The Chthulucene Collectors
A downloadable game
When there are no more mass production facilities and new technology is rare if ever available, the world learns to save, repair, and repurpose existing gadgets in order to keep things going. With one crucial piece of of the puzzle knocked out of place, the world changed and now a new way of life has taken shape. Players take on the role of collectors. Collectors travel from place to place collecting random parts they need for their community. There's only so much daylight so you'd better keep moving.
Experience a world not unlike our own, but different in that humanity came together to make peace with itself, with the earth, and with the inevitability of finite resources coming to an end.
The Chthulucene Collectors is a game for 1-4 players that can played solo or with friends. It is based on the Carta System by Peach Garden Games. The game requires a standard deck of cards, a regular cube die (d6), a token (chess piece, coin, etc) to represent each player, and something to write down results with.
This game was made for Applied Hope: The Solarpunk & Utopias Jam and was inspired by Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene by Donna Haraway. In compliance with the terms of the jam, the text-only version is offered free and licensed CC-BY 4.0 which means that people can use and make their own versions of the game provided that they credit me for the original work (this summary doesn't replace the terms of the license, you'll have to look at the actual text for the full thing).
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Community copies are intended to provide members of our hobby an opportunity to get a copy even if circumstances prevent them from being able to purchase a copy. There are many who feel they might be an edge case. Please take a copy and if you enjoyed the game leave rating and review. If you later feel as though you want to, you can always "buy" a second copy to show how much you appreciate the game and my efforts.
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Development log
- File fixJan 26, 2022
- Name updateJan 25, 2022
- New text-only filesAug 17, 2021
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I really love playing this game solo!The kinds of things I write in character while interacting with the prompts on the cards are always things I wouldn't have expected from myself.
I do think some of the rules are confusing, and that could be because I'm a little unfamiliar with the Carta system. I found myself forgetting to add the hearts suit card for the object I was searching for back into the deck because I didn't see it in the text. There's also mention of a d6 in the "things you'll need" section, but I'm not sure what it's used for? I don't see it mentioned on the other prompts. If I missed it, let me know! (Edit: I may also be playing a version that hasn't been updated. If any of these things have been addressed already, my apologies!)
I loved Donna Haraway's essay on Making Kin, and I like seeing that concept applied to technology in the way this game does. I think a better world can be made by changing the way we think of objects as well as humans and other animals. I like the ways this game encourages players to think about that kind of thing.