Hey, sorry for the delayed response, I have been traveling.
That rule originally came from when we were a much busier subreddit. I recognize it’s harder to really be “active” now, with so few threads. If they want to try to be a part of the community, I have no objection to them making a post about their game. No specific definition of what “active” means in terms of number of comments or anything, we’d just like to avoid the kind of drive-by spam of “buy my game kthnxbai”
DMing has helped practice a lot of business skills…communication, organization, running a meeting. Making pretty documents in google docs :P
Hm. Well, don’t feel obliged to hew to existing genre definitions.
Also, I’d still urge you to sit down and make a list of design goals, eg what you like about the experience of playing war games or ttrpgs, and then make rules to match, rather than starting with making the rules or choosing which ones to duplicate from existing games.
I think it’s a false dichotomy. You want to decide what your design goals are, the kind of vibe you’re trying to generate, and then create systems that support that vibe.
I only implement restrictions when there’s actually a problem. Haven’t needed to in a long time
Some people, especially kids (no shade, I’m mostly talking about myself when I was younger) have difficulties focusing on the game when the distraction machine is in front of them, leading to DMs restricting or banning their use.
There are lots of places that will print for you (eg https://www.shapeways.com/), but it’s cheaper and easier than ever to print your own right now! You can get a cheapo chinese printer for a hundred bucks, or an excellent Bambu for $250 (https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/a1-mini) Then you feed your model into something called a Slicer which will let you adjust all those parameters to your heart’s content (Flashprint is beginner friendly, Cura or Orcaslicer are more advanced options, all free) You’ll also need a roll of filament ($13-$20 for one roll, enough to print hundreds of minis) and then you just hit start and see how it goes! If your print fails, nbd, it’s like a fraction of a cent of plastic, just tweak and try again!
The material you want to use is called PLA, it’s cheap and easy to work with. Note that all the above prices are in USD, it’s likely more expensive to get shipped to Australia, but a lot of it comes straight from China so you never know. Feel free to message me with any questions or troubleshooting help
What is a “domain game”?
Absolutely. I like talking about design with people perhaps too much!