Four Crystals - Spoony Bard Edition
A downloadable game
What is Four Crystals?
Four Crystals is my take on J-RPG for the tabletop, it is heavily inspired by Mausritter by Isaac Williams and the Final Fantasy series of video games.
You Spoony Bards!
The Spoony Bard Edition is a test version, as the game is still in development. I really could use some feedback, please help me turn this into a reality.
Why Itch Funding?
My intent is to hire an artist to do the art and layout, but that costs money.
Meet Dry
Dry is the creator of Digimon World Beta, check him out!
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dry_designs
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/drydesigns
Discord: https://discord.gg/ASdfmcEjPF
Itch: https://drydesigns.itch.io/
I'm in talks with Dry and he requires 90$ for his work, so that's the goal of the Itch Funding. When the funding is accquired, I will pay Dry!
The Basics
- Three Attributes, Brawn, Agility and Willpower
- d20 roll under
- No attack rolls, just damage rolls
- Simplified abstract turn-based combat using Rows
- Progression through Jobs
- Time, resource and inventory management
Goblin Cave
Also Included is Goblin Cave, a zine with the basic rules, limited character creation and an adventure, easy to prep and play. You can also use the pre-made characters to speed up the process.
Thank you for reading and happy gaming!
Status | In development |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | Bearbottle |
Tags | Dungeon Crawler, Exploration, Fantasy, final-fantasy, pen-and-paper, Tabletop role-playing game |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Four Crystals v1.0May 13, 2024
- Quick and dirty complete rulebook and a few other thingsJan 19, 2024
- Itch Funding!Jan 17, 2024
- Four Crystals is content completeOct 29, 2023
- I've printed my own game.Oct 08, 2023
- Update #1Sep 16, 2023
- Playtest #1Aug 26, 2023
- History, tests and feedbackAug 17, 2023
Comments
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I appreciate the vibe of the 4 different "books" but it'd be a lot more convenient to have a single PDF to reference/search that just smooshed all four together into a single volume.
Hello,
Thank you for reading my game!
The reason I made four books instead of one was because I wanted to print them in booklet format. That said, it's perfectly viable to make one single document with a unified table of contents. I'll work on it!
Thank you for the feedback!
Yeah, for printing, the four booklets seems like a cool format, but for digital use, having a unified file would be great! Thanks!
Glad to see games are still being made for Spoony Bards. Almost mages me feel like a Sage.
Lali-oh! Happy gaming.