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Village Emporium | A solo roll and write game | Playthrough Part 1

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Village Emporium is a quick and easy solo roll and write game, in which you, the proprietor, aim to earn commerce points by buy and foraging goods and serving customers.
Join me as I play through this game, designed by Lone Adventurer (me) and illustrated by Ways Unseen (me!).
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5 сен 2024

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@DDCRExposed 5 месяцев назад

I want to add that if something like the Assistant is so essential, it should either be a base part of the game or removed/rethought. An example of this is with D&D 5e and Tales of the Valiant (ToV). The Warlock class for 5e has an ability called Eldritch Blast. It's an optional attack but the majority of subclasses build on this attack. Eldritch Blast now becomes an essential item you have to pick or your Warlock becomes weaker than other Warlocks and party members. One D&D (the next version) and ToV have seen this trend and put Eldritch Blast as a core component of the class. The same goes for Rangers in D&D, the next version is immediately giving you a form of Hunter's Mark as well since it's usually a highly picked optional spell.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

You're completely right. I think I need to keep it in, so perhaps the solution is to break the assistant out of the 'shop upgrades' and into its own separate thing. Maybe you automatically get an assistant at the end of the first season or something like that...

@DDCRExposed 5 месяцев назад

@@lone_adventurer Another thought could be that each circle in the day tracker is actually a week. This way it makes sense you could be foraging on some days in the week and selling on other days. Then the tracker makes more sense to go along with the seasons. Then the assistant is incorporated into the game and a new upgrade can be slipped into that slot.

@kaymarmagic7211 5 месяцев назад

Picked up the bundle on itch, thanks! Would love to see a tavern themed reskin too - I couldn't find a tavern roll and write.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thanks - hope you enjoy the game and other bits in the bundle! A tavern roll and write - kinda crazy that that doesn't exist...good thinking...

@kaymarmagic7211 5 месяцев назад

@@lone_adventurer I think it would be a great theme, and Village Emporium would be a great template. Congratulations on a fun game, and the maps / booklet in the bundle (the locations booklet is really good - this is the area that I really struggle with in solo RPG games).

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

@@kaymarmagic7211thanks again! Glad to hear D12 Locations might come in handy - I've passed your praise on to my girlfriend, who wrote the text in that zine :)

@shanehudson88 5 месяцев назад

OMG!!! I've been waiting for this for months!! So keen to watch!!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

😁 hope you enjoy Shane! Part 2 will be up in a few days.

@martinouellet3540 5 месяцев назад

I use haggle points! Congratulations on creating such an impressive first game! Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thanks dude! And good to see some love for haggle points :D

@coolblue4opter983 5 месяцев назад

I purchased to support you for all of your wonderful work but was waiting for your playthrough of your own game! Worth the wait!!!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thanks - really appreciate your support and I'm glad the playthrough lived up to expectations :) Part 2 dropping today...

@thundercat8601 5 месяцев назад

I know the game is complete, but I thought of a small mechanic to somewhat diminish the "over-powered" assistant feature. We all know that employees aren't as invested in the business as the owner, so every time you choose to allow the assistant to service a customer (regardless if they sell something or not), you roll a six-sider. On a roll of 1, your inattentive employee allows an item of stock (your choice) to be pilfered by a village thief. Also, maybe the assistant can't sell as well as you, so he or she can only service one customer per turn, instead of the potential second customer you get for successfully servicing the first. Just some random thoughts.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

These are great ideas! I'm definitely thinking of tweaking the assistant a little, and might use one of these. Also, I'll pop them in a document somewhere for the follow-up game, which will be bigger in scope. Might be there are multiple options for assistants, or when you hire an assistant you get one random advantage and disadvantage for that particular assistant...

@JPCoovert 5 месяцев назад

SUPER fun!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thanks dude!

