Ronin Glory

Devlog

• Character Sheet as Cheat Sheet
  June 29, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe#Strength, #Temper, #Feats, #thinking, #mechanics

  Thanks to everyone who's dropping a Like and visiting on bsky to show support - that really helps! We've talked a bit about Power and Feats and as I reviewed a speedy play test in my imagination, it d... Continue reading

  
• Almost as though there are Character Classes
  May 30, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe#Skills, #writing, #thinking, #game

  I don't normally work on weekends, but when I do... Things seem to go well! At least this time around. I'm so excited for the progress that I can barely nap. And that's saying a lot; I'm a cat. so... Continue reading

  
• Elements of play
  May 28, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe#Rules, #Elements, #balance, #circle of play

  Here's some of the exact content I was writing up today - Classically, Elements have been tied up with Samurai schools since in the 1640s, a master Samurai wrote famous books trying to explain the dif... Continue reading
• The lackluster part
  May 26, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe#art, #Rules, #thinking

  I think that typically, everyone shares the happy dev stories. And after tons of successes and inventions in my game, I have to confess that I'm hitting a pretty hard wall. It only stops me, not the g... Continue reading

  
• Skill in place of Class
  May 18, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe

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  #Rules, #balance, #game, #Skills

  Background In my experience, Players anticipate a particular Class when that choice will yield what the Player thinks will be fun to do that Session. For example, if we take a Forester which is genera... Continue reading

  
• Feats, don't fail me now
  May 12, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe

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  #Feats, #RPG, #Ronin, #goals, #mechanics

  Since Ronin Glory has no Classes to pick from, Players might feel that they're not getting to pick special Skills or advantages that other games offer to help craft a Character that feels like an indi... Continue reading
• Temper's The Thing...
  May 10, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe

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  #art, #Temper, #stats, #Ronin, #mechanics, #balance, #RPG

  Big news! I've been thinking long and hard about the Mechanics of Ronin Glory and the Technique of Ronin Glory's pending art. My whole life growing up, I stared at this: It was on the wall over dad's... Continue reading

  
• Making Power (stats)
  May 05, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe

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  #mechanics, #game, #thinking, #Strength, #stats

  In the beginning... I had an uneasy feeling long ago that something crucial had to appear shortly before I got into the nitty gritty of Rule set authorship. The initial setup of a Character Sheet trac... Continue reading

  
• The Welcome page draft
  April 27, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe#writing, #goals, #mission

  To give a better picture of what to expect, the "Welcome" page from what might be a landscape A4 format Source book - comments invited! ... I'm using LibreOffice to get a sense of layout and format. W... Continue reading

  
• Inspiration and a Bungle of Mechanics
  April 26, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe

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  #Glory, #mechanics, #game, #inspiration

  I've enjoyed inspirations lately and want to send off a quick list of things you might enjoy if you're a novice Japanophile like me and my wife. I also wanted to remind myself why the inspiration, 'Ro... Continue reading

  
• New Name! Making research a mood.
  April 15, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe

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  #Ed resources, #Glory

  I'm on the verge of becoming happy with a name change that I'd suspected from the start would be more suitable to the rule set that inspired my look into this project. Though the rules were circular,... Continue reading

  
• Circle of Play, Solo odds and OC
  April 13, 2026 by SnakebiteCafe#samurai, #circle of play, #mechanics, #solo play, #solo rules

  Projected release for late May '26 so I don't spend a thousand years detailing trivial details! Explaining the circle of play to myself has been rewarding in defining what concepts will assist other c... Continue reading