drawing the map

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In the group Core mechanic.

Idea from Dhruv Jani.

Players draw or build the map as they play, so the world is made by the people in it. In The Quiet Year, a community's map grows week by week on one sheet of paper.

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role-play + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
Characters draw the places they travel to, so the map is their story.
dexterity + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
Players draw the map with eyes closed or by flicking ink, so the world is shaped by hands.
drawing the map + roll and move drafted not checked yet
You roll to move, and when you reach the edge of the map you draw the next stretch of land.
drawing the map + drafting drafted not checked yet
Players pick land features from a shared row and draw them onto the shared map.
drawing the map + bidding drafted not checked yet
Players bid for the right to draw the next part of the map.
drawing the map + push your luck drafted not checked yet
Players keep drawing more of the map, but a drawn danger can end their turn.
drawing the map + area control drafted not checked yet
Players draw the land and then claim parts of what they drew.
drawing the map + worker placement drafted not checked yet
Workers can only go to places someone has drawn, so the map decides the actions.
drawing the map + pattern building drafted not checked yet
Players draw the map to make shapes that score, such as a ring of forests.
drawing the map + hand management drafted not checked yet
Cards in hand say what you can draw next, and you choose when to play them.
drawing the map + trick-taking drafted not checked yet
Winning a trick lets you draw a feature on the shared map.
drawing the map + negotiation drafted not checked yet
Players make deals about what gets drawn where.
drawing the map + set collection drafted not checked yet
Players collect sets of places they have drawn, such as three rivers.
drawing the map + tile placement drafted not checked yet
Players place blank tiles and draw what is on each, building a map together.
drawing the map + call and response drafted not checked yet
Each player draws something that answers what the last player drew, such as a bridge after a river.
drawing the map + playing in silence drafted not checked yet
Players draw the map together without speaking, reading each other's lines.
drawing the map + change the rules drafted not checked yet
Drawing certain places changes the rules, such as a castle that adds a law.
drawing the map + race to finish drafted not checked yet
Players race to draw a route from one side of the map to the other.
drawing the map + most points drafted not checked yet
Players score points for what they draw, such as each village or road.
drawing the map + last standing drafted not checked yet
Players draw dangers onto the map that push others out, until one remains.
drawing the map + cooperative survival drafted not checked yet
Players draw the map together while a danger spreads across it.
drawing the map + shared objective drafted not checked yet
Players draw one map toward a shared goal, such as a town that feeds everyone.
drawing the map + hidden personal goal drafted not checked yet
Each player secretly wants the map to include something, and draws toward it.
drawing the map + narrative completion drafted not checked yet
The map tells a story, and the game ends when the story's journey is drawn.
drawing the map + no objective drafted not checked yet
Players draw a world together with no winner, and look at it at the end.
drawing the map + set your own goal drafted not checked yet
Each player decides what they want to add to the world.
drawing the map + one loser drafted not checked yet
Players draw the map until one player's land is cut off, and that player loses.
drawing the map + keep the game going drafted not checked yet
The map grows over many sessions, with no end planned.
drawing the map + cannot be won drafted not checked yet
The map is drawn toward something that cannot be stopped, such as rising water.
drawing the map + solo in parallel drafted not checked yet
Each player draws their own map beside the others.
drawing the map + direct confrontation drafted not checked yet
Players draw over or into each other's land.
drawing the map + indirect via board drafted not checked yet
What one player draws changes what others can do, such as a river blocking a road.
drawing the map + fully cooperative drafted not checked yet
The whole group draws one map against a threat from the game.
drawing the map + semi-cooperative drafted not checked yet
Players draw a shared world while each tries to get more for themselves.
drawing the map + team vs team drafted not checked yet
Teams draw rival parts of one map.
drawing the map + traitor drafted not checked yet
One player secretly draws things that will harm the group's world.
drawing the map + playing by letter drafted not checked yet
Players post the map to each other, each adding a part before sending it on.
drawing the map + absent player drafted not checked yet
Players continue a map started by someone who is not there.
drawing the map + game master drafted not checked yet
One player draws the world as the others explore and describe where they go.
drawing the map + public game drafted not checked yet
The map is drawn in chalk or on a wall in a public place, and passers-by add to it.
drawing the map + mostly chance drafted not checked yet
Dice decide what gets drawn where.
drawing the map + chance with mitigation drafted not checked yet
Dice suggest what to draw, and players choose where it goes.
drawing the map + skill with luck drafted not checked yet
Players draw with care, and a little luck decides some features.
