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Posted by norwigi on 18 March 2016, 12:36 pm
Dread is a “Pen and paper RPG”, but uses a Jenga tower instead of the traditional dice. Whenever a character does something that would normally require a roll, they instead have to pull from the tower. There are 5 possible outcomes:
Successful pull: The player succeeds in the action they are trying to take.
Refuse pull: The player does not even attempt the task.
Abandon pull: The player fails the task. Usually something bad happens
Failed pull: This is like rolling a critical fail. The character either dies or is otherwise removed from the story
Intentionally collapsing the tower: Heroic sacrifice. The player succeeds in what they are trying, but usually dies.