Spindlewheel Microgames

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Library Itch.io
Source itch.io
Platform Physical
Release Date 9/18/2018
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Description

Spindlewheel is a tarot-like interpretive storytelling game where you use the cards as anchors to weave a story with your friends. Included in this collection are:

DETECTIVE
1-5 Players, 5-15 minutes
You are a detective, summoned to a crime scene to investigate a freshly discovered dead body.

GHOST TRAIN
1-2 Players, 30-60 minutes
You are a ghost on a train riding through the afterlife, but you have lost your ticket and forgotten your stop. 
Meet other people on the train; gather memories; decide which stop is yours.

MEET ME IN THE FIELD OF HONOUR AT DAWN
2 Players, 30-60 minutes
The two of you were close once, but those days are behind you.  It’s time to settle your grudges for good.

THE MOUNTAIN
1-2 Players, 30-60 minutes
You are a god, locked in the peak of a mountain.  You are its followers, scaling the mountain to free your god. 

GENERATORS
Small Spindlewheel modules designed to be used within other systems or campaigns: 
Magical Objects, Prophecies, and Maps of varying sizes.

Get it on Roll20 here.

Get the legacy ashcan deck for free forever here.

If economic hardship prevents you from buying this game, send me an email at sasha@teacabbage.com and I will send you the pdf's, no questions asked.

UPDATE 8/19/2022: deck art fully overhauled and language tweaked.

UPDATE 1/12/2019: some language revised and rules tweaked.

UPDATE 11/23/2018: some language revised and rules tweaked.