The Wanderers

YOU AND YOUR FRIEND wave farewell before boarding separate starships charted for new colonies in the hinterlands of space. Though you will be several light-years apart, you promise to keep in touch through the Unified Starways Parley System. You'll use this network to tell each other about the life you build and the love you discover in the far reaches of space...

After decades of travel under cryosleep, you finally arrive in the colony 's port. You disembark and survey your new home, your first letter already forming in your mind.

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Designed specifically to be played through the mail, The Wanderers has two players using regular playing cards as prompts as they write and send correspondences about the love they find and the lives they live as they build a new home in the interstellar colonies. With each letter players send, they'll enclose a playing card to inspire their partner's reply. Together, they'll write stories, find love, and build a new life light years from Earth. No GM needed.

For a single player solo variant, simply create the deck as instructed, follow directions for the opening entries and play as though keeping a journal as your character. Add in additional cards for longer games if desired. 

Created by Daniel Tozier 
Image by Jake Weirick via Unsplash
(Inspired by Adira Slattery's The Machine)