Hello again !
After a few weeks hiatus, I finally get the chance to update the blog again.
Today I will talk about Microlite20, a board game RPG that, maybe, rotating around the luck of the players. What I meant by luck is that the players actually have to play the game with die, either a 8-sided die, or even 20-sided die. Microlite20 was invented by Robin V. Stacey, Al Krombach, and Darrel King. This game is inspired by classic RPGs like Dungeon and Dragons. To play this game, the players have to choose a game master to act as the controller of the scenario and to be the one that setting up the games with monsters, loots etc.
The game master has an utter control of the game, meaning that he can literally do anything to make the game more interesting.
To play the game, each players have to create a character based on their preferences. Again, the stats of the character are purely based on how you roll the die. For example, if you roll a 1, you will get the lowest stat possible for that character for a specific status. The players also have to choose a class and a race for their characters, where each class and race harbor different bonuses. Each characters has hit points, experience, and attack bonuses for weapon type. At the start of the adventure, the players can buy weapons, armors, shields, equipment, and many other thing to enhance their character. All the gold and any other factor are determined by the game master.
Below you can see my character that I created during the workshop:
In the adventure, the players can also interact with NPCs, taking decision on how they wanted to take on their missions, battling various monster; from a bandit to a griffin, and many other interesting action.
Battling monsters in Microlite20 is different than other games. Many monster can be tough for the adventurers, but not few that don't pose a threat to the adventurers. The battle with the monsters is using a turn-based system, where players and the game master controlled monster take turns in taking action. The battle also used die, with various monster using various die depending of the predefined rules.
In our workshop, Prof. Roberto Dillon gave us a scenario, where me and my other teammates appoint someone among us, particularly that time being John Daiki from my group, to be our game master. Together with my friend we complete the "Bandit Chief" Quest, where we overcome all challenge and finish the story where we can get gold for the next quest.
Being absolutely oblivious from the start, we finally understand how to play the game and did enjoy playing it given the chance.
That's all for today be sure to check the Microlite20 website if you are interested in trying it out. Ciao!
Link for Microlite20: http://microlite20.net/
