Fantasy roleplaying game in which you fight for your beliefs.
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How do I teach people the combat system from Burning Wheel?
This last week I ran a demo scenario (The Sword) for burning wheel and failed horribly, not least because no-one could understand the combat mechanics.
Can someone provide a script which can ...
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What changed in Burning Wheel between Gold and Revised editions?
What rules changes are there between the Burning Wheel Gold and Revised editions?
The best answer would be an overview that would give a player familiar with Burning Wheel Revised a good sense of ...
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How vested should every player be in the Burning Wheel's rule system?
I am currently pitching a Burning Wheel game for two of my buddies. Most of our group has succumbed to a busy schedule, so its pretty much down to the 3 of us. It's going to be a kind of fantasy ...
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What can I do to improve as a player for Burning Wheel
For games of Burning Wheel, what do you consider to make a good roleplayer, as a GM? What are some things to avoid? Socially, what type of player makes it enjoyable to GM a game?
I'm mostly focused ...
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What demo scenarios exist for Burning Wheel?
While there are a fair number of demos here for burning wheel, the wiki is quite light on details.
I would like feedback on useful demo scenarios to run for Burning Wheel and why they are useful. ...
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What are good character creation options for a Doctor in The Burning Wheel?
I've been playing with burning up a Doctor in TBW, and I was wondering if there were any other skills I should be taking besides the ones I've got, and if my current skill choices would be adequate ...
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How does beginner's luck work with perception in Burning Wheel Revised?
How does Beginner's Luck work with perception in Burning Wheel revised? If I am using a perception-based skill with beginner's luck, then I roll my perception stat at a double obstacle. However, ...
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How do Mouse Guard and Burning Wheel differ?
I am familiar with the rules of Mouse Guard, but not Burning Wheel. And I'm aware that Mouse Guard is a simplification of the BW rule set.
How do they differ mechanically? How much simplification ...
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Encouraging players to not cheat the item purchase system?
I'm running a campaign for a group of friends who - while not new to roleplaying - are new to the idea of a generic resource points system. For context only (still system-agnostic advice), I'm talking ...
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Can the astrology helping die decrease the chance of success?
Astrology can help most tests, but has a chance of actually taking away a success from the roll, thought it is unlikely.
Ignoring the fiction and focusing only on the rules, is there any situation ...
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Can I test circles to find contacts in a briefly visited town/village?
Before play started
We are playing young members of a traveling troupe of mummers/etc., who were attacked by the local inquisition. Before play we visited a certain town, but it has not been ...
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Does a skill in Burning Wheel open gray if one of its root stats is gray?
I'm using the BW Gold rulebook. I'm trying to start a supernatural character, and here's what it has to say about skills and their root stats:
New skill exponents start at half the root stat ...
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What die rolls are open-ended?
In Burning Wheel Gold, so far as I can tell, the following tests have open-ended die rolls:
Magic
Perception
Any skill-based test with the funky little squiggly S after it (which are generally ...
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Helping and FoRKs on a beginner's luck test
Which of the following scenarios are possible (under suitable fictional circumstances, of course)?
Rolling a skill with beginner's luck, helping with a skill
Rolling a skill with beginner's luck, ...
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Tips for running a mystery in Burning Wheel
As part of an ongoing "Uncampaign" (organized group play of many different systems, to get a feel for new and current trends), I'll be running a Burning Wheel game this weekend.
Having only run ...
