This jam is now over. It ran from 2019-10-30 19:00:00 to 2019-11-14 20:00:00. View 84 entries

RPGs don't have to be book-length in order to be compelling game experiences. In fact, they don't even have to be page-length. This is a jam for making games that can fit onto a business card. Business cards are often exchanged by game designers (and others) as a social ritual, but many end up lost or recycled without ever being used beyond the moment of exchange. What would it look like to try and make that experience more story-shaped, or even to embrace the transient nature of a business card as a part of gameplay?

Rules:
- Your game should fit onto a business card, either single or double sided.

Optional challenges:
- Make a game where part of gameplay involves damaging or destroying the business card.
- Make a game where everyone possessing a copy of the card is a player in one giant game.
- Use your game as your business card.

FAQ
- Can I submit multiple entries?
Absolutely!

- Can it be a hack of another game?
Go for it! Keeping in the spirit of the jam, the business card version should play as a stand-alone game.

- Is there a specific dimension I need to follow?
Business cards come in all shapes an sizes (we're not going to decide what is or is not a business card,) so use your best judgement on whether it could be easily tucked into a wallet or pocket. The optional template below uses a standard American-sized business card (approx 2" x 3.5")

Tools:
- Adobe Illustrator/InDesign Template. For those that use Illustrator or InDesign, here's a free template you can use to create your own print-and-play version of your game for sharing up here on itch (or anywhere.) Here's an example of how the finished product looks.

Inspiration:





This game jam is hosted by Naomi B. (@adanarama / beatingthebinary.itch.io) with co-hosts Star West (@starkingwest / starwest.itch.io) and Nick S. (@storytellernick)


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A game to create a spellbook, week by week
a solo journal writing game of a vampire & their human lover
a duet writing game of ritual, intimacy, and distance
a system-agnostic modular ruleset for campaign games
A micro rpg about darkness and feelings.
A text based adventure / RPG game with a compact source code that fits on a business card.
Adventure
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like pokedex, but for cryptids, and fits onto a business card
Use your social media handle or email address to make a sigil
a business card game for very important demons.
a tiny game about literal sword dreams
A business card game for magical queers
All the ghosts must be counted! A business card sized party game for spooky people!
A collaborative storytelling game.
A business card game for pack rats.
A business-card sized RPG for four people who want to fight evil
a game of remembrance and longing
a cat-drawing game that fits on a business card
A series of tiny games I use as business cards
The night is quiet and you are not alone
Pocket Sized RPG where you defend the underworld!
A business card RPG meant to share some sick beats
Prepare your photo album. Find your fellow pet parent. Spazz. Profit.
A business card game about fated stories
15 minute TTRPG on a business card
A Business Card Jam game about your body changing in strange ways.
A business card game meant to replace giving actual flowers (but you can do that too!)
A game about hidden messages.
a microgame about connection, memories, and knowing each other.
Is this the most irrelevant way to summon eldritch beings?
The best name buys drinks! A "Business Card Jam" submission.
Etch your story into the stars, and then share it for everyone to see...
Contemplating revenge in the face of apocalypse.
Protect Your Spirit Crystal From The Evil Yōma
A business card RPG set in the Wasteland of Enchantment
Pick your favourite snacks/fast-foods and battle all your friends!
A Very Complimentary Game
Print & Play PNP that fits in your wallet
A prompt for more flavoursome networking interactions
A business card game about being a baby dragon with loot and minions.
Just a business card sized version of the classic game.
A schlocky storytelling business card-sized game about teens in a haunted mall
The world was wide, open, unknown but I carried a scrap of it in my pocket.
A role-playing game for when you visit your local public library. Created for #BusinessCardJam
A business card RPG where you create items to put in a package to send to a mysterious recipient in need.
In this RPG you play as an explorer guided by your compass (card)! Created for #BusinessCardJam
Make up a story about a flower's meaning / For BusinessCardJam
What have you brought before the God of Lost Things?
The Highly Infectious Party Game
Try To See The Bigger Picture And Find Your Other Half
A tiny game about making a friend's small wishes come true.
100 business cards are printed. Will you make it out?
Reunite the lost lovers with Rock-Paper-Scissors!
Tall Tales - A game of truths and lies.
Introspective business card about war, for 1 or 2 players.
A business card sized rpg for business card collectors
A game to play at conferences & conventions to get to know people. Created for #BusinessCardJam
A game about memories and connection
The only fishing minigame you can play with a business card
A micro-rpg for card-carrying ambassadors of culture
A card game that you can play with business cards!
A new take on business cards. Designed for the #BusinessCardJam