WHALE ROADS

A mega-zine dedicated to a West Marches grand campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by Luke Gearing.

Thirty players. Three Referees. A year-long voyage across the whale roads, seeking glory, power, and a place to call home.

WHALE ROADS chronicles the journey of the wandering flotilla, following their victories, challenges, and defeats across the Northern Isles.

WHALE ROADS is and will always be a free download. Please enjoy, and remember the flotilla.

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Note! WHALE ROADS contains spoilers for the Wolves Upon the Coast Grand Campaign, Monsters&, and &&&&&Treasure. If you anticipate playing in a campaign yourself, consider yourself warned.

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Contents

WHALE ROADS includes:

• A roster of the Wolves of our flotilla
• A session-by-session breakdown of our campaign: what strange things we discovered, who boasted, who triumphed, and who died
• Original fiction from the players
• Commentary from editors and Referees
• House rules created for our campaign
• Art (and some jokes) from players and commissioned artists

You can also download the map of the world we discovered: Generated from notes taken by players as we explored the campaign hexgrid, and rendered by Annie Johnston-Glick in the fashion of cartographers illustrating based on rumor and legend.

Thanks to Ranged Touch!

This game wouldn’t have happened at all if we, the players and referees, had not been members of the community surrounding Ranged Touch, dedicated to critical deep dives on different media. Thanks to the hosts and the mods for making it a thoughtful corner of the internet.

There's a free episode of the Ranged Touch monthly podcast on where Cameron Kunzelman interviews our game's three Referees about the game! Give it a listen if you want to hear more about how the game was run.

Credits

Editor-in-Chief:

• Brendan McLeod

Editors

• Matthew R.F. Baloušek
• Matt Carney
• Firbozz
• Autumn Martin
• Ben K. Rosenbloom
• Theron Seckington
• Kelsey White

Art

• Amanda Lee Franck
• Annie Johnston-Glick
• Tom Whitney
• Si Sweetman

A full accounting of players, Referees, scribes, and additional art use can be found in the zine.

Layout by Brendan McLeod. WHALE ROADS was made with the help of the Classic Explorer Template by Explorers Design under CC BY 4.0. Find it and more about RPG design and layout at explorersdesign.com.