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 ...
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