Episode description

We sit down for a chat with watt, a TTRPG writer and designer, as well as the creator of the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG. We talk about watt’s background and range of creative works and Cloud Empress gameplay, user, and aesthetic design. We also talk about some in-game lore and interesting creative choices in published Cloud Empress material, but no spoilers.

Cloud Empress is an alternate ruleset and setting in the lineage of the Mothership Sci Fi Horror RPG. Imagine a rules-light RPG that evokes Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind, Dune, Final Fantasy, Full Metal Alchemist, and more.

++ At the time of episode release, BOTH the Cloud Empress rulebook PDF and the starter scenario (“Last Voyage of the Bean Barge”) PDF are FREE on DriveThruRPG.com .  Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG and follow watt on Bluesky @worldsbywatt.bsky.social

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