“Take the A Train”

This game is about riding the subway and the tiny world a subway car encompasses. Subways and underground rail metros are unique: a set track, isolated under (and/or hoisted above) the main roadways and thoroughfares. While the world is said to pass you by, barely would your window show you that: instead, dark tunnels or the occasional glimpse of a station platform as you whiz by on the express track.

Inside a single subway car can be people from all walks of life about the city, outside of the city, and places further beyond; yet, all of them have chosen to travel in a shared, liminal space.

A Flavor Note

The author of this game is from NYC and loves taking the subway. Many of these prompts and experiences come from the perspective of a local New Yorker,  and maybe you’d like to experience that in this game.

If you don’t want the MTA-flavored experience, feel free to sub in your own ideas or change out prompts based on transit rail systems you’ve experienced (or maybe something more fantastical).

In addition, there are some prompts that may hint at fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, etc. If you rather have a more grounded/realistic experience, just re-roll or come up with something else.

Draft/Alpha Notes

This is still a work in progress, crammed in the last hours of #TinyWorldJam while on the J Train.  A PDF is available for download here, or you can view the webpage here.

There will be a printable zine template that will allow players to have their own little paper subway map to come.

Also, the digital prompt shuffler (mentioned in the PDF) is COMING SOON^TM