This is an intriguing game to read, for sure!
I haven’t played yet, so I’ll have to come back and update this review, but so far I have some very strong opinions after reading through the rules.
The Carved From Brindlewood system is a genuine innovation in TRPGs. Reading through each section, and discovering how each system fits in with the other systems, I begin to imagine how strange, how new, and how exciting this will be to play.
There is such strong support for narrative pacing, character development, and cinematic play in the way this game is structured that I’m guessing I’m going to really enjoy it at the table.
However… the way the book is laid out does not make it easy to reference. A lot of key concepts, referred to later in the book, that are hard to find earlier in the book. Lot’s of command-F going on.
Def worth checking out, but has it’s drawbacks so far.
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