Extending Blackjack as a Resolution Engine

Last week I presented a framework for what I called a Simple Heroic Adventure Game. The core concepts I want to explore were creating a heroic archetype from a simple matrix, a blackjack-based resolution engine inspired by my Hellbenders work last year, and a basic set of heroic principles of play. If this game concept feels sticky enough to continue exploring then I will probably keep writing about the archetype matrix and the heroic principles, but today I want to expand on the blackjack engine. I was in a minimalist mood last week so I described action adjudication with a modified version of Chris McDowall's action resolution procedure and a modified set of rules for blackjack. In particular, I described three basic outcomes for the hand of blackjack: failure due to caution, success, and failure due to recklessness. The natural extension is that the path to heroic success is a narrow threading of the needle between two opposed failure modes. What I like about this model is that,…

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