@duckilama832 5 месяцев назад

This is really cool, thanks for the video

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

No problemo - thanks for watching 👍

@JimmyShelter78 5 месяцев назад

Nice timing, I just bought this yesterday!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Ah that was you 😉 (my sales are modest enough that I announce every one in my house!). Thanks and I hope you enjoy!

@shernettesimmons2023 5 месяцев назад

purchased but haven't played yet. will definitely be playing now!!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Hope you enjoy it!!

@devolutr 5 месяцев назад

Great work!

@markstevenson7321 5 месяцев назад

Cool game! I'm sure you could edit the design over and over again, each time you look at it. How about a "fortnight tracker" instead of days? That turns your seasons into 3 months each, with 2 fortnights each month. You could also leave it be......it's great how it is.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for your kind words! Yeah the time thing is gonna bug me, but as you say - it might be something to just leave as is. I'm going to do a v1.1 very soon, so I'll ponder it over the next few days...

@michaelhill6453 5 месяцев назад

Love it and it looks beautiful. If it was my game I'd change D6/2D6 to Die or Dice--when there's only one die type the distinction is irrelevant plus you can drop the game in front of a person unfamiliar with the hobby and let them go for it. And yes, I suppose changing days to time could be the way to go. As for the assistant how about, after a few days they bugger off and you need hire another slacker.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Re the dice - I get your point, though I have a bit of a blind spot about die / dice and saying dice when I'm referring to one die. For that reason, I think I want to stick with the notation D6 / 2D6, though perhaps I should pop a small note in the rules to explain the notation. Re the assistant - not a bad idea! I'll have to think about that. I'm keen on not introducing any more complexity, but definitely worth considering.

@thundreturtle 5 месяцев назад

Grats on making a fun game :D I feel like there should be negative points for failing to serve a customer? Perhaps it would be against the spirit of the game.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! Hmmm...maybe. That would mean serving a customer is more of a risk if you're low on stock. Thematically, each unserved customer would probably negatively impact your shop's reputation. But I'm not sure I'm gonna make any major changes to the scoring at this point :)

@brunovalencia408 5 месяцев назад

👍🏼 Buen trabajo!

@boatofcar3273 5 месяцев назад

Purchased!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

You're too kind sir! Hope you enjoy!

@boatofcar3273 5 месяцев назад

@@lone_adventurer As someone who *can not wait* for the current trend of Grimdark games to fade away, I’ll always support efforts to bring some levity back into solo gaming.

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

@@boatofcar3273Ha, guessing you haven't been watching my Ker Nethalas playthough then ;) I've all for some levity, and determined to keep my channel a place where a range of games, both in style and in tone, can find a home!

@asheppard308 5 месяцев назад

I know the game is still somewhat in development. zbut just from watching, what if the Assistant had some kind of drawback? Maybe like a certain amount of coins they cost per time unit or season? I personally like the idea of the assistant costing some amount at the end of a season, and if you can't afford it, then maybe have that upgrade effect wear off, or be diminished? I'm no game designer, just thinking aloud lol. Seems like a cozy little game to play as a nice wind down at the end of the day, I'll have to pick it up!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for your comments and, trust me, your only slightly less of a game designer than I am :D I like your idea - it would certainly be a simple solution that would add some additional cost to having the assistant. I've had a few suggested now, but I'll add yours to the list! Thanks!

@boatofcar3273 5 месяцев назад

Question-do items that come from traders always sell for +2 of their value, even if you got them for free on your initial roll?

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

Correct!

@boatofcar3273 5 месяцев назад

Great! Scored 40pts on my first playthrough. I know you don’t want to rebalance but IMO the haggle/eagle eye points are far too generous 🙂I think you should lose 2 victory points (not cp) for every one you use!

@lone_adventurer 5 месяцев назад

@@boatofcar3273nice work!! This is part of the problem - I'm not good enough at my own game to balance it well 😉 I'm not anti-rebalancing, just gonna take care to only make subtle tweaks. I think haggle / eagle-eye points might be a good thing to target - you're not the only person to say they are too generous!