Marc Kenobi

It's a much more important thing to get that balancing right so that you have an even chance when you sit at the table.

It's a much more important thing to get that balancing right so that you have an even chance when you sit at the table.

It's even bad in cooperative games. In cooperative board games, one player just being markedly more powerful than others is still problematic because... Your expectation coming in... Also, TTPRGs have this open timeline, so if you didn't do great today, you can do great tomorrow or the next week or whenever you can find time to play again.

It's even bad in cooperative games. In cooperative board games, one player just being markedly more powerful than others is still problematic because... Your expectation coming in... Also, TTPRGs have this open timeline, so if you didn't do great today, you can do great tomorrow or the next week or whenever you can find time to play again.

You can always sort of make up for the fact that your character had a quiet session. A board game is you play and you're done, and...

You can always sort of make up for the fact that your character had a quiet session. A board game is you play and you're done, and...

especially if it's unearned some massive luck swings are really damaging to board games because you do feel like well I never had a chance he got that card or they got that whatever and therefore they won there are a lot of games I've played where you feel like a certain character oh you've got that character sure you've got 10 points on everyone to begin yeah yeah yeah

especially if it's unearned some massive luck swings are really damaging to board games because you do feel like well I never had a chance he got that card or they got that whatever and therefore they won there are a lot of games I've played where you feel like a certain character oh you've got that character sure you've got 10 points on everyone to begin yeah yeah yeah

You get as close as you can is the honest answer. Like mathematically figuring out all the variables, we've got a hundred odd cards. So there are more potential combinations than there are atoms in the universe. You can't possibly maths out exactly how balanced you make this, but what you do is you try and make no individual card too powerful.

You get as close as you can is the honest answer. Like mathematically figuring out all the variables, we've got a hundred odd cards. So there are more potential combinations than there are atoms in the universe. You can't possibly maths out exactly how balanced you make this, but what you do is you try and make no individual card too powerful.

So everything has uses in certain circumstances or in certain places, or, which I try to do in Split the Horde, every card has two uses. It has its use as its card, but it also has an ability that you can use. So there's always a lot of flex in what you could choose to do and how that will play out for you.

So everything has uses in certain circumstances or in certain places, or, which I try to do in Split the Horde, every card has two uses. It has its use as its card, but it also has an ability that you can use. So there's always a lot of flex in what you could choose to do and how that will play out for you.

So I'm not claiming it's completely balanced, and I think it's difficult, if not kind of impossible. Even things like chess, going first is an advantage.

So I'm not claiming it's completely balanced, and I think it's difficult, if not kind of impossible. Even things like chess, going first is an advantage.

So some of that, I guess, chance around the edges kind of balances out what he went first and therefore, because things can swing the other way. Yeah.

So some of that, I guess, chance around the edges kind of balances out what he went first and therefore, because things can swing the other way. Yeah.

you know slow up because and you know and things like that so i was gonna say i've been rpg dming for 35 plus years and it it's always a learning curve but but new gms come to you and say oh wow you handled that really well it's like i did this time but this is the 14th time i've seen it like you didn't see the first time when i crashed and burned and the game disappeared you know you've seen enough iterations that you have a sense of wait this is too dangerous to do or this is going to cause problems

you know slow up because and you know and things like that so i was gonna say i've been rpg dming for 35 plus years and it it's always a learning curve but but new gms come to you and say oh wow you handled that really well it's like i did this time but this is the 14th time i've seen it like you didn't see the first time when i crashed and burned and the game disappeared you know you've seen enough iterations that you have a sense of wait this is too dangerous to do or this is going to cause problems

But yeah, it's a much longer learning journey.

But yeah, it's a much longer learning journey.