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With loss still heavy on their hearts, the crew of the Verdigale arrive in port at Caldermere. The growing rootquakes have been stopped but the true nature of their origin remains a mystery. Will the crew continue the mission of their erstwhile captain or scatter on the tides of fate? Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale.  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story s...

An observation of funerary rites on the Wildsea. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research vessel called the Verdigale and its crew as they sail the emerald waves on a mission of exploration and discovery. Along the w...

The signal has ceased. The rift comes undone. The Verdigale blares its alarm horn as a strange ship comes into sight. How will we survive? Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research vessel called the Verdigale and its...

IT MUST BE BUILT Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research vessel called the Verdigale and its crew as they sail the emerald waves on a mission of exploration and discovery. Along the way they’ll encounter the sentien...

Take to your stations and forge ahead - a signal has emerged from the waves and it guides us ever closer to the mysterious source of the growing rootquakes. What awaits us? Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research ve...

After an intense encounter with a wild pack of pinwolves, the crews of the Verdigale and Brightbloom share a moment of peace on the treetop sea.  Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research vessel called the Verdigale a...

Pinwolves sighted! Rhys’s duties as a Wordbearer have brought the crew to the rescue of the salvage ship Brightbloom , but a fierce pack of Wildsea predators stands in the way of a completed delivery. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows t...

Freshly outfitted, The Verdigale sets sail in search of the source of the mysterious pattern of rootquakes. Hex's past returns to haunt him while Rhys honors his wordbearer's oath. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys...

Chaos in Caldermere! The crew of the Verdigale must outfit the ship and prepare for expedition; the captain has convened a meeting at The Scholar’s Cup to discuss the growing rootquakes and their implications for the bustling port city.   Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treet...

The crew of the Verdigale have made it to port. The city of Caldermere towers over the treeline, built atop the sloping ridges of an ancient volcano. A spirited, bustling freeport – where scavengers come to trade the fruits of the region’s rootquakes. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant o...

The crew of the Verdigale delve into a pre-Verdant ruin to discover the source of the mysterious melody. On the far horizon, the bustling freeport of Caldermere awaits.  Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research vesse...

Hex takes the wheel as the Verdigale sets sail on the Wildsea once more. As the ship races across the thrash a strange song from the tangle below catches our crew’s attention.  Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a researc...

After a plentiful and unexpected harvest in the aftermath of a rootquake, the crew of the Verdigale takes some time to investigate their surroundings. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale .  Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the journeys of a research vessel called the Verdig...

“...the author seeks to refute the emerging trend in the literature which characterizes the Verdancy as a moment of cataclysm, the destruction of the world; he should like to posit that the Verdancy instead represents a moment of grand transfiguration, the granting of the world a new Shape - one which this volume shall attempt to describe at length... ” - an excerpt from “The Shape of the Wildsea:...

Centuries ago, the old world was swallowed by forests immeasurable. A new world emerged from the ruins scattered across the endless canopy. Now sailors take to the treetop sea on ships drawn by roaring saws, connecting the distant islands and creating ties that bind them. The verdant ocean is strange and dangerous but it is full of opportunity and wonder as well.   Welcome to Risky Standard - Voya...

The long silence of summer has ended and Risky Standard is back. Some of us have moved, gotten married, finished semesters of grad school, and now we're setting full sail ahead for Season 2 of Risky Standard where we'll be playing The Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Season 2 premieres on Thursday, November 6th and you can also find the Risky Standard crew live-streaming at 8pm that night to celebrate the...

The thrilling conclusion of The Division of Silent Accords! The ancient contagion growing at the heart of the Aeonian is revealed. Argot, Bracco & Dr. Forstall near a truth too vast to name.  At the threshold of the Basilica, the silent operatives must make a desperate choice- enter the sanctum and risk what remains, or become entombed as the derelict ship falls towards the star’s embrace. FEA...

Time is running out aboard the Aeonian , as the derelict hulk lurches toward threadspace and the darkness between stars. Within the heart of the anomaly, a strange contagion blooms into a distorted reflection of the familiar. In the shadow of an aberrant facade, something impossible waits: a palatial garden, glistening in cesium-gold. FEATURING Pete - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chipenjoyer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mitch - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Ma...

Coursing deeper into the dark of the Aeonian's cavernous interior, Division operatives uncover the remnants of a doomed prior expedition- and the source of its unraveling. FEATURING Pete - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chipenjoyer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mitch - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Magnesiumbee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tim - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AXEHOARDER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Malcolm - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MalcolmHall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Theme & Production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liam Daugherty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -------- The Division of Sil...

Drifting in the dark, the derelict Aeonian holds its secrets close. An echo lingers in the stillness of an antechamber. Ichors shift in cesium gold- and something far stranger stirs in the yawning interior. FEATURING Pete -  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chipenjoyer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mitch - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@Magnesiumbee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tim -  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AXEHOARDER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Malcolm -  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MalcolmHall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Theme & Production by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liam Daughert...

Aboard the Arrogant Neighbor, mission specialists Argot Ka'tel, Bracco Kemmler and Dr. Alice Forstall make their way toward the deep space anomaly —and soon realize they are not alone. FEATURING Pete - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chipenjoyer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mitch - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Magnesiumbee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tim - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AXEHOARDER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Malcolm - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MalcolmHall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Theme & Production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liam Daugherty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -------- The Division of...

Congratulations, operative. You have been selected for recruitment into to the Division of Silent Accords - an enigmatic branch of the Ring Intelligence Bureau's covert operations network, called on to circumvent existential threats to the fragile peace of the Ring; without public acknowledgement. Three new Division recruits rendezvous with Ring Intelligence at Provenance Station, where they a...

The Risky Standard crew is back with part two of our story about brotherhood and betrayal inside the squared circle! The Great Northwestern Wrestling Federation's event of the year, Salmon Slam, is just around the corner. A chance for wrestlers to change their fortunes or lose it all - with only one man walking away holding the coveted Timberland Title. It’s a Risky Standard Side Story - join us a...

The Risky Standards boys start the new year off with a story of brotherhood and betrayal inside the squared circle! It’s a Risky Standard Side Story - join us as we travel to the neon-soaked 1980’s to explore the wild world of the Great Northwestern Wrestling Federation, using the award-winning story-game Fiasco to tell our sordid tale.   Fiasco by Jason Morningstar This episode carries content wa...

We've got something a little different for you today, risk-takers! Today's episode is a reflection from the Risky Standard crew on Season 1 where we answers some questions about the season and think about the experience we had making it together. Major spoiler warnings for all of Season 1 in this Episode! Stay tuned for next week, when we'll return with the launch of our interseason games as we st...