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A jam submission

Whaleship EssexView project page

A solo-hexcrawl where you try and survive as a group of shipwrecked whalers. Based on historical events.
Submitted by JoyPeddler Games (@joypeddlergames) — 5 hours, 43 seconds before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Should this be in Tiny Library?#224.4004.400

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Wow, there's a lot of game here on such a tiny little card! I did notice a typo (Weather: 3 uses the word "univisited") but otherwise this is superb! I did have a few questions though:

  1. If you run out of shipmates, do you lose? Or do you just ignore things that involve shipmates like rolling a 1 on Fate?
  2. If you eat a crewmate, do you gain a ration?
  3. When it says something like +1 hex (like Weather 4/5) you just get to move an additional hex? So if I roll a 5 on my weather roll, I get to move 2 hexes total that turn?
  4. "Back 1 unvisited hex", does that mean to move in a direction that would leave you further away from the Saved hex?

With all of that said, this is awesome and I'm excited to give it a try!

Developer(+1)

Thank you!! I'll fix that typo. And thanks for playing. If you need any other clarification please let me know!

Item 1. Yes. If you run out of them you just reprioritize to you. Ignore everything else. 

Item 2.  If you eat a  ship mate you gain 4 rations!! But -1 for all weather rolls thereafter. 

Item 3.  You don't necessarily move 1 hex each turn. So a 4-5 on weather, means you move one hex that round, not 2. 

Item 4.  The idea is to only move to hexes you have not visited. So if you need to go to an "unvisited" hex you basically need to move back (left) to a hex you have not been to. If no unvisited hex is available then you can go back to a previously visited hex but will need to consume 1 ration. 

Good luck out there!!

Submitted

Awesome, thanks for all of the answers! It's pretty incredible that you created something so deep that fits on a business card in the first place, and I'm definitely hyped to try it out now that I get it :D 

Developer(+1)

Thank you!! I really like this game and am glad you think so. I still have to fix that typo!! A project for this evening. 

Developer(+1)

Typo fixed btw!

Submitted(+1)

I got the notification in my email :D And you should be proud of it, it's amazing!