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From the creator of the bestselling games ENTITY, KUROI, CAMPFIRE STORY, and STORYTELLERS comes a new GM-less, roguelike, diceless dungeon-crawling RPG for 1–4 players: BRIGHTBORNE. 

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Set in a richly detailed, lore-packed grimdark world, all you need to play is the rulebook, a pencil, and a deck of classic blackjack cards.

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Featuring tactical grid-based combat and easy-to-learn rules, it’s perfect for both newcomers to dungeon crawlers and seasoned veterans alike. It also contain a structural loop to keep your story focused as you have seen and love n Entity title. 

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And last but not least a very unique Monster builder so no Hunt will ever be the same. 

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PS: You can setup the game, including Character creation in a minute or two. 

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Benjamin R July 07, 2025 2:34 am UTC
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Wonderful game! I am really enjoying it.

Can you explain 'direct damage?' When is the player's damage direct, and when is the enemy's damage direct?
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Candle N July 09, 2025 9:48 am UTC
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Thank you very much Benjamin! Direct damage is an unpreventable damage. No source can prevent it, and it has exact value. Also it must be stated as "direct damage" by the effect.
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Benjamin R July 11, 2025 1:28 am UTC
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That makes sense. Thanks so much, and keep up the great work!
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Pyke V June 06, 2025 8:31 am UTC
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Hi, I've been looking but cannot find this information anywhere.
Hope this isn't taken the wrong way, but just wanted to check whether AI was used in the creation of these games, or if it's all original work? A lot of different styles across the games, and I can't find any credit for the artist(s), so just wanted to ask.
Thanks!
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Candle N June 06, 2025 3:11 pm UTC
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Hi Pyke, every game i did have an artist credit. I am doing art on my own or comission artist i work with as an art director for wise wizard game for more than 10 years, i am also doing arts for several board game companies and tcg's like vampire the eternal struggle, sorcerer card game or mage wars. I am an illustrator for more than 30 years and 10 years an art director.
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Stefano S May 26, 2025 4:55 pm UTC
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I have some questions after running a couple of adventures:
1) AoE on player weapons: does the attack target all monsters in the same column?
2) Monsters moving in the same grid space: in the video, you say that a monster moving on a gridspace already occupied will NOT move, is that correct?
3) Archetype 10: seems really overtuned, with 2 skills at +1 (instead of just one), Blessed Mace is skill-neutral and strictly better than Carved Bone Staff, Twin Hatchets and Cursed Censer Flail, and Bastion Slam is strictly better than Last Stand and Black Arrow. And then there is the shield and the relic to be added. Any insights about it? Since you can choose your archetype, it seems very appealing and without any counterbalances.
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Candle N June 04, 2025 8:46 am UTC
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Hello Stefano, please take my apology for a late response. 1 - Yes, all in same column. 2 - Yes, correct. 3 - It with a purpose :-) you also get creators candles as a gift from me... counterbalance between Archetypes is with purpose, its on you to set up the mood and difficulty.
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Candle N June 04, 2025 8:47 am UTC
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Btw, it seems you are first one to find this out, congratulations.
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Chase C May 23, 2025 7:44 pm UTC
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I am curious what are your thoughts/feelings about other people hacking this system or reworking it for a new game? How would you like to be attributed / how open are you to that?

I obviously don't want to step on any toes and want to properly credit the system and creator; I just love how combat and encounters play out so seamlessly with just a deck of cards.
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Candle N May 23, 2025 11:40 pm UTC
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Hi Chase, feel free to get inspired and if you leave some shout-out about my work it will be fine.
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Chase C May 23, 2025 11:53 pm UTC
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Awesome I'll definitely loop back with you if/when I make anything. I really love the work you did on this system.
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Candle N May 24, 2025 1:24 am UTC
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Thank you very much Chase! I wish you lot of passion, patience and determination to finish it!
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Chase C May 28, 2025 3:29 pm UTC
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Just a few more questions to clarify:

So in combat when using a weapon, it's not a flat damage increase, just indicating extra cards you draw? So a +3 would be 3 extra cards to draw, not just 3 flat damage?

And then with damage, it's calculated by the exact cards you draw, not just the same rules as the skill check where you either have a strong or weak hit? Like drawing two matching cards isn't just a singular success worth 3 damage, but a double success worth 6 damage?

