The Heart Engine - A Social Game Structure

These are the rules I use to structure And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, an eminently social game based almost entirely on player relationships. Hearts Aglow, however, deals with a university, but this doesn't need to be the case in your game. Instead of "Finals" you can very well have tax day, and instead of "studying" you can have the "tend your land" action, etc. This procedure is very influenced by Ironsworn. There was a flash and the floor seemed to fall upwards to meet my face. I smelled him before I saw him - amidst the static ringing in my ears, I smelled perfume and sweat. His hands around my collar, pinning my back to the wall. Out of the murk I shook out an image of his face, fiery tempered and yelling something indistinct. "Go to hell" I muttered with a smile, and only woke up again twenty minutes later, in the infirmary. Before: The rules below talk about “Traits” and “Trait Modifiers”. These are groups of Personality Traits each character should have on their sheet.…