THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF CIRCLE & TRIANGLE "Window Shade" Poster

Is any Recovery clubhouse complete without an old-timey "window shade" poster hanging on the wall? We think not.

This is a 12x18-inch poster, printed on premium poster paper. (As with all DriveThruRPG posters, it's folded once for shipment.)

The Twelve Traditions of Circle & Triangle are:

0. Tradition Zero—There are no rules! Fair play and decency are enough. 

1. It's your game, literally. This game is a Free Cultural Work, within the Creative Commons.

2. Any and all scenes in Circle & Triangle could be played using only diceless storytelling—in fact, this Freeform Diceless Version of play is the foundational format.

3. Yet if you want to roll dice in a scene, there's the Resolution Roll. Twelve-sided dice are customary but not required. (There are other ways of playing besides this “D12 Version.”)

4. There are two types of Challenges: Obstacles and Scuffles. Obstacles are resolved in one roll.

5. Boons add +1 to the roll. (There are other ways of playing which involve no math.)

6. You usually gain an Adversity Token whenever you lose a Resolution Roll—as long as it's fraught with consequence. You can spend the Token as a Boon, or to improve your Character in other ways.

7. Each Character is gifted with a Higher-Powered Artifact. Using the Artifact lets the player roll two dice and take the highest. (If you're playing a “Mathless Version,” then Artifacts grant two Dice Steps.)

8. You can try again (and again and again and again) by making a Persistent Effort. This could end in Self-Sacrifice.

9. Two or more Characters can Help each other by combining their Resolution Rolls.

10. Scuffles are resolved through a series of Resolution Rolls. Somebody loses an Asset during each Round—the Asset is rendered temporarily Powerless.

11. The Escalator keeps things moving.

12. Characters Fall…and Characters Recover.