Coyote & Crow Gameplay (Teens)

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Coyote & Crow is a fantasy/sci-fi tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) set in a First Nations alternate future where colonization never happened. The game was created and lead by an all Native team, and has become one of the most successful RPGs to ever find on Kickstarter, where it launched in March 2021. Plot summary: C&C is set in an alternate future of our own world (specifically North America). The future is different because a massive climate disaster around the year 1400 changed everything; colonizers did not “discover” America, and the indigenous peoples of the Americas were able to forge their own path. While they struggled under a centuries-long ice age, the planet began to heal and people survived. Hundreds of years in the future, civilization has flourished and technology advanced. Along the way, the people discovered and learned to cultivate the Adanadi, or the Gift, a strange purple mark left on all life after the event that changed the course of history (possibly a meteor, etc). The purple mark, when harnessed properly, has given humans access to gifts and abilities that we would call superhuman. However the world isn’t utopian. As the world heals, nations have growing needs, treaties are tested, old grudges are renewed, and oceans and distant continents wait to be explored! What is a roleplaying game? A roleplaying game is collective storytelling with a few rules and some dice rolling. These aspects, along with Player choices, help shape the story and its outcome. Players take on the role of protagonists in the story, while the Story Guide (Ms. Astrid) speaks for all other characters and helps referee the rules. The ending unfolds as we play! I was privileged to meet some of the people who worked on this project when I purchased the core rule book. My kids and I had always wanted to try out more tabletop role playing games, but we were disappointed to realize that most of the groups were exclusively playing Dungeons and Dragons. Unfortunately. D&D is not aligned with our personal beliefs and Bible-led consciences, so we were very happy to find this alternative, where the setting uses plenty of imagination, tech and science rather than magic and spells, etc. Of course, everyone’s conscience is different, and that’s ok too. If you’re not sure whether C&C is for you, please check out their website or reach out to me with questions. I’d be happy to explain the plot, characters and any other details that can help you make a decision!