Ironsworn G+ Archive

Question to players that have 5-6+ games up their sleeves. Do you still use cheatsheet or have you mostly internalized the moves by now? I find that, at least to me, DW moves are easy to remember (then again, I don't remember if I remembered them all that well after only a couple of games) but for Ironsworn I feel like I'd need to keep the cheatsheet around for Ironsworn even after dozens of sessions. It's not really that the moves are hard to remember but I think they are more "mechanical" than say DW. They affect more stats (Momentum, Initiative, Supply, Spirit, Health, Progress Track, Conditions). Maybe also the way they have bigger "chunk" of text in each move? That said, using the cheatsheet is easy, the moves themselves are generally easy to understand and well written and easy to use at the table. It's just that I feel shackled to that sheet as I feel I can't remember the exact triggers or effects of a move.

Hi! Maxime Lacoste and myself started a coop Ironsworn game (only 2 sessions in though). We discussed about how often we rolled failures and how little Strong Hits we had during the game. In comparison, in most pbta games (I know Ironsworn isn't technically a pbta game but bear with me), with a +1 you have 72% success probability (45% of weak hit, 28% strong hit). We were wondering if we should approach the game a bit like Fate were you really need to stack up on Momentum or are we just really unlucky lol. What's your experience with this?

As you are traveling along a small animal track in the Deep Wilds, you stop near a creek flowing from an overgrown rock outcropping to refill your waterskin. You look over the distance, through the fog-laden conifers. The air is cold and refreshing but the woods are silent and eerie. That's when you hear something beautiful but haunting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKImmIQ4omQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKImmIQ4omQ

Where are you supposed to write your Bonds on the character sheet? I was a bit confused when creating my character. I see the track Bonds on the sheet, but I was not sure where I should write the names from the NPC I had bonds with. Also, are each NPC should have its own Bond track or is the track shared amongst all of your Bonds? Also, where you guys usually write down your equipment? I know it's not emphasised in the game, although there's still a step in character creation that tells you to write down relevant equipment/gear. I ended up writting 2-3 items in the bottom margin of the sheet. I kinda wished there was a "note" section on the sheet or something.

Shawn Tomkin Any plan of releasing the Oracles tables as separate condensed worksheet? (p.174-190) It was a bit of a hassle to reference back to the book each time I wanted to consult the Oracle. I have in mind something like 2 2-sided pages with all the tables fitted in there.

So I've started my first solo game. During a perilous journey I got waylaid by a severe snowstorm. I immediately written a track for "beating" the storm but I've noticed there's not really a move that gives me progress (I taught face danger would make sense as I tried to build a shelter and make a fire). I can easily hack this but is there a way as per RAW to get progress form a passive enemy such as the weather?

Can somebody explain to me how the Sojourn move works? I don't get it. Why you need to roll twice?

p.53 typo Combat moves (page 78) usually specify when you make the move (with our without initiative) and whether you take or lose initiative as part of the outcome. :) I LOVE the initiative mechanic btw! Very clever!

Shawn Tomkin I'm curious about the reasons behind the kinda wacky numbers of the Ask the Oracle move. 11+ 26+ 51+ 76+ 91+ It's kinda hard to remember (not that you really need to). I guess it's just increments of 25 except for the first and last and then adding 1 to all but why?