HillFolk and the Distinction Between Drama and Procedural

The Guild’s annual meeting is just around the corner. Despite the experience being just a mix of intoxication and hangovers, we actually get a bunch of gaming done. Sure, it took us until about five in the morning to get five rounds of sealed MtG done last year, but still, we manage.

I plan to try HillFolk for the first time. HillFolk the book is pretty much about setting, but it does include Robin D. Laws’ DramaSystem within it. The approach of the DramaSystem has some interesting features. Mainly that it makes the distinction between dramatic and procedural scenes.

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