<s>
The	B-Application
Wagadu	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
an	O
afro-fantasy	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
created	O
by	O
Twin	O
Drums	O
studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fantasy	B-Application
world	O
of	O
Wagadu	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
African	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
combined	O
with	O
fantasy	B-Application
elements	O
such	O
as	O
magic	O
,	O
or	O
anatomical	O
differences	O
from	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Wagadu	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
created	O
by	O
Twin	O
Drums	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
studio	O
founded	O
by	O
Allan	O
Cudicio	O
in	O
Berlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
success	O
allowed	O
them	O
to	O
obtain	O
further	O
funding	O
through	O
the	O
German	O
government	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
through	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
developer	O
Riot	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cudicio	O
began	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
meets	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
in	O
an	O
African	O
sauce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
African-inspired	O
setting	O
became	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
decolonize	O
the	O
fantasy	B-Application
genre	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
traditionally	O
been	O
based	O
on	O
European	O
myths	O
featuring	O
fantasy	B-Application
people	O
with	O
European	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
reimagining	O
traditional	O
mechanics	O
with	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
bend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
also	O
set	O
a	O
goal	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
role-play	O
heavy	O
setting	O
where	O
players	O
interact	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
other	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
games	O
that	O
focus	O
on	O
combat	O
and	O
grinding	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Wagadu	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
was	O
listed	O
in	O
Polygon	O
's	O
best	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
games	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
citing	O
its	O
imagination	O
going	O
beyond	O
what	O
other	O
games	O
had	O
done	O
before	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
experience	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
or	O
pen-and-paper	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
