System Considerations for The Donkey Kong Island Hexcrawl

Monkeying in the Design Mines Farmhands pledging $1 or more over on patreon got to read this a week early! Howdy, Farmhands! The Donkey Kong Hexcrawl comes from a relatively simple desire to role play within the setting and tone of the Donkey Kong Country series. I grew up with these games and want to imagine myself running around in that world. It doesn't really have to be any deeper than that- Gadda wants to pretend to be Monkey instead of Elf this week. But since I intend to do so with Other People who arguably should be as excited for this activity as I am, there's some further considerations to be had. Something I've learned over the years is that just because two people engage with the same media, it doesn't mean they digest that experience identically. Assuming such is the quickest way to destroy a shared imagined world, as the conflicting visions... conflict. Therefore, when attempting to adapt a property into the shape of an elfgame, I need to declare some goals and define…