It's time to begin my second (and final) week of choosing Truths for a solo Ironsworn: Starforged game! Rolling for one a night is letting me stew on each of these truths without feeling like I'm getting too mired in the details. It feels like a little treat to look forward to each night instead of a big homework assignment to slog through (in my experience, doing all 14 all in one go can feel like a lot).
I think this extended approach could work at least as well in a group setting. Scheduling, like, 14 half-hour sessions 14 nights in a row would be next to impossible for many groups, but it would be very play-by-post friendly; you pick a set time each day to roll the next Truth on your Discord server or whatever, then it serves as a focal point for discussion and ideation until the next one drops.
Speaking of discussion, let's roll on the table!
Communication and Data Roll: 71
"In settled domains, a network of data hubs called the Weave allow near-instantaneous communication and data-sharing between ships and outposts."
This flows well with how I've interpreted our chosen Exodus and Communities so far. It makes sense that the Covenant corporations would have prioritized setting up reliable communication on the other side of the gate first-thing.
But I also don't want to just have the 2024 internet in space. So, let's put on our executive hats and get to making things worse on purpose:
- The Weave is what the internet would be like if every bit you sent and received had to do laps around a distant moon because the relays around the nearby moon weren't "preferred" by your network provider.
- The Weave is watching a 30 second ad that takes two minutes to buffer so you can update your cosmic weather maps and not warp-drive into a balefire.
- The Weave is a closed web of walled gardens built by the lowest bidders.
Well, that was oddly cathartic. I wonder if Medicine will be in any better shape.