Fabrication: A game that makes Games

This is a game design game.

You play the first part of Fabrication collaboratively, selecting or randomizing your fundamentals and concept. Then brainstorm 3 game-play elements together. This shifts into a game-it-out phase where you playtest, and finally evaluate your creation. 

Fabrication Alpha Playkit is: 

• 3 double-sided tri-fold brochures used to build your game
• 1 double-sided appendix
• 1 summary play-sheet
• 5 play-sheets that you use with tokens 
• A slightly overstuffed letter-sized envelop to contain it. 

Get the PDF to print yourself, or order from the Compose Dream Games Marketplace we'll print it for you (currently printed in Ottawa, by the designer).

What is Fabrication?

The following uses terminology from Fabrication to define Fabrication. Yes, that is very meta. 

Game Concept: Players collaboratively create a unique game system and test it. You will stake claims on aspects you care about with tokens.

Fundamentals

A priori Assumption: Shared Authority

Rejected Assumption: Immersion Trumps all

Participants: 3 to 5 or Solo

Fiat/Consensus: He Who Holds the Conch

Play length/Depth: One shot

Responsibilities: Facilitator and Co-designers

Concept

Genre: Generic/Universal

Who do you play: Game Designers

Theme: Mind expanding

Atmosphere: Creative collaboration

Mechanical Ideal: Multi-phase, mini-games

Game Element 1: Player Choice

Mechanical Path: Strategic with Oracle option

Facets: Expenditure, Lookup Tables, Representation

Game Element 2: Guided Design & Testing

Mechanical Path: Procedure

Facets: Path, Question Prompts

Game Element 3: The one(s) you make!

What you need to play:

This playkit. All playsheets are included.

Paper, pencils, tokens.

Every game widget you have to hand.

Quality Assurance

Fabrication 0.41 Alpha Playkit is Experimental.

It has been played and revised. Feedback is welcome!

Used Fabrication to in your game design in some fashion? You may be able to mark it "Rendered with Fabrication"