Yes, this is an expansion text. While there is a lot of content, it all is built upon the original framework of HELLWHALERS, requiring the core text for use. The core book is available in this crowdfund, through PlusOneExp’s website (https://plusoneexp.com/products/hellwhalers-by-moss-powers), or digitally on our itch page or website (https://brewisttabletopgames.itch.io/hellwhalers).

Sic Bo is a historical gambling game built into HELLWHALERS’ rules, originally invented in China. It is similar to craps or roulette, and is played with three six-sided dice. You’ll bet results on a board (on as many spaces or as much as you’d like), and roll the dice. If there is a match to your board bet, you’ll win a payout and keep your bet. If not, you’ll lose it. It’s a way for characters in HELLWHALERS to earn larger amounts of souls and procedurally generate events for the Guide to use in play. The original HELLWHALERS includes a sic bo board for first time players, although a cloth board is available for higher tiers and as a separate add-on!

HELLWHALERS takes place in hell, where sailors will grapple with how and why they reached this eternal torment. The themes of the game take great inspiration from the lore and history of the Christian religion & text as part of the in game mythology. While the game is neither pro, nor anti Christian, it thematically seeks to encapsulate a lot of complex feelings shared by the writers. Nothing about the game requires a Christian worldview to understand, but the strongest hitting writing and references will catch for folks who know some of it. Due to the horror aspects of this game, many of those references and themes have a darker slant to them.

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