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Choose three, four or five players and a 90- or 120-minute plan for The Last Ferry. Export a matching schedule, table roles and complete adventure.
Plan The Last Ferry
Four travellers, a repair pair and two crate units need a ferry with six spaces. Resolve the competing promises through conversation. No combat or character statistics are required.
The 90-minute route begins with three preparation turns and no private host invitations. The 120-minute route has five turns and two hosts, opening a second complete departure plan.
The Last Ferry Before the Fog: your table plan
90 minutes · 3 players plus one GM · No combat
What changes with this plan
The four-party capacity card is already on the table. No private host invitations are available, so the repair pair cannot be promised lodging beyond the general hall; the fully agreed sailing is the people-and-tools branch. All three preparation turns are needed for storage, compacting and review.
Changing player count shares table duties; it does not add passenger places or change the story's resource limits. Rotate the speaking role and invite each player before closing a bargain.
Real-time schedule
These are planning targets, not a measured promise. Fictional preparation turns are spent only on printed action costs.
| Minutes elapsed | What to do |
|---|---|
| 0–5 | Opening agreement and characters |
| 5–25 | Count requests and hear the traveller plan |
| 25–50 | Commit dry storage and compact the kit |
| 50–70 | Write and check the manifest |
| 70–80 | Board and explain tomorrow’s commitment |
| 80–90 | Close the story and debrief |
Table duties
Players invent a name, an ordinary useful skill and a reason to help. These duties are shared jobs, not exclusive character abilities.
- Player 1: Map the route and ask what the group can do next.
- Player 2: Keep the evidence and watch the real-time schedule.
- Player 3: Read back the agreement before the group commits.
Put these resources on the table
- Ferry capacity units: 6
- Dry storage bays: 2
- Lodging host tokens: 0
- Morning priority token: 1
- Preparation turns before fog: 3
The pilot's safety reserve stays separate. Six ferry spaces mean six units at every player count.
When time is running short
At 70 minutes, read back the actual manifest and agreements. A completed manifest still needs a preparation turn for pilot review. If a departure cannot be approved, use “Close the manifest and use the warm quay hall.” Name what remains undelivered; leave the final ten minutes for consequences and a debrief.
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