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Broken Shores

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Broken Shores is a tabletop Role-Playing Game where players take the role of Drifters, survivors from an ancient cataclysm that ravaged their world, turning it into a watery hellscape. Players will explore a randomly generated ocean, scavenging what they can from the myriad of derelicts and tiny islands that are only now starting to appear. This is a dark and brutal world where fresh water is worth more than blood, and magic is both unpredictable and the key to ultimate power.

Description

Publisher's blurb:

Broken Shores is a tabletop Role-Playing Game where players take the role of Drifters, survivors from an ancient cataclysm that ravaged their world, turning it into a watery hellscape. Players will explore a randomly generated ocean, scavenging what they can from the myriad of derelicts and tiny islands that are only now starting to appear. This is a dark and brutal world where fresh water is worth more than blood, and magic is both unpredictable and the key to ultimate power.

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Sentiment: pos 2 · mix 0 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video wSnq-Unha34 The Dungeon Dive Top List at 20:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Distills complex mechanics into something manageable
  • Features an interesting and dark apocalyptic world
  • Nautical fantasy setting is unique
  • Includes hex crawl and dungeon crawl elements
  • Interesting bestiary with cool powers
  • Solid solo rules, designed from the ground up for solo play
  • Love the weird, black metal art style
Cons
  • Difficulty and survival aspect might make certain skills far more valuable, potentially pigeonholing character creation
  • Game originally called Godshard
Thematic elements
  • Survival, cults, dark sorcery, malevolent gods.
  • Dark, twisted, apocalyptic, nautical fantasy. The world has been flooded.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Character Generation — Provides tools for generating interesting characters, events, and encounters.
  • Classless System — Features a classless character system with generators for backgrounds.
  • crafting — Includes rules for crafting.
  • D100 Roll Low — Uses a D100 roll low system where skills and talents are assigned a percentage chance of success.
  • Dungeon delving — Includes rules for dungeon delving.
  • Hex Crawling — Features hex crawling mechanics.
  • Survival Procedures — Includes procedures for survival.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It's Fun to Go Alone. This is the top 10 solo RPGs.
  • As a matter of fact, I've done an episode on uh solo analog dungeon crawl.
  • And boy howdy did I fall in love with this game.
  • This is a game that that treats the kind of spirituality and folklore and mythology of the Japan in a very very respectful nature.
  • Holy crap, what a game. I love this game. It is so much fun.
  • This game is super super simple.
  • The simplicity can be a little confusing because as you're reading the rules, you're kind of like, 'Oh, wait. That's it. I don't get it.'
  • Morgborg, man, what a game. I love this game so much.
  • The solo rules that made me understand solo role playing.
  • The generosity liberal thirdparty licensing.
  • Scarlet Heroes really is the game that made solo role playing click with me.
  • This is an all inone solution with some of the best, most useful solo oracles and rules I have ever played.
  • The urban adventure rules in Scarlet Heroes handle that really well, better than just about any other game I've played.
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Video MOmBOx1LEJU The Dungeon Dive Guide at 35:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly Positive
Pros
  • Unique and interesting setting
  • Strong nautical fantasy theme
  • Compact game with lots of content
  • Fun exploration gameplay
  • Recommendations from the host
Cons
  • None explicitly mentioned, but the original name 'Godshard' had trademark issues.
Thematic elements
  • Exploring derelict ships and island dungeons in a post-apocalyptic world.
  • Weird sci-fi horror fantasy, post-apocalyptic sea exploration
Comparison games
  • Godshard
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • exploration — you are finding these derelic ships kind of like space hulk space hulks these ships that have kind of drifted together that have created these island dungeons that you explore and you can find other dungeons.
  • Hex Crawl — The designer has been working on hex crawl games since the very beginning.
  • Survival Elements — There are survival elements.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • This is one of the best tools for hex crawling that I know of.
  • It just works so effortlessly.
  • This little snap box here has everything that you would need to have a little solo hex crawl.
  • So just a really really neat little pocket uh hex crawl.
  • This isn't a game in and of itself. You will need a game. You will need a system.
  • This is one of my favorite subgenres of the tabletop hobby.
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