drawing the map + mostly skill drafted not checked yet
Players plan and draw the map with no chance at all.
drawing the map + chance read as a sign drafted not checked yet
A thrown sign is read as what the land holds next.
drawing the map + attunement drafted not checked yet
Players draw together by sensing where the others will draw.
drawing the map + dice tell the story drafted not checked yet
Rolls on tables decide what players find, and they draw it on the map.
drawing the map + full information drafted not checked yet
The whole map is always visible to everyone.
drawing the map + hidden hands drafted not checked yet
Players hold secret cards about what they will draw.
drawing the map + hidden identity drafted not checked yet
Some players secretly draw for a hidden side.
drawing the map + deduction drafted not checked yet
Players work out a hidden fact from how the map is drawn, such as where treasure lies.
drawing the map + bluffing drafted not checked yet
Players claim what they have drawn means, and others decide whether to believe them.
drawing the map + rules you discover drafted not checked yet
A secret rule decides which drawings are allowed, and players learn it by drawing.
drawing the map + one knows, cannot say drafted not checked yet
One player knows how the map has to look and can only hint as others draw.
drawing the map + map revealed as you go drafted not checked yet
Players draw each area only as they reach it, so the world appears as they explore.
drawing the map + model a system drafted not checked yet
Players draw a real place, such as their neighbourhood, and mark how things flow through it.
drawing the map + stakeholder roles drafted not checked yet
Each role draws the map as they see it, and the maps are compared.
drawing the map + shared resource drafted not checked yet
Players draw where a shared resource is, and how much each takes from it.
drawing the map + delayed effects drafted not checked yet
What players draw now changes the land later, such as a dam that floods the valley.
drawing the map + try a rule drafted not checked yet
Players try a new rule for drawing, such as no borders, and see what world appears.
drawing the map + debrief drafted not checked yet
After drawing, players talk about what their map says about what they value.
drawing the map + irreversible change drafted not checked yet
Lines on the map are never erased, so each game's world carries into the next.
drawing the map + real-time span drafted not checked yet
Players add to the map once a day, and it grows over weeks.
drawing the map + rules make an argument drafted not checked yet
The rules for what can be drawn say something, such as roads only to cities.
drawing the map + stakes outside the game drafted not checked yet
The map is of a real place, and what players draw may be shown to the people who live there.
drawing the map + points stand for values drafted not checked yet
Places on the map earn points, and players notice which places the scoring ignores.
drawing the map + rehearse a future drafted not checked yet
Players draw a place as they would like it to be, and play in it.
take turns + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
Players add to the map one at a time, each drawing over what the last one left.
everyone at once + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
Everyone draws on their part of the map at the same time.
no turns + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
Everyone draws on the map at any moment.
timed turns + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
Each addition to the map has a time limit.
sedated + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
The map is drawn slowly, each line considered.
accelerated + drawing the map drafted not checked yet
The map has to be drawn faster and faster.
excited · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling excited.
clever · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling clever.
silly · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling silly.
tense · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling tense.
together · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling together.
sneaky · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling sneaky.
lucky · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling lucky.
in charge · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map supports the feeling in charge.
surprised · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling surprised.
thoughtful · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling thoughtful.
fast · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map works against the feeling fast.
unfair in a fun way · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling unfair in a fun way.
careful · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling careful.
daring · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling daring.
friendly · drawing the map drafted not checked yet
drawing the map neither supports nor works against the feeling friendly.
Racetrack — drive a car on squared paper not checked yet
One rule about momentum makes every move depend on the last. It shows how a simple physical constraint creates planning, risk and a track that the players draw themselves.
Sprouts — the drawing that ends itself not checked yet
The board is drawn by the players, and the moves close the board in. It shows how a game can be made of its own map, and how a growing picture can carry the state of a game.
Paper soccer — bounce the ball to goal not checked yet
Every line drawn changes what can be drawn next, and old moves create new ones through bouncing. It shows how a game's history can live on the board and become its strategy.