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Whispers (The Wildsea) with Ryan Khan
Jul 6, 2023
Game designer Ryan Khan discusses the mechanics of Whispers in The Wildsea, focusing on player agency, open-ended lore, and devil's bargains. The discussion explores game design elements from The Wildsea, Apocalypse World, and Blades in the Dark, emphasizing the importance of setting and narrative twists in tabletop RPGs.
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Quick takeaways
- Whispers in The Wildsea provide players with creative prompts for narrative tweaking and agency.
- The open-ended nature of whispers encourages player collaboration, interpretation, and direction control in storytelling.
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Introduction to the Wild Sea and the Whispers Mechanic
The Wild Sea is a post-fall solar punk game set in a world taken over by a global forest. Survivors live atop trees and mountains while sailors navigate chainsaw-powered ships in the treetops. The game's rich aesthetics captured in art make it visually stunning and inspiring. Whispers, living words that can tweak reality, are a player resource offering agency to influence the game world.
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