This House Will Outlive Us

Residents change, but the house remains. Everyone is changed by the house, and the house, in turn, is changed by its visitors.

A GM-less storytelling game.

In this game players take turns telling the stories of inhabitants of a house. The narrative is prompted by flipping a coin onto the game board, with heads or tails determining the timeline of events. The game is played in 3 stages: determining the type of house, picking out roles of the inhabitants and playing out the history and future of the house itself.

You’ll need: 2-6 friends, 10-40 minutes of free time, some paper and pencils to take notes, a coin.

Designer's note: I designed this game over 2 weeks as part of my Bachelor's studies in Design. My self-imposed challenges were to have a physical mechanic that's random but can in theory be influenced, non-competitive gameplay that encourages building on others' input, genre-neutrality and a short, yet unlimited playtime.