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KAUAN - Ice Fleet

 

Attention nerds. This is your new favorite album. Why? Because it is not only really good post-metal, it comes with a historically based tabletop role-playing game as part of the package.

First off, Kauan is a band was founded by a Russian who writes in Finnish but who moved to Ukraine and now lives in Estonia. As you do.

Secondly, they make almost-vocal-less post metal that makes me think of Explosions in the Sky, Russian Circles and Pelican. This record for certain flirts with the piano-laden edge of the boundary between post-metal and flat out post-rock Mogwai worship territory.

The title is a reference to the true story of an unidentified fleet of ships discovered in Northern Russia in 1930, with its crew and cargo perfectly frozen in time.

And that is where the RPG bit comes in. Ice Fleet is a tabletop RPG adventure/module based on Into the Odd rules.

- A unique combination of game and music album that aims to bring your play experience to a completely new level of immersion.
- Simple rules and Referee Advices for you to jump right into the game.
- Fast character generation with all kinds of start equipment packages.
- A whole mysterious derelict steamship with a detailed map and illustration of almost every room
- Five strange artefacts, powerful but tricky!
- Fearsome beast with its own strategy and brutal appearance
- Dozen of intriguing NPC with a unique stance and desire to throw into your game.
- Tools, hooks and locations that will help you to move on your story in deadly permafrost after finishing the original events. 

 

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Location: Tallinn, Estonia

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