In Want of Connections
In Want of Connections (winter 2023) is a tabletop roleplaying game without a game master that fosters communal storytelling and worldbuilding—all done by drawing, growing, and annotating family trees.
It focuses on building connections and community, as well as a diverse pictography on the game "board" filled with objects, relations, and more.
physical game team project
- Developed in 2 weeks
- Included game design document
- Created with Dingqi Chen,
Emily Cheng, Chloe Perez,
and Katherine Waterman
In Want of Connections has players tell the story using their own, regency-era family trees. These trees become more and more interwoven as the game progresses, with connections through important relationships, characters, and objects. Each turn, players will choose either a Development, Introduction, or Object card, and follow its prompt to improvise something new onto the game's "board": a large, blank sheet of paper on which players draw and annotate their growing family trees.
My Contributions:
Writing rulebook, artist's statement, and game design document text
Creating flavor text for all game cards
Helping with overall game mechanics and design
IWoC Rulebook.pdfThe game's rulebook!
In Want of Connections Game Design Document FINAL.pdfThe game design document, including artist's statement, that details the game's development.
The game set-up in its entirety.
Results of an early playtest game! This is unfortunately the only living photo of it.