Dialect Backdrops

Three backdrops for Dialect

This isn’t a standalone game; you’ll need a copy of Dialect (by Thorny Games) to play it.

Dialect is a “a game about language and how it dies”. You’ll tell the story of an isolated community and the linguistic quirks it develops. Ultimately, the community’s isolation ends and the players are the only ones left who speak the way they did.

A backdrop is the starting point for your community. It tells you who your characters are and why they’re set apart from the world, asks some questions that you’ll answer to make it your own, and give you options about how the community’s story will play out.

The backdrops in this package are:

• Generation Ship: The conclusion of a multi-generation space journey.
• A Noble Profession: Practitioners of an exclusive occupation lose their special status.
• Thirst Unquenchable: A hidden society of vampires falls apart.