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Sea of Man, Protocol Game Series 49 $3.95
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Sea of Man, Protocol Game Series 49
Publisher: post world games
by Timothy H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/30/2018 13:29:54

Sea of Man

I have owned this for a while, but just had the opportunity to play finally at our local convention and wanted to follow-up with a review.

Sea of Man, comes off as a Moby Dick style of story set in the same era as the novel. Our group expected to go off on a whale hunt, the key characters in the story (Players) were The Navigator, The Lookout, and the Harpooner. We were all set. The game next develops relationships between the players where we learned that the Lookout and Harpooner were new to the crew, and that the Navigator had vouched for his land lubber nephew (The Lookout) to join the crew. Everyone’s financial futures and reputations were at stake, as we set out to sea. Now there is no guarantee of a whale hunt it occurs randomly in this game… and I really like that mechanic. It forces you to consider other aspects of life at sea, while you hope for a successful hunt. We however drew a hunt immediately. The build-up was dramatic, the harpooner in the forefront selected the largest beast, threw and hit, but the beast was too big, and in it’s prime, too healthy to yield. It sank into the deep sea… We were left to hunt on.

Now in a game like this I didn’t expect the hunt to be in the first round, let alone the first draw of the very first round, no one expected it.

Our characters however remained at sea, and as the days wore on the mood aboard ship changed.

What began as Moby Dick quickly became a run up to Mutiny on the Bounty.

Characters who were not violent began to talk about murder. Who would strike the first blow? Who would have to be taken out first…

The Navigator turned out to be a coward, the Lookout boy lost his innocence, the Harpooner was pressured into becoming a murderer.

What a great story not because good things happened to good people, and not because bad things happened to bad people.

It was a great story because it had those memorable moments (scenes) for my character and the other players that make for a great story.

Did the whales return you wonder, yes, yes, they did. They bore silent witness to man’s inhumanity to man.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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