KAIZOKU! Roleplaying high adventure in an age of pirates! Official playtest.

How to prepare

If you haven't read the rules of Kaizoku!, I think you should probably do that? I'll read them again too. Audio is required, video is preferred. There is no software to install. Foundry VTT runs in your browser.

What I provide

Play testers will be mentioned in subsequent versions of the game, so make sure you give me your favorite alias before you sign off!

Gameplay details

To facilitate online play of a pen-and-paper game, we'll be using Foundry Virtual Tabletop, hosted by The Forge, and using a Livekit A/V server. There is no software to download. During games, audio will be required, video is preferred. If you don't want to appear on video with your own meat face, consider Animaze on Steam, a bit of freeware which will allow you to create a virtual avatar of your liking. But I think your meat face is fine the way it is. Character creation and worldbuilding will happen during our first session. We'll also take that opportunity to talk about the expectations we have for the game, and to discuss safety tools. As a GM I use "Lines and Veils" and "The X Card" equivalents, and we'll talk about those at the beginning of our session. In the mean time, if you have any specific concerns or triggers you'd like to exclude from our shared fiction, you can mention them to me in a private message, and I will make every effort to accommodate the exclusion of those triggers from our game-- no explanation is necessary. While the fictional world we'll play in is sometimes quite barbaric, anticipate zero tolerance for depictions of sexual assault, as well as any positive framing of racism, misogyny, or transphobia.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

Character creation is described in the playable alpha rules on the discord. Print up a sheet if you'd like, but don't write anything on it quite yet. Maybe bring an idea or two. We'll build our characters together, using flashbacks as necessary to flesh out backgrounds as we go.

Combat / Tactics

Low

Roleplay

Medium

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Intermediate