Tide Knots

String Together Maritime Adventures!

Tide Knots is a way to generate sailing adventures, encounters, and weather procedurally using a piece of string and a few dice. 

Tide Knots can involve the whole table or used solo in most games & systems!

The string and knots provide a physical, tactile substitute for a map and can be saved to mark repeat journeys.

Downloads include a printable pamphlet (PDF) and a .txt version. It turns out string is tricky to distribute digitally.

Design Notes 

This is part of a continuing effort to make non-visual maps. Others are in Sky and Steam Miscellany, Volume 3,

Tide Knots is MOSAIC Strict. For more information on what that means visit Trilemma Adventures.

As a designer with a significant visual disability, I try to make projects as accessible as possible. Let me know if you need this in an alternate format or if there are any changes I can make that might support your gameplay!

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