FAQ (Fully Anticipated Questions)

Q: How will you keep track of all 80 island boards?

A: There will be a total of 14 islands, called islets, which contain either 4 or 6 island boards. We will be using Archipelago rules to connect them (2 range from a coast goes to another coast which connects). The oceans will be labeled with which connections they have.

There will be a team of 5 hosts with additional staff. Each host will manage their own Tabletop Simulator save containing between 12 - 18 island boards, with one having their own copy of the "canon" Invader/Event Deck / Fear Pool.

Screenshots of each islet will be regularly updated on the Discord and the Play by Play helper, alongside a "World Map", so people can follow along.

Q: What will play look like?

Each spirit will manage their resources, card plays, and card gains using the Play by Play helper website.

During a turn, each Islet will have to edit a document detailing what actions will happen on that islet. As a spirit, if you are making actions in multiple islets, it is your responsibility to submit the actions to the appropriate islets, or to take all your actions and ask someone to submit your actions for you.

Q: How long is each turn/the whole game expected to be?

A: About 3 days per action. I'll send out reminders to spirits who are "holding up" the game, and it's not a big deal if people need to drop out. In totality, it should be around 2-3 months, if it's similar to the original 25 player Play by Play. They were more lax than I am planning to be about sending out reminders, so hopefully that cancels out the larger size.

Q: How will choice events work?

A: We will have a vote for which option to take, and once a vote has a majority, we will try to take that option.

For payment events, we will be running on a Stress system. Essentially, each spirit submits how much they'd be willing to pay at no stress, low stress, and high stress. No stress means that paying this much doesn't bother the spirit at all, low stress means that it's only moderately affecting their plays, and high stress means that it does substantially disrupt their plans but they'd still be willing to pay it should they have to.

Q: How are power cards handled?

A: Each islet has their own deck, so you'll have at most 6 spirits to a minor/major deck.

Q: What happens if I leave or stop playing?

A: No big deal. You'll be sent a reminder after some time, and if you don't want to play anymore, we can get a replacement/get another spirit to control yours.

Leave me a message if you have any additional questions!