🚂🍭 Playthrough/Review: Egil
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solo_knightEgil
(Having introduced the not-a-game tag, I promptly need ‘probably-a-game’. Indie games are weird)
What is it?
You play as Egil, and you confess a thing you've done, which probably means you killed somebody.
Then you write a poem about it.
Is it playable out of the box?
Yes, as long as you have some Viking music at hand and a good head for rhymes.
Amendments:
None, though I did use M-W 'rhyme' search.
Tools
Dice Polyset (without d%); Viking Music
Price:
Free at the link above.
I came to the marketplace at noon,
You’ll hear the sorry tale too soon,
priest I met drinking, a monk.
For that meeting, I must atune,
There in Holmguard he cast his last rune.
He badmouthed the old gods and swung his fist,
considering himself immune
to any demands to attune.
I did not care that clearly, he was drunk
My own fists I raised, rough-hewn
Hoping he would change his tune
He failed to dodge. I’ve never missed.
Not a head I want to spend much time in, and I'm not sure I want to do this again.
Loved the 'roll all dice other than %' mechanic and I want to steal it at some point.
(I'd edit this, but I've committed to posting my raw notes, and it's not good enough TO polish but the second line was definitely me spinning my wheels.)
Verdict:
Honourably Retired 🚂
This one is weird 🍭
(Having introduced the not-a-game tag, I promptly need ‘probably-a-game’. Indie games are weird)
What is it?
You play as Egil, and you confess a thing you've done, which probably means you killed somebody.
Then you write a poem about it.
Is it playable out of the box?
Yes, as long as you have some Viking music at hand and a good head for rhymes.
Amendments:
None, though I did use M-W 'rhyme' search.
Tools
Dice Polyset (without d%); Viking Music
Price:
Free at the link above.
I came to the marketplace at noon,
You’ll hear the sorry tale too soon,
priest I met drinking, a monk.
For that meeting, I must atune,
There in Holmguard he cast his last rune.
He badmouthed the old gods and swung his fist,
considering himself immune
to any demands to attune.
I did not care that clearly, he was drunk
My own fists I raised, rough-hewn
Hoping he would change his tune
He failed to dodge. I’ve never missed.
Not a head I want to spend much time in, and I'm not sure I want to do this again.
Loved the 'roll all dice other than %' mechanic and I want to steal it at some point.
(I'd edit this, but I've committed to posting my raw notes, and it's not good enough TO polish but the second line was definitely me spinning my wheels.)
Verdict:
Honourably Retired 🚂
This one is weird 🍭
