BOW

BOW is a solo or duet solarpunk tabletop card game using the Carta system by Peach Garden Games. You play competitors in the annual Shoaling Festival, freediving for Old-World relics on your way to victory. Make it to four markers before your rivals to be crowned the winner and secure trade for your community for the year ahead.

As with Dragon Dowser, our first journaling card game, BOW evokes Studio Ghibli's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and the beautiful indie video game, ABZU by Giant Squid. Though you'll face many challenges during your voyage across the Gasillica ocean, the overall tone is of an optimistic future.

The race will challenge you in four distinct ways, each associated with a different playing card suit. The suits also represent rival competitors who will do all they can to finish the race ahead of you.

The beauty of journaling games is in the sheer variety of potential stories. With 48 cards, each displaying open-ended questions, every play through will feel unique and every experience distinctly personal. For example, in one session, a pod of dolphins could lead you to a relic. Whilst in another, the same pod might fend off pirates while you’re underwater. Whatever your answers to the prompts, BOW is certain to ignite the imagination!