"Sustainable Living was inspired by my Aunt Anna. She lived in Chicago for a long time before moving to a rural community a few hours outside Jacksonville, Florida. There she and my uncle have a homestead where they focus on growing her own food, living sustainability, and contributing to her community. Spending winters there has inspired me to start a garden, take up knitting, and get to know my neighbors a little better. One major takeaway I had from my last visit was that people in their community are constantly bringing each other fruit they have harvested, or teaching their neighbors how to save seeds, or bringing wood to someone that they know likes to carve bowls. We decided that we wanted our game to reflect this communal aspect, so our game is a cooperative game where players act as neighbors to create a sustainable town. "

You and your friends have decided to leave your big city lives behind and move out to the country. Now that you’re here, you still find yourselves at the mercy of big corporations for your food, electricity, clothes, and most of your other necessities. Can you work together to locally and sustainability support yourselves?

Remember,  you only have three years to prove you can live sustainability; otherwise, you must return to the big city! 

You will need the following in order to play:

- 4 Players

- Be able to print 4 pages of  game material

- a scrap piece of paper and pen to keep track of sustainability points

How To Play:

1) Print the Game Material file and cut them out!

2) Place the Premium Cards, Seasonal Cards(give each season its own category), and Resource Cards in the center!  Don't forget to shuffle each season's mini-deck! 

3) Hand each player their corresponding Player Card and Starting Premium(Farmer: Garden, Miner: Quarry, Tailor: Spinning Wheel, Lumberjack: Woods)

4) The youngest player starts the game by drawing spring's seasonal event card! After the event card is played - all players receive their resources for the season.

5) Season starts; players must collect and build together during their respective turns before the season ends. A season ends after the last player's turn.

6) Repeat the process of Step 4 & 5 until you reach Year 3 

Mechanics:

Trade: Players can trade as much as they want on their turn! 

Gift:  Players can also gift resources as much as they want on their turn.

Seasons:  Every round is the start of a new season! At the start of a round, draw a seasonal event card!

            - Spring: The Youngest Player Draws and Starts the Round

          - Summer: The Second-Youngest Draws and Starts the Round

         -  Fall: The Second- Oldest Draws and Starts the Round

       -   Wint(er: The Oldest Draws and Starts the Round 

A year = 4 seasons. 

Premium Cards: Each time you get one - you shall gain 1 Sustainability Point

Win Condition:

-  You start the game with 0 Sustainability Points. Reach 10 Sustainability Points by the end of Year 3 

Created By: Bella, Sam, SJ

(Made originally for Indiecade's Hidden Heroes Game Jam 2023)

(Images used in card art for premium and seasonal cards belong to public domain and are free to use without attribution)