The Table of First Instincts
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An ethical theme game for choices that refuse to stay tidy.
Draw one dilemma. Speak your instinct before the board learns your style.
N?
care
duty
harm
errata: first answers are not innocent
The Principle Draft
Universal Rule
Play only the card you could bear to see printed in every rulebook.
Character Wheel
Rotate the trait dial until the action leaves a shape in the player.
Thread of Care
Measure the distance between hands, not just the distance between outcomes.
hover a rule: the string tightens
The Consequence Orchard
unscored
What follows if this answer wins?
Pull a consequence bead. The orchard remembers the angle of every harvest.
The Witness Mask Room
witness testimony
The stranger asks whether your rule still counts when nobody thanks you.
Place one mask on the board. Every answer now has a face.
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The Unscored Ending
No winner is announced. The board only returns your residue: the rule you favored, the cost you hid, the witness you could not ignore.
write the missing rule
A good answer should leave room for the person who pays for it.