Game (beta) launch: Mistwalker
As has been established by the big pink bird over at Prismatic Wasteland, 2025 Is the Year of the Beta . To that end, I have been working hard (ish) in the game mines to finish a first draft of my game Mistwalker . It now sits somewhere in the vicinity of a beta, ashcan, playtest version, or similar. It's out now on Itch, and I'd love for people to read it and tell me what they think. I was asked by Elmcat of Among Cats and Books to come up with a tagline, so of course I came up with two, depending on whether you want the setting and vibes, or the mechanical stuff: An RPG about venturing out into the mist between cities in a fractured world, inspired by polar expeditions, Nordic folklore and the worldbuilding of Disco Elysium. A classless system with trait-based character building, 5e style skills, abstracted wealth, and high-consequence combat. If either of these sound cool, maybe take a look? The game started out as a hack of Songbirds 3e, which I have been playin...