
A Game To Be Played While Staring At Your Watch
On Quisicosas since 22 May 2026
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22 May 2026 (on Substack)
What it is about
This is a solo micro-RPG (really, a collection of prompts) that's the size of a credit card and uses the current time as a source of randomness. It's designed to be played in your head while standing in line and staring at your watch, so no need for dice or pens - just a watch or wall-clock and the rules card. The concept of using time as an oracle, and the specific resolution table, was inspired by Guilherme Gontijo's Chronoracle ( https://gontijo.itch.io/chronoracle ) If you want to modify the prompts for yourself, the LaTeX source should be easy enough to tinker with.