Orklord’s Haven

Happy New Year.

I have been playtesting Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies in January and while doing so, I thought about the mechanics for my game.  I am pondering how this game would work if I used an existing system.  I’m jump not wowed by my own dice mechanic thoughts, but I really dig the Solar System (from The Shadow of Yesterday) and the PDQ system (from Atomic Sock Monkey).

I could pretty easily hack either system to have a devolving mechanic and I could tap into an existing player base.  I am concerned that a short-run game like D-com could be a barrier to players to pick up and learn.  But if it is a flavor of a system they already like, it would be more appealing.

 Honestly, I’ve considered buying a couple of the PDQ spinoffs because I know and like the system.