Left Socks Only - A One-page RPG About Gnomes
The Game:
You’re gnomes. You have a MIGHTY NEED for a sock. If you ever have more than one sock at a time, you explode.
What I Like About This One:
Love me a heist. Love me the Blades in the Dark style flashback mechanic. Love me some gnomes.
What I’d Do Differently:
This one’s really straight-forward. I’d maybe have put some more thought into how to make it more focal on gnome… ness? Work in some notes about their size or something. What do they do with the sock? How do we enable future heists if you can just keep your one sock secret and safe?
Obviously any time you’re making art, you’re going to borrow from your inspirations. Nothing exists in a vacuum and every piece of art is an amalgam of things you’ve stolen from other art that you’ve appreciated. That said, looking back on this game, as much as I love the Blades in the Dark flashback mechanic, I feel like invoking a version of it here was a little lazy. It’s such a great mechanic, though, and I’m not creative enough to think of a better way to hit that trope.