Elemental Reductions

Back near the end of January, for our last game, my face-to-face group tried something new:  A Quiet Year . Designed and written by Avery Alder. Design insights from Jackson Tegu. Illustrations by Ariel Norris. First released 2013. This iteration 2019. 2-4 players, 3-4 hours, ages 12 up drawing, imagination, apocalypse About A Quiet Year   For those who haven't heard of it, A Quiet Year is a collaborative map-making about rebuilding a community after the collapse.  It uses a standard deck of cards as an Oracle for coming up with thoughts.  From the game's website: The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every action is set against a backdrop of dwindling time and rising concern. The game is played using a deck of cards – each of the 52 cards corresponds to a week during the ...

 << Previously PCs Anthony "Loco" Diaz (SAMAS pilot) - A street rat captured and raised by the Coalition, now in his late 20s, and a fugitive SAMAS pilot from CS El Dorado, wanted for stealing his SAMAS suit, Stella, along with some other things.  He fled north towards Castle Refuge, and joined with Shan, Layla, Faith, and Midnight. Layla Lacoi (DB Mystic) - A tall dimensional mystic being with a bit of a catfish face.  Her gentle demeanor belies how powerful she is. Midnight (Psi-stalker variant) - A dark and mysterious stranger, riding a strange horse.  He seems to have influence over lightning, and is a man who lives off the land.   Faith Macavoy (covert Psi-ghost) - A non-descript vagabond woman, who seems to be quite capable and full of supplies.   Shan Medsans (Cyber-doc, I think) - A hardcore cyberdoc apparently from a long line of traveling healers, renowned enough to know Erin Tarn personally.  Her clinic is in ...