The only game in which you’re allowed to cut the paper into pieces, especially when you are losing. A One Paper Game for 2–9 players.
What's the idea?
Click here to unfold.
What do I need?
Three steps:
- Generate a random board below and print it.
- Read the rules (one page).
- Grab some pens, scissors and friends.
Concerned about ink? Only page 1, 3 and 4 of the rulebook are relevant for the base game. You can also generate “print friendly” boards.
Tip for Teaching? Explain the first page, immediately start playing! Simply place the node list on the table, so players can look up what something does whilst playing.
Board Generation
Input your settings below. Click "Generate Board", save the PDF, print it.
For your first game, just set your player count and tick "first game", that's enough!
Expansions
(Click to fold.)Not working? Don't worry. Click the "Download" button and you'll also find a folder with already generated boards. Use one of those instead! (Also send me an email with details about what isn't working right.)
Secret board? The "Expeditions" expansion adds nodes that trigger whenever their piece of paper comes loose. If you are able to print double-sided, these nodes will be placed on the backside of the paper. This means the paper actually has secrets that will be revealed during the game! (Do a test print, though.)
Tip for Cleanup? When done, you should have a bunch of puzzle pieces ( = all pieces of paper you cut off). Here's the challenge: try to fit them back together to recreate the original paper! Sounds easier than it is :)
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
Fonts? SciFly, created by Tomi Haaparanta.
Check out my other (board)games. Support me if you enjoy my work!
I wrote two detailed articles about the development of this game:
- (Devlog) Unstable Universe => about the general process, problems, decision making, why I did what I did
- (Technical Devlog) Unstable Universe => about the algorithms and (programming) techniques used for creating this website that generates random game boards
In action!
Two pictures of the game "in action". Some people in my play groups insist on using these way too complex icons, like a sheep or stick figure—I recommend just using simple shapes in your games. The bottom board is from an older version of the game, but the sunlight in the picture was really nice, so I decided to keep it on this page.