The game of happiness header

Rank a series of random events based on how happy they’d make you—and hope your friends and family know you well enough to perfectly guess your ranking.

Download

What do I need?

Three simple steps.

  • Read the short playful rules.
  • Click Download > Files > "1 - Base Set.pdf"
  • Print, cut, play!

Want more? You can also generate your own material right on this website! Or pick one of the other PDFs available in the Download section.

Don’t want to print stuff? You can also play the game digitally on a single smartphone. Go to material on a device and check “Load Digital Game”.

Material

Pick your desired settings and press the button! (A new page will open.) When in doubt, just use the defaults for your first game(s).

Turns the material mostly grayscale. Don't compress PDF. (Slightly higher resolution, but huge file size.) If you already have these, or plan on using something else, you can disable this. Loads the digital interface to play this game on a single smartphone instead. (Doesn't generate material.)

Packs

(Click to fold.)

Not working? Or unsure what to do? The "Download" button above has PDFs I already made for you! Pick any one of those.

Which pack(s) should I use!? The base, advanced, expert and silly packs contain ~10 new cards for each category. They are the largest and most diverse. They get slightly more complex (in order of the list), but you should mostly see this as a way to break the game into more manageable files to print and cut.

The other packs add cards within one particular category, such as Superpowers: cards proposing a fun dilemma through a superpower with a drawback. They are usually much smaller and should just be shuffled into the category cards you already have.

Hire me

Are you a games publisher? I'm always open to inquiries about publishing one of my games.

Need a special board game or video game? Maybe for a birthday, school or another purpose?

Contact me! You can ask me anything—I don't bite! In fact, I've never bitten anyone.

If unsure, visit my portfolio to learn more about my work. You can also contact me through there, as I'm a registered freelance artist in the Netherlands.

Support

Enjoyed my work (or not)? Let me know what you think! Mail me at [email protected] with any feedback.

That's already a great way to support me.

Alternatives would be to buy my paid work (a win-win situation!). Or to donate through the most popular channels.

Credits

This game is a personal project. I’ve been struggling with finding something I enjoy and gives me happiness for as long as I can remember. This game is basically another experiment in trying to find answers or discoveries. It’s also why the game is kept really small and simple, with no marketing, expansions, or any of the stuff I usually do.

It’s a simple, fun structure that allows a group of people to think about what makes them and others (un)happy. A game that isn’t really a game, but it kinda is. It’s as serious or as silly as your group wants it to be.

The fonts used are Sunny Spells (headings, decorative) and Minya Nouvelle (body, text, paragraphs). Both freely available for commercial use. Everything else is entirely mine.

Want to add your own cards? You can always send me a message with ideas for cards! Once I have enough, I can easily add them as another pack.