We played it a couple times and had a blast. Were anxiously waiting for the expansion with sub-clans, new ninpo and the possibility to play as normal humans.
Anyone else plays this?
Also, any tips for campaign play? I see the game is geared for one-shots primary but everyone is excited with their PCs. Any tips or tweaks for this are welcome.
Iâve run a couple of one-shots. If youâre already getting good success with it, then youâve probably already figured out most of the tips and tricks I would offer, like âMake sure the players understand how broad Skills are, and that they are superhuman ninjas who can do absurd things.â
Iâve not attempted any campaign play, but I think the number one tip is that players have to NOT hold on too tightly to their PC concepts, or it becomes impossible to write new Secrets. They need to accept that theyâre going to have weird unforeseen past connections and dark secrets and things.
Edit: Other suggestions â Donât have everyone play their âoriginalâ PCs every time â maybe about half the group should play new characters each time. Try to keep the initial âscaleâ of revelations about the PCs smaller (this doesnât work so great if youâve already done a one shot) so you can reveal more about them over time. Try to have an MCU-style âarc plotâ to tie otherwise disparate sessions together?
Found this idea on the discord serverâŚ
"I was reading the rules on prizes, and apparently a person can be a prize. Which brought me to the idea of a bodyguard type of mission. Which brought me to a murder mystery concept, as these things often do.
Think murder on the orient express: theyâre all locked into one location for several hours, trying to figure out secrets. Then thereâs a final climactic battle on top of the train, because of course. I might want to do something like that at some point but idk. It would probably work best with a lot of important NPCs and double secrets
Has anyone tried something similar in Shinobigami before?"
My Shinobigami experience is still pretty limited because, alas, most of my players donât like PvP. That said, Iâm not sure how well the murder-mystery setup works â Shinobigami setups need to âworkâ even if the PCs either learn the âcritical secretâ FIRST, or donât learn it at all.
Maybe you could make all the different secrets somehow âadd upâ to the big secret, or make the big secret a âhidden secretâ in the sense of âa player needs to say âI want to find out the secret ofâŚthe train!â when thatâs not an obvious thing to doâ in order to learn it, but thatâs advanced scenario design for sure.
Iâm looking forward to the âenigmaâ rules from the expansion, which are supposed to really expand on what can be doneâŚ