A Titanic Experience

While I do think this story was well written, it honestly wasn’t one of my favorites. The Titanic has always been an interest of mine since I was a child, and the amount of details, tragedies, heroism in the face of suffering, the multiple ways in which so many lives could’ve been saved… given the details in many of Will’s later stories, it missed the mark for me here. Maybe an extended version could be on the horizon?

The one thing about this story that gets to me? Admittedly, the Californian (and their captain) tends to get a bad rap for being incompetent. Even this story reflects that with the Californian ending on page 18: ‘The Titanic sank within ten miles of where the Californian stood. If she had only reached her in time then every life could have been saved.’

No. The Californian only had six lifeboats, which at most could’ve held about 200 people. Even if they had kept ferrying the lifeboats to and from the ship (which would have taken a lot more time and effort than people think, given their limited crew size) their ship simply did not have the room or space to accommodate 2,000 passengers, nor the faculty to keep everyone calm and moving orderly. And that’s if they didn’t end up crashing into an iceberg on their way to go rescue the Titanic. Not to mention they had stopped for the night, and was a small ship. Getting the ship up to full power and traveling 4-5 miles according to survivor testimony (official reports put the ship 17-20 miles away, possible considering how quiet and clear the night was) would not have been an easy or quick task.

I understand that this review has been more of a full-throated defense of another ship, but considering the lack of details in the story itself and the way the British inquiry blamed everyone but themselves for not passing better safety laws has always been something that rankles me.

All the same, a decent story, so long as the reader goes into it remembering it is historical fiction, and is not expecting a romance of any kind. 5/8

I think this story was decent as far as edutainment goes. I appreciated that it was more historically accurate and did not include any mention of Jack or Rose. I also think the choice to choose which ship you were on was an interesting one as I was not expecting it. When people think of the tragedy of the Titanic, they think mostly of the sinking, and not of the events following immediately afterwards, so I think it was a good tribute to the remembrance of the Californian and the Carpathia to include them here.
As far stories go though, it was rather short and undetailed. I would have loved to have seen more of an illustrated foundation laid for this story. You could have described the imagery of the ship, the sea, and the sinking, while also really drawing readers into the emotions of the characters as they experienced a horrible, history defining event. The confusion, the terror, the devastation all could have been painted for us to read and feel ourselves, but wasn’t.
All in all, I did enjoy this storygame, but it left me wanting more. I would love to see this edutainment story be rewritten in a more detailed way to accurately honor this epic event.

It's hard to find a well made edutainment storygame on this site, and I can assure you that this is pretty well made. I can see the thought and willpower that went into this.

When I first saw the title, I was expecting the predictable, being a survivor on the Titanic, having small misadventures throughout the ship with facts left and right, but no. In the beginning you could pick which ship you were on. This surprised me, because I didn't expect too much.

Instead, what I got was an enjoyable, historically accurate piece of work with a bunch of paths to try out. Keep up the great work, and make the edutainment category great again!

loved the game it was very well entertained

So I like this game is really fun and I think is not fair bc on 3 class you got a lot of change that you can die :(

i always don't know

Though the game is fun, loved playing it from different perspectives, like the titanic perspective, and others, i didnt really like seeing how many people passed away. ive adored the titanic since i was a kid, and i was hurt when my mom told me about what happened.

I had "..." as an option.

i like it was educatioal

this was somewhat fun but would be good to try another perspective