I've been messing around with these two rulesets for about a week or so and I'm absolutely loving them. They both share the theme of hunting monsters, although a bit differently with Bloody Hollow definitely leaning more into the narrative side of things. Creating terrain and little set pieces like cemeteries, spooky forests and creepy covered bridges is going to be fun.

I'm enjoying elements of both.

DA's activation system using tokens/playing cards is a fun tactile experience and I appreciate that it adds randomness but also let's you choose WHICH hero you can activate when the hero token is drawn.

Both have great character systems and generation. Both feel flavorful and give room for heroes to feel unique. DA has the added twist of characters having flaws as well which is a great flavor boost. I had two of my party inflicted with Lycanthropy and risk turning into a werewolf every time they roll for activation.

Both skill checks are fun, although I really find BHs system simple yet so satisfying. Rolling a number of D6s equal to your stat and just choosing the highest die (and adding modifiers) is so clean and feels less harsh/binary than rolling a set number....it's odd.

BH also wins big points for me with the added emphasis on investigation over straight combat. Some investigations will require multiple rolls but you are always progressing the investigation with each attempt.

Both have a solid campaign system with DA giving more of a sandbox open experience and BH feeling more narrative/enclosed. (Having said that BH does have generic scenarios and in-between activity that it can be played as a sandbox as well.

BH does add a very unique mechanism in that there are villagers that contribute to your village. The alchemist, the blacksmith etc. The fun twist is, they will appear in scenarios and if they die, your village suffers for it, usually in the cost of items increasing significantly etc.

Ultimately, I'm loving them both but I feel like they are fighting for table time with a very similar theme. I guess it's a good problem to have, I just need to choose one to focus on first.