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Rod, Reel, & Fist

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A village stricken by tragedy. A group of plucky young fishers. An ancient region, reclaimed by nature, and the wish-granting fish that waits at the heart of it.

Welcome to Rod, Reel, & Fist.

  • A Tabletop Fishing RPG?! Rod, Reel, & Fist is 280+ pages of tabletop fishing adventure. Players take on the roles of heroic fishers trying to save their village by making a truly legendary catch.
  • Everyone Can Play: Rod, Reel, & Fist is suitable for all ages, and its dice system makes all failures into temporary setbacks. At the same time, it's built to scale up and provide a challenge for seasoned players, and it comes with a host of alternate settings that reflavor the game as a space opera, cyberpunk adventure, or a martial arts odyssey.
  • Simple But Deep: Catch fish and ward off hostile animals using a "rock, paper, scissors, dice" combat system that relies on clever resource management, reading your opponent, weighing risk versus reward, and knowing when to step back and let your teammates help.
  • Build Your World: Easy-to-follow rules help you to design your own setting---either by yourself or collaboratively with your friends.
  • Endless Adventure: The book comes with six scenarios, including an introductory sandbox, a tournament, a fishing journey, a timeloop, and a tower defense minigame where the players protect their town against hundreds of eels. Also included is the roguelike Legacy Mode, which expands the game by adding an evolving adventuring region to which the players must return multiple times in order to fully conquer it.
  • Beach Episode Compatible: Splice Rod, Reel, & Fist into your current campaign for a light-hearted sidequest or a hot-blooded mini tournament arc.
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William D May 12, 2020 4:22 pm UTC
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i really want to get this but would much rather have a physical book is there a ETA on that also this looks perfect BESM harvest moon game Im planning I cant wait to get my hands on it
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May 14, 2020 7:26 pm UTC
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The latest print proof came back in good order, so I'm just waiting on the "make public" request to process through dtrpg's system. I *think* this means print copies will be available in the next couple days, but I'm keeping an eye on things and will troubleshoot if anything happens.

Also BESM Harvest Moon sounds amazing and now I'm super curious about it. Are you doing a lot of homebrew to handle the agriculture elements, or are they regular tri-stat?
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William D May 15, 2020 1:55 am UTC
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Thanks for the heads up as for how I'm homebrewing classes for it Im planing on useing besmD20 senses I haven't got my hand on besm 4th edition yet I'm going to try to break it down afterwards so it can be use on its own or with any system
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May 18, 2020 4:30 pm UTC
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Physical copies are up!

And as for mixing Rodreel and BESM D20, when Rodreel's plugged into other systems, it mostly works as a sort of feature-length minigame. So you'd switch to Rodreel's simple rules and stats whenever someone starts fishing, and then switch back when they're done.

However, BESM D20 lets you point-buy anything, and that creates an opportunity.

I *think* you could probably make Fishing a new Attribute in BESM D20, and for each rank you have of it, you get some permanent Fishing Points to spend on Rodreel's Techniques, Equipment, Types, and Temperaments. This would let you fuse the two rule systems a bit more---although I haven't specifically tested this, and Rodreel isn't necessarily balanced around it. You might also have to create some almighty superfish to challenge the players if you do go this route, as with a little bit of point spending they could become quite powerful anglers.
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April 20, 2020 5:23 pm UTC
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This is unironically such a weird and interesting game.
Between its simple tactical fish combat and its imaginative setting ideas, it is very good.
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May 03, 2020 7:37 pm UTC
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Thank you! It was a lot of fun to make, and I hope I found a good midpoint between surreal and grounded.
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Aaron C April 20, 2020 2:01 am UTC
Is there a plan for a physical release of this? I'd be very interested.
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May 03, 2020 7:35 pm UTC
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Physical release is planned and in the works. It's currently in print proofing, and I *think* the layout bugs are sorted, but I'm waiting until a good test print comes back before opening it up to purchase.

(Sorry for the delayed response. I'd thought I'd configured things so that I'd get messaged when I got a comment, but that doesn't appear to be correct and I'll try to fix that for faster response time.)

Edit: Fixed some settings. I should be correctly getting comment notifications now.
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Aaron C May 05, 2020 2:55 am UTC
No problem! I anxiously await the physical release :)
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May 18, 2020 4:37 pm UTC
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Physical release is ready!

(Sorry again for the wait. The last leg of print-proofing went smoothly, but it took more time than I was hoping to complete.)
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Panu L February 14, 2020 10:30 pm UTC
This sounds suprisingly interesting but could there possibly be a preview made available?
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February 14, 2020 11:25 pm UTC
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All set! It's currently set to preview the first 35 pages, but if you'd like to see more of it or if you have any questions, let me know. I can either expand the preview or make sure they're answered on the page.
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