Sand Castle

Sand Castle is a collaborative storytelling game of building and learning about an imaginary sand castle that itself represents another fantastical location. 

It tells of a make believe fortress that’s informed by the whimsy of playing pretend over the cold harsh reality of actual castles. The tides will inevitably sweep your castle away, and bring it to ruin. Much like a real sand castle, the meaning is not in attempted immortalization but in the play of building something that will only last for a moment.

This is a combination of tile laying board game and prompt card based tabletop role-playing game design.

Built for 2 to 6 players to play for an hour or more.

The game can be played using a custom 108 card deck, or a standard deck of 52 playing cards. You can play the game by placing the cards themselves to form a map, or by playing the cards into a discard pile and then drawing a map based on them. It's also possible to play by writing a shared set of notes or even in theatre of the mind.