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@teacabbage.bsky.social As it turns out, I wasn't wrong about getting friends introduced to Spindlewheel by sharing my article and my thoughts around!

One thing I heard was "I can't believe I haven't heard of Spindlewheel and the community around it" and I went, I know, right?! What a hidden gem!

This is such a lovely and welcoming overview of Spindlewheel!!

the Fool Spindlewheel card

With perpetual gratitude to @teacabbage.bsky.social for the ongoing inspiration that Spindlewheel has been to me

a card-tree example, lain out in stalks with explanations of what different cards serve as which parts of the tree

Build suited Card-Trees to explore facets of worldbuilding or shared themes that spark interest! Grow the tree over a year of ritualized card-writing seasons.

Then curate the collection you've written together over the winter, deciding which cards are drafted into the deck--and which are composted!

Gardenloom by Oracle Engine A compendium of rituals for collaboratively generating a shared oracle deck

Psst, what's this? A new tabletop roleplaying project from me? It's only been what, three-odd years...

Welcome to GARDENLOOM, a collaborative oracle deck generating game for the whole table!

Compatible with Spindlewheel. Undergoing continued development.

oracle-engine.itch.io/gardenloom

Sasha Reneau

can I humbly request one (1) additional follower on itch dot io? i've been teetering on 699 for daysss 22to22.itch.io thank you happy new year!!

Dancing: all in step, we align, lest we fall, out of time / misplacement, eyes turn to see who doesn't know this

And one for me from @angels.bsky.social , for posterity ☺️

Queen Bee: go go go go fly fly fly fly find find find find eat eat eat eat / why must you be in charge? A convenient fire late at night

Orders from the top ( @angels.bsky.social ) for you!

Hourglass: a mad scramble, a present savored, a memory preserved/a silent deadline, a dismal future, a moment missed by marn @corpserevivers

A trickle of sand from @corpserevivers.bsky.social ! Yours to spend however you wish :)

Blacksmith's Hammer: fissures widened, iron bent and broken by heavy hands/cold steel turned hot, something new shaped from old scrap

A heavy tool courtesy of @corpserevivers.bsky.social .

The loop: memorized steps to a dance you've done one thousand times before / gotta get out gotta get out gotta get out by marn @corpserevivers

Couldn't have picked a better card for you if I combed the deck. Happy New Year 🔁

Susan's gift: an ivory horn, a blessed present, a reward for gentleness/how will you call to me when i have gone and grown and you are gone, by Weaver Walker (old @ censored)

Take this from @weaverswork.bsky.social and see how you feel!

EXQUISITE WHEEL by Samantha Day Follow the path. A poem game in Twine.

This New Year's Eve, I'm cracking open my favorite kind of Spindlewheel deck--those written by other designers of their own accord--and will be drawing portents from the far-flung years of 2019/2020. passerines.itch.io/exquisite-wh... passerines.itch.io/luminous-knife comment to receive one!

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Hey, welcome new folks! You're probably here about Playing the Tarot, which you can find over yonder. :)

Tin Penny: a small and clearly counterfeit coin, a foolish fondness cheaply gained, crossed by princess

For you: a bag of chocolate coins bequeathed upon you by the smallest princess with great dignity and symbolic meaning.

Scholar: record keeper, documentarian, insatiably critical and curious, crossed by vulture's

Aw thank you!! For you: a set of quills from vulture's wings, and ink made from spring waters mixed with the ashes of kings.

Flood: brimming reservoirs, high tide, an outpour of riches, crossed by poppy flute

For you: an opera, fully formed, that needs only an orchestra, several cannons, and a pipe organ to perform.

Echo: a glance unseen,a shadow trailing, a desire unrequited, crossed by Doctor

For you: a spool of fine surgical thread that seems to disappear into whatever it is sewn into. Happy mending!

Changeling:a stranger behind a familiar face, unpredictable and uncontrollable, crossed by laughing mimic

For you: well, it WAS a short essay on games as a throughline in dark days, but the paper got rained on and now it seems to be a tale of changing faces like putty. Enjoy?

Tapestry loom: the mainstay, the throughline, the common thread in a complicated plan, crossed by the fallen

For you: a line of wick long enough to lace through the tapestry and bring the whole castle of straw to cinder.

Knight: a well-armed soldier, a banner bearer, a champion, crossed by alpha

For you: a gleaming suit of armor, practically ceremonial in detail yet wears like a second skin. It commands awe.

Survivor: scar crossed in body and mind, wounded and raw hearted, crossed by Polaris

Yay!!! ❤️ For you: the defiant reaching hand of a crumbling landmark, the last sign between you and home.

Empress: unrivaled sovereignty, a master tactician on and off the battlefield, crossed by ferryman's toll.

Oh this is simply a gift. Portents won't appear until new year's eve. In the meantime, for you: a book describing the tactics underneath a game few play and even fewer win.

Tender of blooms: an apothecary, a provider of perfumes, potions, and poisons, crossed by chasm.

For you: a perfume that smells exactly like the first gasp of panic before a long fall.

Heatwave: the first spring thaw,a thermal updraft,a warm embrace, crossed by adversary

For you: a genuine, heartfelt, and kind word from someone you cannot stand and who cannot stand you under any circumstance.

Holy stricture: warnings in favor, lessons in allegory, History in folklore, crossed by the final rose.

For you: a brass clasp of a single rose, sharp with thorns and heavy from the young fantasies and flights of fancy it has carried over the years. May it, and the deck, continue to serve you well!

Black book: an old memory, a family tree, a private journal, crossed by Roman candle.

For you: A scribbled recipe for a truly bombastic cocktail the black sheep of the family positively swore by.

Leviathan: scale beyond reference, ambition outside of reason, servant to nothing, crossed by apostle

For you: the unfathomable distance between two stars only visible in the deep desert; though the sand around you is alive, this space far far far away is kept absolutely still for you tonight.

Unicorn: rare and wondrous, skittish frame stilled with a calm touch, crossed by merchant.

For you, an exchange: an ethereal beast to listen to your woes, trot into the forest, and return with a trash bag containing $10,000 in unmarked bills

Vagabond: a passing traveler, superstitious and weary, with miles still to go, crossed by the sea

For you: a weary sailor hiding her boat for the storm, her burly arms covered in tattoos of fish and stories to last you the night.