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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How well are design principles used to create a fun one-shot? | #7 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| How stylish does this one-shot visually look? | #9 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
| How legible and easy-to-understand is this mission? | #10 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #12 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| How well are the themes utilized? | #13 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Which RPG system(s) is this for?
Lancer
How did you use the mandatory theme "Side Effects May Include"?
The very title alludes (european) capitalist Europe's chronic tendency to stand by and let America run wild as a disease - a disease whose side effects may infect include revolution. (A framing taken straight from the novel)
Which hard mode challenges did you do?
What do you want comments/critiques to focus on?
I appreciate that this entry (which is the best I could do in the whole day I had to work on this >.<) is borderline hermetic for anyone who isn't familiar with the novel, so I apologize for the vanity and fully understand if feedback is limited by accessibility <3
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I'm not very clear at all on what is going on, and as someone with no experience with this system, it reads like a DLC for a british mechwarrior game. Seems like the goal is to steal some mechs and run across a field or a base or something? There's far too much jargon for me to really understand what's going on here, despite the short length.
The layout is clean and effective, I think that this is simply designed for a target audience that is more focused on military and combat and miniature rather than theatre of the mind, so feel free to disregard my opinion.
Okay this is part of an absolutely lovely package, the novel, the ruleset, and the scenario. Beyond cool!
The scenario itself seems solid, though I'm not that familiar with Lancer, but from what I gather! Cool moments, especially the beginning, a lot more personal stakes. And a fun interpretation of the theme! Super nice.
This is a pretty cool wargame scenario. I can easily see this being adapted for all sorts of settings, with or without mechs.
Nice set-up and balance of priorities in general and a fun intro to something. I would definitely be interested in seeing a full narrative campaign of this: I think that it would be a good thing to have in one’s back pocket, even if I am very unlikely to ever actually run this with Lancer.