Clever! Nice use of the playbook format to treat boats as characters of their own.
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Oh! So here the Wrangler is very practical in their understanding of bugs, while the Lepidopterist by First Officer Rose is very scientific in their understanding, instead. The two playbooks pair off nicely!
A chance to fill some broad brush-strokes between your locations, to set up themes for parts of or all of your game's extended story ("campaign" in other games), and a chance to explore local variations of YOUR game's larger legends and history, with enough reminders to ensure the details don't get lost in the larger picture. A definite thumbs-up from me.
Some playbooks that might be especially interested in this bit of story:
The Prognosticator
The Uprooted
The Tax Collector
The Orchardist
Long before Scotch tape and lamination impeded the efforts of archivists and researchers to access unique information in a document, a whole world of fasteners existed to help hold documents together. In celebration of American Archives Month the Pieces of History blog hosted a series of posts on the history of the various fasteners and seals found in records at the National Archives.
Holding It Together: A Seal—Or Not?
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/10/05/holding-it-together-a-seal-or-not...
Holding It Together: Ribbons in NARA’s Records
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/10/12/holding-it-together-ribbons-in-na...
Holding It Together: Before Passwords—Ribbons and Seals for Document Security
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/10/14/holding-it-together-before-passwo...
Holding It Together: From Red Tape to Grommets
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/10/21/holding-it-together-from-red-tape...
Holding It Together: From Pins to Paper Clips
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/10/28/holding-it-together-from-pins-to-...
The Hidden Almanac, an inspiring podcast for any Prognosticator.
https://www.hiddenalmanac.com/
Looking for a deck to make use of for Wanderhome? Might I recommend this one?
https://wilderheartsstudio.com/collections/frontpage/products/northern-animal-ta...
Looking for a buggy companion for your prognosticator?
https://www.almanac.com/woolly-bear-caterpillars-and-weather-prediction
Keeping an eye on the kith around you...
https://www.almanac.com/content/can-animals-predict-weather-animal-proverbs
Looking for a good choice of Boon Companion on your journey? A buggy theme easily combines the Postilion playbook with the Wrangler:
https://eric-d.itch.io/the-wrangler-a-playbook-for-wanderhome
Looking to expand the library-ness of your story? Look at adding a home branch with this Library Nature by trouser_mouse:
https://trouser-mouse.itch.io/the-library
and this home-branch librarian playbook, by the same:
https://trouser-mouse.itch.io/the-librarian
And yet another Library Nature, in French and in English, at
https://axolotl-jdr.itch.io/wanderhome-independent-content
For those Postilions who have chosen a riding snail, might I point you toward as well, the possibility of Racing Snails in Wanderhome?
Ahoy there!
What is a good way to contact you directly with our asked-for thoughts and ideas, given that comments here are a pretty long-lasting way to discuss a first draft, that would follow any subsequent draft around (slowly, of course)?
And did you know about the Wanderhome Discord community where we help each other discuss playbooks in progress, etc?
An excellent set of resources. I especially like that they are not PHYSICALLY tied to the sea, but able to be only METAPHORICALLY tied to the sea - natures and playbooks alike. The playbooks are each about how you interact with others, rather than being about physically traveling the ocean. Really well put together. Kudos!