Recent content by Frederik J. Jensen

Grymt! Eller som Onkel Danny kunne have udtrykt det: der kom liv i asfalt-oasen og det blev efterfulgt af tømmermænd, tinnitus og nye tatoveringer på sjælen.

I don’t question that there is a lot of value to be gained from external playtesting :)

Playtesters: it can be a lot of work to find external playtesters and even more to get any useful feedback from them. So the easy choice is simply to don’t. Run the game with a couple of groups yourself. Get someone to read and comment based on the text only. Release it and move on to your next...

meddelande i en flaska

I bought Fria Ligans Svavelvinter back when it was published as I was excited to see how Skuggspelet was done and because the book was gorgeous. From memory: I played the intro scenario (in Danish at Viking Con). I don't think I or the players had enough knowledge of the setting to really "get"...

But of course you will not be a true programmer before you have your own pet language and tools and know how to trash talk their nearest competitors…

Take a look at Codepad (https://helloworldsweden.github.io/Codepad-Space_Cleaner/). It's an online editor/compiler/game engine using Lua scripts against a Defold game engine underneath. It very quickly gives you a taste of what it means to create a game and tweak it to your own taste.

🍿😁 🍿 Just remember: if you and your group are having fun, you are doing it right.

There is no spoon

Check out the boardgame Robinson Crusoe -- it has modelled a lot of that territory -- and generates some sort of survival stories. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/121921/robinson-crusoe-adventures-on-the-cursed-island I don't know why, but personally I find survival stories boring. YMMV...

I had fun designing a fast paced two player game where you play a duel from the sagas. Advanced rock paper scissors from a shared deck of 20 cards. https://thoughtfuldane.com/2025/03/22/holmgang-print-and-play-now-available/

Depends. If the quest giver names a specific monetary reward, then it invites for negotiation. Which can be fine. The negotiation can both be used to portray characters and get a hint if there is something fishy behind the offer. But players will need a reference as well for the negotiation...

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First version of Mars to Stay was Powered by the Apocalypse and had a game master. Way too complicated to learn. But fun to design. That was the version that played at Fastaval 2017. Then in 2021 I realised how I could boil everything down to a core mechanic where players made a single die...