In the group Simulation.
Idea from Dhruv Jani.
The game turns something that matters, like health or kindness, into points, and players start chasing the points instead. It shows what happens when a number replaces what it was meant to measure.
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Characters earn points for things like kindness, and players notice when they chase points instead.
Points for feats stand for something real, such as effort at work, and players notice what gets counted.
Places on the map earn points, and players notice which places the scoring ignores.
Points measure how long the group keeps something alive, and players notice what that leaves out.
Points can never add up to a win, and players notice what the points were standing for.
The game master awards points for things like kindness, and players notice what the points do.
A public game scores something real, such as kindness to strangers, and people notice what counting does.
Rolls decide points that stand for something real, and players notice how chance shapes what counts.
Players score for claiming new land, and notice what the scoring says about exploring.
Points that stand for real values make a point about measuring what matters.
Points stand for something real players care about, and losing them feels real.
Spaces give points for things like kindness or rest, and players notice which spaces they aim for.
Cards worth points stand for values, and players notice which ones they take.
Players bid for values turned into points, such as friendship or money.
Players risk points that stand for something real, such as health.
Areas score points that stand for things like community, not only size.
Actions earn points that stand for things like care or wages, and players notice the gap.
Patterns earn points that stand for qualities, such as balance or beauty.
Cards worth points stand for values, and players choose which to spend.
Tricks are worth points that stand for values, so winning a trick means choosing one.
Players trade points that stand for values, such as trading honesty for money.
Sets of values score points, and players notice which sets they ignore.
Tiles score points that stand for qualities of a place, such as quiet or trees.
Answers earn points for qualities like kindness, and players notice how scoring changes what they say.
Points for silent acts of help, counted quietly, show what scoring does to care.
Players change what earns points, and see how their behaviour changes.
Racing earns points, and players notice what they skip in the rush.
The most points wins, and players see what they gave up to get them.
Points stand for wellbeing, and running out knocks a player out.
The group shares points that stand for its health.
The group aims for a score that stands for a shared value.
Each player secretly scores a different value, revealed at the end.
The story ends with a score, and players talk about what the score missed.
Points are counted but nobody wins, so players see the points for what they are.
Each player decides what their points stand for.
The player with the fewest points loses, and players notice what the count left out.
Each player scores their own values side by side.
Players take points from each other, and notice what taking a value means.
What one player does changes others' points without them choosing.
The group scores together and talks about whether the score shows what they did.
Players share a score but each keeps a private one too.
Teams compete on scores that stand for values.
A traitor secretly scores against the group's values.
Players keep score of values over weeks of letters.
Players score values on behalf of someone who is not there.
Luck decides points that stand for real values.
Luck gives points, and players choose which values to protect.
Skill earns most points, with a little luck, and players ask whether the points show merit.
Only skill earns points, and players ask what skill the points really measure.
Signs give points, and players talk about what they stand for.
Points reward staying in step, and players notice what scoring does to it.
All scores are visible, and players notice how seeing them changes play.
Scores are hidden until the end, and players notice how that changes what they do.
Players secretly score different values, and guess what others are aiming for.
Players work out what the points really stand for from how they are given.
Players claim scores for values that may not be true.
A hidden rule decides what scores, and players learn it by noticing what is rewarded.
One player knows what the points truly measure and can only hint.
A model of a real system scores things the way a real institution does, such as marks or ratings.
Each role is scored differently, showing how measures favour some roles.
Points reward taking from a shared resource, and players notice the cost.
Points earned now cost something later, and players notice the trade.
Players change what earns points and see how play changes.
After play, players talk about what they did for points that they would not do otherwise.
Points earned are recorded permanently, so scores follow players into later games.
Points for real values are counted daily over weeks.
Players try a future where different things earn points.
Players gain or lose points standing for values, one turn at a time.
Everyone chooses at once which values to trade for points.
Players chase points standing for values as fast as they can.
Value trade-offs made under time pressure.
Value trade-offs made slowly, with time to reflect.
Value trade-offs come faster as play speeds up.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling excited.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling clever.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling silly.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling tense.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling together.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling sneaky.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling lucky.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling in charge.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling surprised.
points stand for values supports the feeling thoughtful.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling fast.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling unfair in a fun way.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling careful.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling daring.
points stand for values neither supports nor works against the feeling friendly.