VotV 09: Observations of Local Fauna

About this episode

The crew of the Verdigale faces Wildsea predators while on a rescue mission for the salvage ship Brightbloom.

Pinwolves sighted! Rhys’s duties as a Wordbearer have brought the crew to the rescue of the salvage ship Brightbloom , but a fierce pack of Wildsea predators stands in the way of a completed delivery. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale . Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research vessel called the Verdigale and its crew as they sail the emerald waves on a mission of exploration and discovery. Along the way they’ll encounter the sentient plants, restless spirits, living storms, and relics of a distant past that populate the bizarre and ever-shifting world of the Wildsea. Risky Standard is an actual play podcast featuring a rowdy group of best friends telling stories together through the medium of tabletop roleplaying games. We like to showcase independently published and small press games, to shape unique and original fictions with a focus on compelling character dynamics and thoughtful, lived-in science-fantasy worldbuilding. This season we’re playing The Wildsea by Felix Isaacs, a ‘post-fall fantasy tabletop roleplaying game set in a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mitch, Tim, Malcolm, Peter

Topics covered

• weird-fantasy
• adventure
• exploration
• tabletop roleplaying
• Wildsea
• salvage mission

Keywords

• Pinwolves
• Wordbearer
• salvage ship
• Wildsea
• predators
• exploration
• fantasy
• tabletop games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brightbloom, Mythworks

Books & works: Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale, The Wildsea

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