{"id":285,"date":"2018-12-12T15:24:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T20:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dodecahedroid.com\/blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2018-12-09T16:22:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T21:22:32","slug":"metatopia-2018-report-part-4-root-rpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dodecahedroid.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/12\/metatopia-2018-report-part-4-root-rpg\/","title":{"rendered":"Metatopia 2018 Report – Part 4: Root RPG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Per usual with all Metatopia recaps, everything presented here is based on playtest material and not final published versions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1, continued<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Root RPG<\/em> by Brendan Conway\/Magpie Games<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Brendan Conway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Root<\/a>
Around the table: Rob, Alex, Kevin, Brendan, Sam, and Glenn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You may or may not be familiar with the board game Root<\/a><\/em>, possibly the cutest wargame ever. This was an early playtest of the RPG adaptation of that game. It's based on a Powered by the Apocalypse system, and we focused mostly on chargen and a brief adventure, so there's not a lot to go over as far as mechanics. One interesting piece that jumped out at me is that there is a sort of extra type of basic move that's tied to equipment, so you can do moves particular to carrying a dagger vs. a large sword, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As PbtA games tend to do, this game did a good job supporting its story genre, which I felt focused on a kind of action-espionage feel as part of an ongoing war. Like other games based on existing properties, this also has a lot of built-in setting, but none of it should be glaringly unfamiliar; the characters are anthropomorphic woodland creatures. It was a fun session with no shortage of action or hijinks, and I think it makes a great basis for some good, clean action-fantasy fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I said, this was a pretty early playtest, so I imagine it will be in development a while yet (latest word is a Kickstarter scheduled for mid-2019), but you can keep up with it by keeping an eye on Magpie Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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