A genetically engineered assassin can do nothing but kill – but he does that very well. A nerdy scientist is great at research, but cannot do social tasks at all. A farm oaf knows how to grow food by long experience, but cannot do research. A nobleman will be great at social skills (recruiting prisoners, negotiating trade prices), but refuse to do physical work. Each person’s background is tracked and affects how they play. Randy Random does crazy stuff, Cassandra Classic goes for rising tension, and Phoebe Chillax likes to relax. There are several storytellers to choose from. Every thunderstorm, pirate raid, and traveling salesman is a card dealt into your story by the AI Storyteller. It works by controlling the “random” events that the world throws at you. It’s designed to co-author tragic, twisted, and triumphant stories about imprisoned pirates, desperate colonists, starvation and survival.
