Takahama was dying. We were tending to him and tried to make him as comfortable as possible. The windows were wide open and a warm breeze filled the room. Takahama was muttering about how he was too ill to visit his love Akiko's grave and how she would miss the white rose he brought her every day. We told him that he would visit again as soon as he was better, when suddenly, a pure white butterfly flew in through one of the windows and landed on his pillow. We tried to shoo it away, but to no avail. The butterfly would keep coming back, so we relented and allowed it to stay. Takahama looked at the butterfly, smiled and then his final breath left his lungs, as he died in peace. The butterfly saw this, lifted off the pillow and flew out of one of the windows. We didn't know this at the time, but it flew all the way to Akiko's grave and when it landed, it disappeared. The butterfly was one of the Fluttering Souls by Joel Lewis from Good Games Publishing.
Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/11/20/fluttering-souls-saturday-review/
Useful Links
- Fluttering Souls: http://www.goodgamespublishing.com/games/fluttering-souls.html
- Good Games Publishing: http://www.goodgamespublishing.com/
- BBG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258154/fluttering-souls
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