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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #18 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Creativity | #23 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Overall | #30 | 3.284 | 3.284 |
| Enjoyment | #39 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Usability | #45 | 2.682 | 2.682 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Such a long time loop almost seems scarier to me than a short one! Imagine locking a rural farm in a 10-year loop — horrifying! They could go for decades without even realizing. Good adventure hook, then! The actual features are cool, although I'm not really sure how playable or impactful Déjà Vu is at a real table. The whole item generally seems like more downside than upside, but the flavor is good.
Very clean page design and layout (not that it’s being judged - I just appreciate it).
I’m curious to how the Déjà Vu ability would be used at the table. A year in-game is a rather long period of time (at least at my tables), and I could see the act of replaying through the previous year’s adventures perhaps a bit tedious, should the players befall the device’s consequences (even if the gameplay is easier due to level-ups and skill-gains). Having a sidebar on ways to introduce this complication to players would be greatly appreciated, as well as advice for re-running scenarios (and keeping them fresh), perhaps breaking out of the loop in other ways, and/or returning to the “save state” before the recursion. This feels like a fun mechanic for a one-shot — but for serialized campaign play or West Marches-style games, it feels like an administrative/directorial headache.
Overall, I do like the item; and the expansion for artifacts.
I like how Draw Steel artifacts are inherently story items, and this is a great example of that.
A very intriguing artifact with a well written description and lore. I could see this being the mysterious center of a campaign.
Very cool to see artifact items expanded, I have not really seen much of that in this jam or elsewhere.
A fascinating addition to the artifact-level treasures! I always find time loop stories interesting, so this is pretty cool!
Some really interesting abilities in this one. The idea of how this could impact a community is also interesting.