Martin talks RPG design 5.2 - Your dice mechanic
Deciding which dice mechanic to choose
Martin Killmann
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Martin talks RPG design pt. 5 - Dice
Dice mechanics I RPG designers love fiddling with dice because it’s one of the few physical artifacts on the table that you can touch with your bare hands while the rest of the game is only in your mind (unless your game uses miniatures). Today’s article is an overview of typical dice mechanics that you can use to generate random outcomes in your game.
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