Tanuki Games

An Altogether Different River RPG

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$7.2 $10 In stock

Category: Role Playing Games

An Altogether Different River is a GM-less roleplaying game meant for 2 to 4 players and a single session of about 3-4 hours.

It is about creating a Town together, and seeing how it changes through the lens of those who left it and returned, and those who stayed throughout.

It is about returning home and grappling with what has and hasn't changed.

At the start of the game, you will collaboratively build a Town out of several elements. You will draw two maps for the Town: one for the Town Then, and one for the Town Now.

You then create your characters and choose whether they left the Town and returned, or stayed throughout the period. You also highlight certain questions you want to explore through your characters and relationships. You will track this through a relationship map which you draw between the Towns.

Then you introduce and explore different aspects of the Town and play through different scenes to flesh out the Town and the characters, seeking to answer the different questions you have.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 3 reviews)

Matthew Z. ★★★★★

I was immediately impressed by how smoothly the game works for a GM-less session—our group had the town’s history unfolding naturally within the first hour. The 3-4 hour estimate is spot on, making it perfect for a single evening with friends.

Kevin ★★★★★

The way the game builds the town's history through each player's choices felt really organic and collaborative. We finished our session in just under four hours and immediately wanted to play again with a different group. It's rare to find a GM-less RPG that flows this naturally.

Charlotte ★★★★★

We built our town's history over an evening with friends, and the way the river's course literally changed on our map was such a clever mechanic. It captured that bittersweet feeling of seeing a place you love slowly transform, perfect for a single session.