Basic Rules

Most of the time you don’t need to worry about rules, not for most things that a character does during the course of a game. If a character is opening a door, getting dressed, walking down the street or some other fairly mundane activity then they don’t need to worry about making any sort of roll. It’s only when you’re attempting something more challenging, something with possible consequences or that you’re directly opposing someone that you need to make a roll to see how you do.

In this instance you make a bid, totting up all your adjectives and occupation points to come to a numerical total, the Conductor can dispute what traits you can use or can’t and their word is final. Once you have a number total you roll a six sided dice.

• If you roll two-five(⚁,⚂,⚃,⚄) you add that(+2,+3,+4,+5) on to your bid to get a final total.

''• If you roll a one(⚀) you take that(-1) away from your total and roll again. If you get another one(⚀) you take that(-1) away as well and keep rolling until you stop getting a one(⚀). Then you get your final total. This is called ‘imploding dice’.''

• If you roll a six(⚅)'' you add that(+6) on to your total and roll again. If you get another six(⚅) you add one(+1) to your total and keep rolling until you stop getting a six(⚅). Then you get your final total. This is called ‘exploding dice’''

Example:

Barney is arm wrestling Kingston in order to win an intricately made metal flower. Barney can bid very strong, determined and beefy to win, giving him a bid of four(+4) in total, maybe what happens is...

1. Barney rolls a four(⚃), giving him a final bid total of eight(+8). (Four[+4], plus four[+4] again)

''2. Barney rolls a one(⚀), then another one(⚀) and finally a three(⚂). This gives him a final bid of two(+2). (Four[+4], minus one[-1], minus one[-1] again and the three[ 3 ] is ignored).''

3. Barney rolls a six(⚅), then a six(⚅)'', then a two(⚁). This gives him a final bid of eleven(+11). (Four[+4], plus six[+6], plus one[+1] for the second six[⚅] and the two[ 2 ] is ignored.).''

There are complications to how all this works, some of them optional, these will be described later on.