Calculating the Elegance of TTRPG Mechanics
The elegance of a mechanic in an RPG is something we intuitively understand, but how do we actually pin the concept down so that we can design for it, or understand it when we see it? Well, elegance might be used to mean a number of things, but there's one way, at least, that we can measure it in objective terms: THE ELEGANCE RATIO. Hi! I'm Matt and this is The Tomb of Lime Gaming, a channel about TTRPGs, role-play and game design philosophy. Join me as I write my first RPG! Twitch: twitch.tv/thetomboflime 00:00 INTRODUCTION 00:19 INPUT/OUTPUT 02:00 ICOSAHEDRON 07:26 BIG MATH
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