An abandoned underwater research station. A nightmarish creature from the depths of the ocean. A trapped group of amnesiac survivors. These are the clues. Solve the mystery. A new survival/mystery story engine from the co-creator of Panty Explosion and Sea Dracula.
- 40 full color pages, illustrated by Jake Richmond.
- GM-free shared narration and story building.
- Simple, easy to learn rules. Perfect for one shot games.
Buy Ocean. Just $16.00 for the book or $7 for the PDF
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Looks like a fun game, I love the dice economy. There are two questions I need answered before I can play. 1) Where do the extra dice come from when you use skills and/or items? Do they come from your personal supply? From out of play? 2) Near the end, the book says it only takes 9 dice to win the game, but unless you get lucky with items, or skills/items pull dice from outside the game, you need 27 bonus dice to win! 3 per clue, times 3 clues per mystery, times 3 mysteries. That is more bonus dice than you can ever get in a two player game!
Lastly, I noticed that you could pass the pistol/shotgun in a circle to generate free bonus dice, is that just unrealistic/munchkin, or is there a rule preventing it?
I think I answered these questions for you by email already, but…
1. Dice generated by weapons and skills exist only for that one use. They don’t come from either of your dice pools.
2. The line about 9 dice is a weird typo. It’s been a few years so I can’t remember exactly what it was supposed to say. You’re right that you need to generate 27 bonus dice to win. that’s hard to do with 3 or less players and fairly doable with 4 or more.
3. Yes, you can. I didn’t realize this until after the book was in print. As far as I know you’re the first person to mention it. the intent was that items like this can only be passed once.
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