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Just a general conversation thread,

I've seen people running games which are mostly combats including battlemap and miniature, and other GM where combats is pretty rare, so just curious to see the trend in this c/

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[–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

I'm in a Burning Wheel campaign right now where the main focus has been political intrigue. Burning Wheel has a duel of wits system that's been a very fun substitute for physical combat. There's strategy in planning out your turns to counter your opponent. Our characters are all conniving egoists looking after their own personal gain. The DoW system has been a good in-universe system for resolving different character goals inside the party.