{"product_id":"spindlewheel","title":"Spindlewheel","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWHAT IS THIS GAME?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpindlewheel is an interpretive tarot-like storytelling game where you weave together a story from card to card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWHAT'S THE OBJECTIVE?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe objective of the game is to tell a satisfying story.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eYour Character might win wealth and respect and come away from the adventure a better person; they might crash and burn, and end the story as a warning to others.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoth of these are victories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eif they fit the arc of the story you've told, and bring satisfaction to you as a storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHOW DO YOU PLAY?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpindlewheel's fundamental verb is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003einterpretation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach card's text evokes an\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eidea.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e The upright and inverse text are different. Sometimes they’re diametrically opposed; often, they’re two sides of the same coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse the card as an anchor for the part of the story that you're telling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA card can be a person, an event, an attitude, or a physical object. Use as much as the entire card, or as little as a single word. A card is interpreted twice: once when it enters your hand, and again when you play it. It does not have to be the same interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFOR EXAMPLE:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI might draw the Hearth card and Reflect that I feel like people closed their doors to me; but I might Engage that card later, declaring I won’t do the same to someone else, and play it to invite someone into my home.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpindlewheel is a loom on which you weave stories, placing cards like threads to intertwine and complicate the tale. It’s also genre-agnostic: The deck might give you a Princess, a Plague, a Witch with a Cursed Sword, a Trickster, and a Tin Penny; whether it describes the fate of a kingdom or a bizarre encounter at a bus stop, is up to you!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpindlewheel is a 103-card deck of completely bespoke illustrated oracle cards by Sasha Reneau; this edition also features four additional 15-card expansion packs illustrated and designed by Caro Asercion, J.A.C. Clark, Coey Kuhn, Michael Teller Ornelas, Takuma Okada, josie robo, and Ray Felix Carter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indie Press Revolution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50040842813718,"sku":"TCS01","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0876\/8225\/3078\/files\/ipr_spindlewheel.png?v=1747440608","url":"https:\/\/www.swordsandspoons.com\/products\/spindlewheel","provider":"Swords and Spoons","version":"1.0","type":"link"}