Nice game; however, I think checkpoints are needed.
Reviews for "Pen&Paper Assassin"
got 10 in infiltration roll a 3 :(
Have to admit, in 2017 I gave this game a 3, but have since bumped up the score to 3.5 Wonder who did the BGM? It's a fine loop, perfect for this 20th century game
There is a charm to 'feeling' out the RNG, and keeping mind the variables listed in the gameplay/text/rolls. I've never done dice rolling IRL, for DND or any other game, but this game has a bit of charm in its text. Not bad? At least it knew when to end, and when to give useful skill points. With a bit more IRL/on-paper perception, I feel I could've gotten to the end w/ 3 spare re-rolls
This was fun, but short. I wish it would include more choices and the algorithm by which your skill points aid the rolling would be made clearer. Right now I have doubts whether or not skills matter mach, I lost 2 times in final mission because I failed to roll Infiltration 3 times in row despite it being maxed out.
Assuming skills help my recommended strategy would be:
Infiltration - used very often, the game even says it is most useful skill - max it! 10points!
Athletics - often used together with infiltration - 5 points.
Combat/Guns/Sniper - make one of these your primary (8 or 7 points) and another your secondary (2 or 3 points), then choose what you do best when choice is presented. Total -10 points. I think sniper is slightly superior then others because it may not require an additional infiltration roll to get away from the scene.
Explosives/Electronics/Mechanics - make one of these your primary (8 or 7 points) and another your secondary (2 or 3 points), then choose what you do best when choice is presented. Total -10 points. I think Electronics is slightly superior then others because it makes all rolls easier on mission 6 by destroying cameras.
That is the starting 35 points in total.
After that between levels upgrade perception to 5 points then whatever you want.
A fun start but needs a lot of work. Add save mechanic, more rolls, more options, and more missions. Love music and concept