Well, orange and Arete are doing exactly that
sorry, let me be more specific
nobody is telling you that FoL is bastard because of unknown mechanics
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It’s not wrong to call something what it is when that word is merely a descriptor
Because why should I push FoL into the same category as other bastard games, like when the host is actively lying to his players for his own delight
Like there are very often categories that contain both good and bad things
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Actually I take back what I said about FoL not being very bastard there’s flip changing
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if a forum of lies setup was hosted on a different site it’d be seen as a bastard setup
to us it’s fine, because we’re used to it from ToL and from past FoL games - it’s normalized to us
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FoL has everything. Changing flips, changing logs, changing invest results, changing wincon
It has a number of mechanics that would generally be accepted as bastard for their possibility to drastically change what an individual player needs to do to win, as well as a large number of mechanics that some would read as borderline bastard, which places it squarely in that camp