects you to know the rules beforehand.
Live play by post
A play by post game that runs in real time, so everyone writes together during a set window.
Play by post
The whole game runs as written posts in a chat or forum, so nobody has to be online at the same time.

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Trying to find players to help play test a TTRPG I'm working on that was inspired by Blades in the Dark. Basically the aesthetic/setting is kind of old-school D&D low-medium fantasy dangerous magic. We use d10s instead of d6s and add flat bonuses instead of rolling multiple dice. Characters will be pre-generated and provided to players for this one shot! It has Resistance but in this game they're called Saving Throws, and it has Stress and Trauma but it's called Deviations and Omens in this game. But it does depart significantly in action resolution. So in Gambit, we set the Stakes and Odds which basically means we establish the potential consequences (Perils) and success state before the roll is made, as well as a double DC that represents a target number for a Clean Success as well as a target number for Success with Perils. The players and the GM can introduce new tactics, equipment, etc to adjust these numbers or potential consequences or the Gambit (action) being used. The GM does have final say on what Gambit or Gambits must be used to complete the stated attempted action however. There are also way more Gambits (actions) in this game than in Blades in the Dark, but the majority of them are on the "mental" side of Vitae (attributes). The Gambits are more specific and less general than in Blades in the Dark. (Watching, Hearing, Engineering, Leaping, Dashing, Wrestling) but you also get more bonuses to these later in the game (basically a number of +1 bonuses equal to your level per level, so +2 at level 2, +3 at level 3 and so on.) There's more to it than listed here, but I don't wanna post the whole rulebook. If you have any questions, please post or message me.
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  • Location: Online
  • Game frequency: Oneshot
  • Timezone:
    PST
    Pacific Standard Time (GMT/UTC -8)
  • Weekday: Sunday
  • Starting time: 14:00
  • Organizer: Alverin
  • Players: 0/4
  • GM: 1/1
  • Language: English
  • Added: 2. November 2026
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