Today, Natural Six announced the line-up for their Deck of Many Friends; a group consisting of developers, actors, hosts, gamers, and journalists, including Remedy's Creative Director, Sam Lake.
Originally created as a Kickstarter tier, the Deck of Many Friends consists of twenty-two character cards "each one unique, each representing the soul of a former adventurer that could choose to aid the party or harm in the key moments," as described in the original teaser trailer. Each of the friends are tasked with creating one of those former adventurers, good or evil, are put into a deck where they might be called upon at any time. "In moments of dire need, whether it's a party member rolling a nat-10, whether it's an antagonist rolling that 20. The party can call on the power of the deck of many friends and draw blind from that deck and replace their role or an antagonist role with yours."
For those not familiar with the project, Natural Six is a Dungeons & Dragons actual play show who describes themselves as "a team of friendly and dynamic storytellers with unique voices and experiences that we can’t wait to share." Doug Cockle, the amazing actor behind Alan Wake 2's FBI Agent Robert Nightingale, is part of the star-studded cast which also includes Ben Starr, Aoife Wilson, Hollie Bennett, and Alex Jordan, with game master, Harry McEntire. The project received funding through Kickstarter in which 907 backers pledged £67,932 before fundraising wrapped up in late November.
Sharing on Twitter, Natural Six announces, "We’re excited to announce the all-star line-up for the Deck of Many Friends! Featuring talent from Baldur's Gate to Critical Role, created by gaming legends and our amazing Kickstarter backers, tune into Natural Six to see who will help us alter the fate of Reliquiae!"
Sam joins a long list of actors, developers, hosts, and gamers including: Anjali Bhimani (Actor, Overwatch & Apex Legends), Troy Baker (Actor, The Last of Us & BioShock Infinite), Tanya De Pass (aka Cypheroftyr, Senior Writer at Monolith Productions), CohhCarnage (livestreamer), Ellen Rose (Outside Xtra & Oxventure), Abubakar Salim (Assassin's Creed: Origins & Tales Of Kenzaru), Rebecca Ford (Creative Director at Digital Extremes), Matthew Mercer (Actor & Critical Roll Host), Rahul Kohli (Stray Gods & Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III), Luke Westaway (Oxventure), Robbie Daymond (Critical Roll & Actor), Austin Wintory (Composer, Journey & Abzu), Jane Douglas (Outside Xbox & Oxventure), Neil Newborn (Actor, Baldur's Gate 3 & Detroit: Become Human), Andy Farrant (Outside Xbox & Oxventure), Jasper William-Cartwright (Actor, Dimension 20 & Dark Dice), Johnny Chiodini (livestreamer & Oxventure), Samantha Béart (Actor, Baldur's Gate 3 & The Excavation of Hob's Barrow), Mike Channell (Outside Xbox & Oxventure), Erika Mori (Actor, Life Is Strange: True Colors & The Expanse: A Telltale Series), and KC Kovec.
At the moment, that's all we know about the new deck, but we'll post an update if Sam's character makes an appearance in the campaign. You can follow Natural Six's adventures on their YouTube channel, HERE.
