so I have a question about the faction tracking clock system. The way I read the clock system given enough time (and assuming the PCs don't actively work to prevent this goal) a faction will eventually succeed. But what do you do when two factions have the same goal and for one to succeed the other must fail. The clock mechanic doesn't seem designed to handle that. Do you just make a decision about who succeeds and run with it? Do you try and tie success to player actions no matter how remote? Curious about how you all might have handled this.

So I have played a handful of One Page RPGs, and they are normally a blast. I was wondering if anyone else here had experience in them and if so what you have played?

I'm currently setting up to play Monster of the Week - Interdimensional Crisis Team (from Codex of Worlds), but after that 5 session run, I think I'm going to set up a Collaborative Campaign and a Proactive game to follow, in the online community I'm in-- the Open Hearth. I prefer PbtA as a system, though, so it will most likely be Stonetop, which as I think I've said before, seems perfectly suited to a game like this. Though I've had a bit of a Science Fantasy craving of late, so will likely encourage those kind of worldbuilding elements (like the venerable Skyrealms of Jorune, or Barsoom/John Carter, etc.).

Hi all! Name’s Jude. Pronouns he/him. I’m 25 years old and have been playing RPGs since I was about 12. I got started with the Old West End Star Wars RPG and AD&D2e, but since then I’ve tried a lot of games and am always looking to try more. Lately I play a lot of PBTA and Resistance System games, though I also enjoy the various Chronicles of Darkness splats and me and my friends design our own games pretty frequently. I’m working on a superhero game myself. Currently, the four campaigns I oscillate between are an FFG Star Wars game (GM) set 200 years after the original trilogy about how the New Republic became corrupted; an Apocalypse World game (GM) about a flooded world presided over by strange monsters created by psychic phenomena; my friend’s Spire game (player) where we’re setting up to take the fight to the High Elf military; and my other friend’s hack of the Lumen Light system (player) where we’re Destiny Guardians in a West Marches game, exploring the planets post-Final Shape! I really enjoy trying odd games, anything off the beaten path and breaks the mold interests me. Crunchy, rules-lite, doesn’t matter as long as it has something interesting to say about its subject matter and pushes boundaries of game design. With that in mind, I guess for my intro question: what system’s rule(s) reinforced the themes of a game you played/ran?

So I recently finished reading through Jonah and Tristan’s role playing book as well as Return of the Lazy DM. Both excellent reads by the way and you should check them out as a game master, but does anyone suggest other books on running games?