217: Many Nights a Whisper (with Flora Merigold)

What this episode covers

Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Discord, Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog Join Dave and special guest Flora Merigold (Epilogue Gaming, Left Behind Game Club) as they discuss Many Nights a Whisper (Deconstructeam, Selkie Harbour, 2025). Many Nights a Whisper puts you in a high-pressure situation and asks you to make tough choices that will have an impact on whether you make the climactic shot or not. We discuss the marriage of narrative and mechanics, our approaches to granting or denying wishes, the shot, and much more. As always, there are no spoilers for a while. Guest info: Flora Merigold (she/her) Check out Epilogue Gaming https://epiloguegaming.com/author/flora-merigold/ Check out Left Behind Game Club https://leftbehindgame.club/ Follow Flora on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/floramerigold.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title 0:16 Introductions 3:53 Personal Histories with Many Nights a Whisper 5:44 Top-Level Thoughts 13:09 Story Setup and Wishes 20:29 Wishes, Tension and Thematic Explorations 38:53 Practice Makes Perfect 44:45 Music and Visuals 46:35 Who Should Play? 49:15 Flora's Creative and Artistic Work 53:41 Spoiler Wall & Patron Thank-Yous 55:56 Spoilers- Pink Cats and Healthy Tobacco 1:06:39 Spoilers- Removing Animal Souls and Making Gender Irrelevant 1:20:46 Spoilers- No More Work and Wanting a Nemesis 1:41:33 Spoilers- Mounting Pressure, No More Sleep, No More Religion 1:56:04 Spoilers- The Last Wish 2:09:53 Spoilers- The Shot and Final Musings Music used in the episode is credited to fingerspit. Tracks used: Many Nights a Whisper, Ten Years Ago You Were Chosen, Doing My Best Is All I Can Give Them, New Strength, My Heart's Faint Call, The Ceremony, Into the Moonless Night Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricaturesSupport Tales from the Backlog

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