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Dust Wardens
Dust Warden's is a tabletop role-playing adventure set on an alternate future Earth where magic has returned after surviving apocalypse and humans have become ghosts haunting each other in a world that never truly ended, filled with witches communing to learn the secrets of their pasts. The game takes place over four days during which participants create communities by building safe havens through tarot card creation via VoWs or shared visions for collaboration among all players at play start up time using prompts from Sasha Reneau's chapter in Safety Tools Designed By Natalie, as well a custom safety tool designed by herself and the logo was created by Sorbet. The game is produced with art contributions from Anna Landin who creates an alternate future Earth where magic has returned after surviving apocalypse to haunt humans through haunted places like houses or gardens while witches commune for knowledge in their pasts using objects as spirits that they use powers on creating powerful potions, wands and rituals to change the course of events. The game encourages collaboration among all players at play start up time with tarot card creation via VoWs where people can create safe havens between days without breaking character or putting everyone's safety first but still able to move forward in a collaborative way that is both fun for them as well as an experience they will remember fond
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3.70 (from 3 reviews)
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