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Dice Exploder - Whispers (The Wildsea) with Ryan Khan

Whispers (The Wildsea) with Ryan Khan

Dice Exploder

07/06/23 • 32 min

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This week, Sam talks with Ryan Khan about Whispers, a player resource from The Wildsea by Felix Isaacs, but really about a whole bunch of mechanics from The Wildsea. Some topics discussed include:

Setting as game design, and open ended lore

Open ended prompts

Twists vs Devil’s Bargains

Player agency

Long skill lists: pros and cons

Games mentioned:

The Wildsea

Apocalypse World

Blades in the Dark

Heart: The City Beneath

Spire

You can find Ryan Khan on Twitter @theOneTrueK and on itch.io at the-one-true-ryan-khan.itch.io

You can find Sam @sdunnewold on Bluesky, Twitter, dice.camp, and itch.io, and by subscribing to the Dice Exploder newsletter.

You can find The Wildsea at thewildsea.co.uk

The Dice Exploder logo is by sporgory, and the theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey

Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

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07/06/23 • 32 min

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