Chef pirates are best pirates! With my captain as a cook, the kitchen ship upgrade, and a crewmate who produces fruit on his branches, food supplies aren't a problem on the Evinrude!
Weirdly couldn’t find my way back to your stand at UKGE and struggling to walk on a busted foot or I would have ordered. Grabbed a pdf as soon as I saw the email though. Looks really good now I’ve finally been able to relax and read.
This is the first solo journaling game I've tried that I've found exciting and engaging, that's held my interest for more than a day or two and made me want to try new ideas, take different paths, be different people. It provides a generous setting and structure to build narrative, to inspire ideas, to make it all come alive.
I've recommended it to pretty much everyone I know. It's so much fun ✨
Does this 256-page version also include the 3 Kickstarter campaign expansions? And are there images of the different intelligent species as well as the flora and fauna in the book?
The expansions are books of their own and will be released later this year.
There are no defined alien species in the book but instead systems that help you to create the intelligent species and encourage you to think about the flora and fauna of the different Planets.
Thank you for your fast reply. I really love the vibe of the stories which could be experienced. For me the book just seems to lack the visual immersion in the universe you create, which in role-playing games is important to me to "feel" it
The game isn't trying to provide a pre-built universe, it's trying to give players the power to explore and create. The best way to think of it is that the galaxy is a framework to help you create. If someone is from Forge, you get a chance to think about how their clothing, technology, health, mannerisms, culture, etc might reflect their upbringing on an industrial factory world with all the pollution that entails. Then, you can compare that to someone from Harvest or Windsong and because the game encourages you to think about these things rather than just giving you 13 generic species, it'll hopefully let you engage with it on a deeper level.
Okay, I see. Coming from Possum Creek Games books which visualize their colourful, wholesome and diverse worlds in the role-playing materials, it would be hard for me not to have that kind of immersion. Different concepts and to each one their prefered piece of cake
I grew up as a Trekkie. I love all things fantasy now, but sci-fi always has my heart. After reading Becky Chambers THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET I went down the black hole that is cozy, character-drive sci-fi adventures. Where the focus wasn't the science, or the tech, but a soft musing of what life might be like in the future.
Enter: FOR SMALL CREATURES SUCH AS WE. I'm a big fan of Anna's games in general. But this one might, imho, be her most perfect game yet. It's a little bit crunchy, some fun management bits with suggests on making it easier. And like all solo RPGs, take what's fun for you, skip what ain't.
The real gold here is just the gentle guidance into creating a beautiful rich and diverse universe. Prompts are fun and varied, ranging from "oh nooooo" to "omg fuuuuun!" Depending on how you set things up the game can be a challenging adventure of daring do through the universe, or a cozy found-family romp that is healing and fun.
I will be playing this game for a long, long time!
I've been playing this game since the early play test phase and it's quickly become my favourite RPG. The story I've created while playing it has taken turns I'd never have expected but what's come out of it is better than anything I could have imagined.
It's a really fun journey through an imaginative and vivid world with enough gameplay to really keep you on your toes and throw you curveballs. I really feel like different players would have completely different story experiences depending on their own unigue styles, flavours, and takes on the prompts. Mines has turned into an epic but heartfelt stuggle of a pirate trying to turn her life around while I know others have been extremely cosy.
Takes a wee bit of organisation to really keep track of the story but sooooo worth it!
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I had a blast with FSCSAW and wrote up my first session here:
https://soloist.substack.com/p/solo-sessions
What a great write-up and format! I *also* rolled a pirate kid who grew up to be a good cook, lol :D
Chef pirates are best pirates! With my captain as a cook, the kitchen ship upgrade, and a crewmate who produces fruit on his branches, food supplies aren't a problem on the Evinrude!
I saw the physical book at the UK Games Expo. I opened it to a page of an adorable space otter. 10/10 no notes.
I am so jealous of ppl able to get the physical book. Hoping it comes to NA soon (group order!)
Weirdly couldn’t find my way back to your stand at UKGE and struggling to walk on a busted foot or I would have ordered. Grabbed a pdf as soon as I saw the email though. Looks really good now I’ve finally been able to relax and read.
This is the first solo journaling game I've tried that I've found exciting and engaging, that's held my interest for more than a day or two and made me want to try new ideas, take different paths, be different people. It provides a generous setting and structure to build narrative, to inspire ideas, to make it all come alive.
I've recommended it to pretty much everyone I know. It's so much fun ✨
I love how open-ended it is. Like it just kinda is this system to generate a framework and you tell whatever story you want on top of that!
Absolutely! Very adaptable :D
Does this 256-page version also include the 3 Kickstarter campaign expansions? And are there images of the different intelligent species as well as the flora and fauna in the book?
The expansions are books of their own and will be released later this year.
There are no defined alien species in the book but instead systems that help you to create the intelligent species and encourage you to think about the flora and fauna of the different Planets.
Thank you for your fast reply. I really love the vibe of the stories which could be experienced. For me the book just seems to lack the visual immersion in the universe you create, which in role-playing games is important to me to "feel" it
The game isn't trying to provide a pre-built universe, it's trying to give players the power to explore and create. The best way to think of it is that the galaxy is a framework to help you create. If someone is from Forge, you get a chance to think about how their clothing, technology, health, mannerisms, culture, etc might reflect their upbringing on an industrial factory world with all the pollution that entails. Then, you can compare that to someone from Harvest or Windsong and because the game encourages you to think about these things rather than just giving you 13 generic species, it'll hopefully let you engage with it on a deeper level.
Okay, I see. Coming from Possum Creek Games books which visualize their colourful, wholesome and diverse worlds in the role-playing materials, it would be hard for me not to have that kind of immersion. Different concepts and to each one their prefered piece of cake
I grew up as a Trekkie. I love all things fantasy now, but sci-fi always has my heart. After reading Becky Chambers THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET I went down the black hole that is cozy, character-drive sci-fi adventures. Where the focus wasn't the science, or the tech, but a soft musing of what life might be like in the future.
Enter: FOR SMALL CREATURES SUCH AS WE. I'm a big fan of Anna's games in general. But this one might, imho, be her most perfect game yet. It's a little bit crunchy, some fun management bits with suggests on making it easier. And like all solo RPGs, take what's fun for you, skip what ain't.
The real gold here is just the gentle guidance into creating a beautiful rich and diverse universe. Prompts are fun and varied, ranging from "oh nooooo" to "omg fuuuuun!" Depending on how you set things up the game can be a challenging adventure of daring do through the universe, or a cozy found-family romp that is healing and fun.
I will be playing this game for a long, long time!
Thank you so much :)
Of course, thank YOU for sharing such a great game with us :D
Love this game!
Ach, ready just after UKGE
Literally got copies the day after UKGE, raging doesn't do it justice XD
See you again next year then!
I've been playing this game since the early play test phase and it's quickly become my favourite RPG. The story I've created while playing it has taken turns I'd never have expected but what's come out of it is better than anything I could have imagined.
It's a really fun journey through an imaginative and vivid world with enough gameplay to really keep you on your toes and throw you curveballs. I really feel like different players would have completely different story experiences depending on their own unigue styles, flavours, and takes on the prompts. Mines has turned into an epic but heartfelt stuggle of a pirate trying to turn her life around while I know others have been extremely cosy. Takes a wee bit of organisation to really keep track of the story but sooooo worth it!