Slugblaster vs The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Compare Slugblaster and The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen side by side. See differences in complexity, dice, genre, and more.
| Slugblaster | The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen | |
|---|---|---|
| Genre | Sci-Fi | Historical, Fantasy |
| Tags | Narrative, Rules-Light, Cinematic, Fast-Paced, Gonzo, Character-Driven, Comedy | GM-Less, Diceless, Comedy, Narrative, Improvisation, Rules-Light, Gonzo, Beginner-Friendly, One-Shot Friendly, Short Sessions |
| Core Mechanic | Forged in the Dark: roll a d6 dice pool and take the highest: 6 is a success, 4–5 is a partial success, 1–3 is a failure. No attributes or skills: instead, spend Boost to add dice. Kick lets you push your luck for Style Points by adding flair to any action. Style Points fuel advancement and reputation. Trouble tracks escalate consequences from parents, school, and interdimensional authorities. | There are no dice. Each player starts with a purse of coins equal to the number of players, or five each with fewer than five players. In turn, a player tells a first-person tale of about five minutes on a subject another player names just before it starts. A listener with a coin may interrupt by staking one coin on an objection. The teller either keeps the coin and works the objection into the story, or pushes it back with a coin of their own. A refused objection normally goes back and forth, one coin and one insult at a time, until one side backs down and takes the pile. A teller who backs down must then use the objection. After everyone has told a story, each player gives their whole remaining purse to the story they liked best, never their own, and the largest pile wins. |
| Dice | d6 dice pool | Diceless |
| Complexity | Low | Very Low |
| Availability | Paid | Paid |
| Runnability | 5 of 5 book tools | 2 of 5 book tools |
| License | Forged in the Dark | All Rights Reserved |
| Third-Party Publishing | Not yet researched | No verified route found |
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| Publisher | Wilkie's Candy Lab (Mikey Hamm) | Fantasy Flight Games |
| Year | 2022 | 2016 |
| Languages | English | English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Best For | Groups who want fast-paced, irreverent adventures about teenagers hoverboarding through alternate dimensions, doing tricks, getting sponsorships, and avoiding getting grounded. | Groups who want a short, GM-less party game of competitive boasting that needs only a handful of coins and quick wits, including tables new to roleplaying. |
| Highlights | Combines teen drama with dimension-hopping action sports, Kick mechanic adds dice for adding flair to actions, Indie Groundbreaker Game of the Year winner, Trouble tracks escalate consequences from parents and authorities without lethal combat | Objections are wagers, so a sharp teller invites interruptions that can be woven in and pockets each accepted stake. Appendix One gives 186 ready-made story subjects that a player can hand to the next teller. Two coin-free versions for online play let the game run asynchronously over email or a forum, or live in text chat. |
| Considerations | Narrow genre focused on teenage hoverboard adventures, no attributes or skills: characters differentiate through playsheet and narrative choices only, five playsheets (Grit, Guts, Smarts, Heart, Chill) limit build variety, tone is specifically absurdist teen action | A storyteller normally improvises a tale of around five minutes on a subject named moments before, which can put hesitant players on the spot. There are no advancement or campaign rules, so play suits one-off evenings rather than long campaigns. The core game assumes drinks are flowing, and a player who declines to tell a story must buy the company a round. |