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A jam submission

An Urgent MemoView project page

A communication system for a modern fantasy setting
Submitted by Rebecca Strang (@toplayishuman) — 85 days, 9 hours before the deadline
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Submitted

I'm enjoying imagining the shenanigans using this card, like Jester using Sending (sorry for the 5e reference) except by raven!

Since these should be used per session, I could see a whole sticky note product where you write the message down, tuck it somewhere, and pull it out next session!

Submitted(+1)

Simple, clean, and easy on the eyes. Thank you for sharing!

DeveloperSubmitted

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

Wonderful visual style. I like that this will tackle long distance communication which I feel is often just handwaved over.

DeveloperSubmitted

Thank you! I liked that this jam was for a modern fantasy vibe because I could combine letter writing with text messaging with magic and handle a variety of distances and times.

Submitted(+1)

Spending 3 MP to send you the following message: "Love the minimalist design and relaxing colors. Such a fun and unique idea for cards!" :)

DeveloperSubmitted (1 edit) (+1)

A few days later... A raven lands on a nearby table and drops a folded paper. The raven squawks at you. Opening the paper, you find the following message, barely legible, written inside:

Memo received! Thank you! The colors are some of my favorites. Btw, Howard loves peanuts.

Submitted(+1)

There’s a great, clean design to the card, and I love the mix of modern and magical options for messaging. The mechanics are simple and strong.

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

Thank you so much!! I was excited to see you'd commented because I loooove Tiniest Wizard (I left a comment on it ages ago on my other account about how we use it at the library a lot).

Submitted(+1)

I went back to look at that comment and it made my day all over again! Tiniest Wizard is definitely the game I hear about people enjoying the most, and I love that kind of feedback. I’m really looking forward to this next Tiny Library, especially if it includes An Urgent Memo and things like it.

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

Since I posted that comment last year, we've used Tiniest Wizard several more times and I've also included it in library webinars I've presented on running games in libraries. There's always a lot of audience excitement when I talk about Tiniest Wizard because it's so library friendly in terms of being quick to learn and easy to play with limited resources.


I'm also very excited for this jam and the next Tiny Library deck. I'm very intrigued by MOSAIC Strict and I'm now thinking about running an in person game jam for it at an annual library conference in June.