HOLD FAST THAT BRILLIANT CHARIOT

Ride, bright Phaethon.

Seize your father’s chariot

and take flight. The sun

is yours, and the morning

awaits. Bring us the

daybreak you promised.

Your chariot is embodied

here with a wooden

tower, and time is a deck

of cards.

When you draw a card of

the same suit as the

previous card, withdraw as

many blocks from the

tower as you have drawn

consecutive cards of that

suit. Place them on top of

the tower.

Set off, reins in hand.

Shuffle the deck and begin

drawing cards. Place them

before you, face up. This

is the passage of time;

night falls when you have

no cards left to draw.

Take care not to topple

the tower; Should it fall

so shall you, and scorch

the earth in your demise.

Jupiter will not allow the

world to end this day,

and his lightning will

strike true if you fail.

Art: “The Fall of Phaeton, from the series Ovid’s Metamorphoses”, Anonymous

Game Design: Nora Blake, for the #OpenAccessMetJam