I played this at our Story Games LA meetup with our friend Kat facilitating, for a total of 5 players. This games is super up my story games wheelhouse, with simple prompts, and mechanics that are light and playful. The subject matter for us felt serious and emotional and high stakes at times, but also light and funny and silly at other times ("flap flap flap for freedom" revolutionary anthem).
I love that this is such an easy game to just drop on a table, and I can see it being a part of my ready-to-play stack for things like Games on Demand or other ad hoc play.
The art was evocative and beautiful. I really enjoyed the story prompts. Some of them seemed similar / same between playbooks, but some were obviously specific to the character in some ways. Would play again!
I recently played this game with a group of three. None of us are frequent tabletop gamers, but we all enjoy roleplaying, which made this game particularly appealing. One of the main reasons I don't usually play tabletop games is the time commitment, so I appreciated that this game included instructions for playing with a time constraint. The flexibility in tone also stood out to me, making the game approachable for a younger audience. We all had a great time creating our characters within the unique game world and found the experience to be a lot of fun.
I do have one minor critique: some of the questions in the game seemed to limit the ability to create a truly individual character. For example, one question required that your character be romantically involved with another character, which became a stumbling block for our group. This was partly due to our odd number of players and also because I had envisioned my character as aro/ace. In the end, we simply skipped that question, which worked fine and didn't negatively impact our experience.
Overall, we all appreciated the game's concept, its worldbuilding, and the artwork in the handbook. I would recommend this game to both seasoned tabletop players and those who are new to the genre.
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I played this at our Story Games LA meetup with our friend Kat facilitating, for a total of 5 players. This games is super up my story games wheelhouse, with simple prompts, and mechanics that are light and playful. The subject matter for us felt serious and emotional and high stakes at times, but also light and funny and silly at other times ("flap flap flap for freedom" revolutionary anthem).
I love that this is such an easy game to just drop on a table, and I can see it being a part of my ready-to-play stack for things like Games on Demand or other ad hoc play.
The art was evocative and beautiful. I really enjoyed the story prompts. Some of them seemed similar / same between playbooks, but some were obviously specific to the character in some ways. Would play again!
Thanks for playing the game and sharing your experience! :D
I recently played this game with a group of three. None of us are frequent tabletop gamers, but we all enjoy roleplaying, which made this game particularly appealing. One of the main reasons I don't usually play tabletop games is the time commitment, so I appreciated that this game included instructions for playing with a time constraint. The flexibility in tone also stood out to me, making the game approachable for a younger audience. We all had a great time creating our characters within the unique game world and found the experience to be a lot of fun.
I do have one minor critique: some of the questions in the game seemed to limit the ability to create a truly individual character. For example, one question required that your character be romantically involved with another character, which became a stumbling block for our group. This was partly due to our odd number of players and also because I had envisioned my character as aro/ace. In the end, we simply skipped that question, which worked fine and didn't negatively impact our experience.
Overall, we all appreciated the game's concept, its worldbuilding, and the artwork in the handbook. I would recommend this game to both seasoned tabletop players and those who are new to the genre.
Thanks for playing the game and the feedback! I am glad you enjoyed it! :)
Some really gorgeous layout!
Thank you! :)