DIE vs Pasión de las Pasiones
Compare DIE and Pasión de las Pasiones side by side. See differences in complexity, dice, genre, and more.
| DIE | Pasión de las Pasiones | |
|---|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy, Horror | Modern |
| Tags | Dark Fantasy, Playbook-Driven, Character-Driven, Narrative, Drama, Roleplay-Heavy, Fiction-First, Atmospheric, Worldbuilding, Collaborative | Drama, Playbook-Driven, Narrative, Roleplay-Heavy, Social Intrigue, Character-Driven, Collaborative, Fiction-First, Low-Prep, Rules-Light |
| Core Mechanic | Build a dice pool of d6s equal to the stat most relevant to the task (0–4), adding dice for advantages and removing dice for disadvantages. Each 4+ is a success; the GM's difficulty subtracts from that total. Each 6+ can also activate a Special ability tied to the roll. Each of the six Paragon classes is identified with a different polyhedral die (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, or d20) that can be added to the pool to power that class's signature abilities. | Most rolled moves have you roll 2d6 with the questions. Each yes to the move's two questions or your playbook question adds +1. The total modifier stays between -3 and +4. A 10+ is a strong hit, 7–9 a weak hit, and 6 or less a miss. On a miss the MC (the game's GM) makes a move unless the move says otherwise. Marked conditions are emotional states that each give +1 to one basic move and -2 to another. |
| Dice | d6 dice pool + d4–d20 | 2d6 |
| Complexity | Medium | Low |
| Availability | Free quickstart | Free quickstart |
| Runnability | 5 of 5 book tools | 5 of 5 book tools |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Third-Party Publishing | Not yet researched | No verified route found |
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| Publisher | Rowan, Rook & Decard | Magpie Games |
| Year | 2022 | 2023 |
| Languages | English | English, French, Italian, Spanish |
| Best For | Groups who want an emotionally heavy, character-focused portal fantasy: real-world friends enter a fantasy world that mirrors their buried issues and must decide whether they can ever agree to go home. | Groups who want a short season of melodramatic romance, betrayal, and shocking reveals, with players taking turns as the audience that steers each other's stories. |
| Highlights | Six Paragon classes each tied to a specific polyhedral die with its own subsystem: Dictator breaks hearts with words, Fool gains luck from acting carefree, Emotion Knight weaponizes a chosen feeling, Neo powers techno-magic with daily-refreshing Fair Gold, Godbinder bargains with gods for miracles, Master rewrites reality as a rule-bender. Real-world Flashback lets each player recall a memory once per session for advantage on any task. Session-zero procedures build the Personas and the fantasy world around their buried issues. Designed around 2–3 session games with extended campaign rules provided. | Move questions such as "Are you dressed to impress?" replace stats, so each roll's bonus comes from what is happening in the scene. Players outside a scene act as the show's audience and can boost a character's roll or reveal off-screen events. A successful Accuse Someone of Lying roll can declare your character right despite what earlier scenes showed. |
| Considerations | Premise requires players willing to roleplay vulnerable real-world versions of themselves before any fantasy play begins. Bleed themes (the fiction leaking into real relationships) push emotional intensity that many groups will need explicit safety buy-in for. Each Paragon has a distinct subsystem the class's player must learn individually. The fantasy world is built collaboratively in session zero around the player Personas rather than drawn from a fixed setting, placing significant improvisational load on the GM. | The game assumes romance and works best when every player character is a possible love interest. There are no in-depth combat rules: a punch uses the same move as calling someone cruel names. Every player character is expected to be Latinx. |