Hopefully all of that makes sense.
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Allen D May 17, 2025 3:15 pm UTC
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With permission from the author I released a free playingcards.io table for anyone interested and have a playthrough posted of my first attempt at a playthrough.

https://youtu.be/8QQNC2aAHKU?si=KSyoSFD5Sz5xhNvO
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Allen D May 15, 2025 4:36 pm UTC
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Hey! I've been commenting on some of your videos on this game. This is Gwydion with RPG Frequencies. I wanted to let you know I've created a table using playingcards.io that I'm going to use to show my playthrough when I get time. I'd love to release the table for free as I don't think there is anything proprietary in it but wanted to get your permission.

If you have an email I can send you a preview of what it looks like. You can reach me at [email protected]. Thanks for a really cool game!
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Bill G May 13, 2025 8:38 pm UTC
About how long does a game of Brightborne take to play?
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Candle N May 13, 2025 9:16 pm UTC
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Hello Bill about 70-90 minut approx. But its very easy to "save". Game is measured by the Encounter deck, you can also adjust that element to speed up and vice versa.
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Matthew C May 12, 2025 9:43 am UTC
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Hello - I have questions around using Relics. I might just be blind, but I cant find anywhere in the rules that talks about how to use them, or what it means when one is listed as a 'sigil'. Some have a set number of uses, and some do not. For the ones that don't, does that mean they are unlimited use? For example, the Third Eye relic is listed as 'Sigil' and I can use it to draw +3 Cards in combat, but it doesn't list how many uses it has. Seems pretty powerful if I can uses it every attack...

Also, regarding mundane items... Are they tied to their suits? A 'Handful of glowing pebbles' is in the clubs suit, so can it only be used to boost a Veil skill check? I only ask because starting weapons are tied to specific skills.
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Candle N May 12, 2025 9:51 am UTC
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Hello Matthew, sigils are once per use, you break that sigil to cast the spell. They are powerful single usage relics. You literally have that physical sigil, then you break it and effect will happen. Mundane items are not tied you basically have full narrative freedom.
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Matthew C May 12, 2025 5:20 pm UTC
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Thank you :)
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Matthew C May 12, 2025 5:24 pm UTC
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I am so sorry! I was replying on my phone, and my thumb bumped the complaint button next go your reply and won't let me undo it :( I don't have a complaint.
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Candle N May 12, 2025 7:09 pm UTC
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No worries, Matthew. Please let me know how you’re liking the game.
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Christopher B May 09, 2025 10:40 pm UTC
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Any chance of there being a printer friendly version with a white back ground?
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Candle N May 09, 2025 11:59 pm UTC
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Hi Christopher, sure why not. I will take a look at it.
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Candle N May 08, 2025 5:22 pm UTC
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Dear all,

Just a quick update: after facing some issues with re-uploading files, I have now uploaded new PDFs. You can recognize the latest version by checking the “Building the Encounter Deck” section on page 8. It should state that you are drawing the top 10 cards instead of 15. You can also watch video tutorial, i added the ling directly to this profile description.

Peter
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Man A May 08, 2025 12:37 pm UTC
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Thanks for creating this wonderful and unique game! Question - I could be thinking about this the wrong way, but the archetype table; is that supposed to have some sort of title for each card draw? I am supposed to pull a fate card there to generate a "class" but I'm not sure what to put on that line because it seems to me like it only gives the modifiers/starting loadout for whatever that class is. Is it expected that - if I pull a 6 of spades for my "class" that on the line next to class I should just write "6 of spades"? Or did I miss something that describes that elsewhere (not uncommon for me to miss something like this). Thanks again!
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Candle N May 08, 2025 2:44 pm UTC
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Hi Man, You do not missed anything, there is no class name or archetype name. Its totally up to you how to name your class, because in downtime between Hunts you will gain further Archetypes. You feel free to create your cool named ones. Btw very important thing: I reuploaded files with MAJOR UPDATE and also i added youtube tutorials to answer all your doubts. But dont hesitte to ask anything here or in YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWQfUXgl0H4
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Man A May 08, 2025 8:13 pm UTC
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[power flows through me as I read your response] yes....YESSSSS!!!
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Peter Scholtz
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