Sleeping Gods

Sleeping Gods casts you and your fellow players as Captain Sofi Odessa and her crew, lost in a strange and surreal sea in 1929. Your steamer, the Manticore, has been swept far from known waters, and the only way home is to explore this uncharted archipelago. Each game session unfolds like a chapter in an epic adventure, with players collectively deciding where to sail next by choosing between locations detailed on a lavishly illustrated atlas map. The core loop involves managing your ship's resources, from food and fuel to the health and morale of your crew, while exploring islands, meeting strange inhabitants, and resolving challenging story events.

The gameplay hinges on a blend of cooperative planning and risk management. As you navigate, you'll draw event cards that present moral dilemmas and skill-based challenges, testing your crew's abilities. Success allows you to gather resources, uncover clues, and advance the overarching narrative outlined in the included storybook. Combat encounters are resolved through a unique, diceless system that requires careful coordination and strategic deployment of your crew's skills. The constant tension comes from the need to balance exploration with resource management, pushing your luck as you venture further into the unknown, hoping to find a way back home before the Manticore and its crew succumb to the dangers of the Sleeping Gods' realm.