Cartograph

Finally got time to play. I played it with my gf. We played as a duo. In this game, there are three ways to lose, one of which is if you draw the same colored joker in a standard playing card deck, you lose. My first two draws were the same colored jokers… Then I draw a non-joker card. Thought I was okay, curse was lifted. I was wrong. Then I draw back to back two of other kind jokers... We were nervous, then we reached to a forest. My character had two wounds after events, three wounds and this is the other way to lose the game. Then it was time to draw again. I draw a non-joker card but because we were in a forest, if I draw 10, I would lose one wound which I was one away from dying.

I draw 10.

Had fun. Would play again, also we want to try the new version as well but it is a bit expensive for us atm but we will keep an eye on it :) 

Hi,

Do you encounter monster layers in the game?

Thanks

Hey there! If you could spare a community copy, I'd love to try this out.  Thanks in advance and good luck with your Kickstarter!

Hi Mr. Lee. Please help. Im playing Cartograph - I don't understand the part during the Procedure of the Rest Phase - "Lose any 1 remaining die from your dice pool" ..... What is 1 remaining die?

Hi, any ETA for the atlas edition kickstarter? If you can't give a precise date an approximation would be good enough!

Is it possible to have some information about this new edition?

Anyhow good luck with this project! 

I'm all for it!

I don't mean to beg. But I can't afford the game. Is there any community copies to put up?

Just wondering why the game page says the price is $2 but the payment page asks for $3.

I would love to add this to my project for this coming year, with providing solo journaling games as take-home projects for my students to use to help them see a reason to read and write.  Would it be possible for me to get a community copy for this project? If not, I’ll continue to watch for copies to be added. Thanks! :)

Hi there.I bought the game and played it for a while.

I really love it. It's very entertaining.

The results can be very well used in and with other games.

However I do have two doubts regarding the rules:

- Drawing coast lines around landmark die include biomes?

- Are cards discarded after being used?

Thanks and keep up the excellent work.

Misticspell

will there be more print copies?

Loved it. The game loop is simple and works really well. I was able to draw a pretty good map and create an interesting short story.

I haven't tried the following yet, but I'm curious if someone has used the map generated from Cartograph to play Journey... I just got that one too as I saw it as a source of inspiration for Cartograph, but seems for that one you need a pre-existing map.

Hello, I was wondering if I can ask for a community copy, i really wanted to try this game & willing to write a detailed feedback as a 10 year experienced GM :D It looks really fun & promising!

Wonderful passion project! Discovered the game and watched the playthrough posted on the store page. After reading through, I am very excited to get mapping myself!

I am curious: What tips would you give someone looking to tweak the prompts/systems to align with their desired Cartograph experience? Did you find a similarity in the prompts that did not make it into the current version? How has playtesting refined the current dice mechanic?

In short, I would be very interested to hear your experience designing and developing this game. Sincere congratulations on sharing Cartograph with the world!

Had an absolute blast playing this, especially loved how the mapmaking elements worked. The narrative elements were really good too, from twisting my ankle on a mossy rock to finding a village of haruspex seers that use see-through cat tummies to tell the future. Definitely worth a physical buy.

A review, as promised:

I love journaling games. I love map making games. Combining the two CANT be that simple...

Cartograph not only proves it can be done, but it can be done in such a manner that is both elegant and remarkably intuitive.

Why are you still reading this? Grab this game!

Hi! I've been hearing a lot of good things about this game and would love to play, but finances are a tad tight at present... I don't suppose in exchange for feedback I could snag a Community Copy in the near future?

Having just finished my first playthrough, I had a ton of fun with this one! It has all the narrative elements that I love about other great solo journaling games, mixed well with the skething fun of other map making games. The systems of placing landmarks are tuned well to avoid making things look to cluttered or random. 

If I had one critique it would be that the game seems to have a lot of ways to injure the player, and not a ton of ways to recover. My first journey ended in only 5 turns after a series of unfortunate events, and I would hate to think most games end with the player perishing in this new land they’re exploring!