+Krox he/him Posted October 13, 2020 Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) So I just picked up my Call to Adventure: The Stormlight Archive and got to say, frikkin' love the art! I've never been that good at imagining what I read, so nothing really conflicts with what was in my mind and thus it feels so good to see it all drawn out! I haven't really had time to play it yet, but had a look at the Worldbuilding sheet and the cards and see that there is potentially some spoilers here. The thing is that I have one friend really into the Cosmere and a girlfriend who has just started - and we just don't want to spoil her too much..! Does anyone have any experience playing the game yet? How much spoilers would you say one gets? It's starting to be a couple months since I last read WOK/WOR, how early would you say we learn about Odium? Other than the art, Odium, the Fused and a few other small things I'd say we could play it as an introduction to Stormlight and entice her to read the books! Edited October 13, 2020 by Krox
BreezeCauthon he/him Posted October 13, 2020 Posted October 13, 2020 Nice! I'm thinking I'm probably going to get this for my sister come Christmastime, let me know how you end up liking it!
+Krox he/him Posted October 19, 2020 Author Posted October 19, 2020 So playing this game without giving away many spoilers is doable, the gameplay doesn't really force you to acknowledge any spoilers but I think anyone who has played this and then reads Stormlight may find things they remember from the game which might be fun for them - but there are for sure spoilers in the art and in the name of the cards so beware if you want to play before with someone un-initiated! We did a couple runs (still working out if we understood all the rules right) and the game isn't all what I hoped for, but that might be because we did co-op and not really counted the score. We liked the runes (basically two-side dice), but the core gameplay loop wasn't all that exciting unfortunately. At times we just progressed because we had to, not because we had fun... Got to try it a few more rounds to see if his is a recommendation. If you include some roleplay I guess it could be more fun however! 1
Vessel of Theory he/him Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 I have the game, definitely enjoy it. I think that it gives away some spoilers, but only if someone pays close attention. For example, a lot of the challenge cards portray recognizable/consistently drawn characters. If someone was able to recognize Kaladin, Jasnah, or Shallan from their actions in early WoK, and then saw the Radiant Destiny cards(where Shallan is pictured for the Lightweaver, Jasnah for the Elsecaller, Kaladin for the Windrunner, etc.), they'd get that spoiler at least. All in all, it's a very different gaming concept that what I've seen, and the novelty and artwork definitely account for a fair portion of the enjoyability. @Krox, just make sure you give all the different Adversary Quests a try. They can really mix things up. Also, I 10/10 recommend getting another person to play, it's way more fun with 4 people(but it can take a very long time).
+Krox he/him Posted October 23, 2020 Author Posted October 23, 2020 40 minutes ago, Falkir said: I have the game, definitely enjoy it. I think that it gives away some spoilers, but only if someone pays close attention. For example, a lot of the challenge cards portray recognizable/consistently drawn characters. If someone was able to recognize Kaladin, Jasnah, or Shallan from their actions in early WoK, and then saw the Radiant Destiny cards(where Shallan is pictured for the Lightweaver, Jasnah for the Elsecaller, Kaladin for the Windrunner, etc.), they'd get that spoiler at least. I felt that if one didn't know anything about Stormlight it wouldn't give anything away, but once one started reading after playing it would give some fun extra tidbits of recognition! I'll see if we can't play with four people then @Falkir, and yeah - need to try some more of the quests! Have you tried it solo yet?
earthexile Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 If you've read some of the books but not all of Oathbringer, it's full of spoilers. There is a lot of art specifically depicting events from the big Oathbringer moments.
+Krox he/him Posted October 23, 2020 Author Posted October 23, 2020 30 minutes ago, earthexile said: If you've read some of the books but not all of Oathbringer, it's full of spoilers. There is a lot of art specifically depicting events from the big Oathbringer moments. Strongly agreed!
Vessel of Theory he/him Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 11 hours ago, Krox said: I felt that if one didn't know anything about Stormlight it wouldn't give anything away, but once one started reading after playing it would give some fun extra tidbits of recognition! I'll see if we can't play with four people then @Falkir, and yeah - need to try some more of the quests! Have you tried it solo yet? I haven't tried a solo run, but I think it could be fun. I'll try it this weekend
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