The Butterfly Effect
Every butterfly is shared with your neighbour.
Between every two neighbours lies one shared butterfly. You colour one wing, your neighbour colours the other, and the body belongs to you both. Symmetry scores points for both of you, but only one of you wins.
- Roll & write
- Semi-cooperative
- Everyone plays at once
- 3–5 players (in testing)
At the table
You sit between two butterflies. You colour the right wing of the butterfly to your left and the left wing of the butterfly to your right.
Your roll
Every cell in your wing has a mirror image in your neighbour's wing. Colour the same cell in the same colour and you both score.
A turn
Roll
Everyone rolls six dice at once: two for the number, two for the colour, two for the shape.
Split
From each pair, you send one die to the left and one to the right. That gives each wing a number, a colour and a shape.
Colour
In each wing, colour cells of that shape in that colour. A joker is free choice, a miss costs you that side. Roll a body piece and you colour the shared body.
Why you'll want to play it
Stronger together, one winner
You help your neighbours, because symmetry scores for you both. But in the end only your own score counts.
Everyone plays at once
No waiting for your turn: all players roll and colour at the same time.
Every roll is a puzzle
Triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons: which shape goes where, and which side gets the good die?
Colour-blind friendly
Every game colour has its own hatching, so you never have to rely on colour alone.
Who is it for?
For players who love roll & writes and enjoy making something beautiful together, with just enough rivalry. We are currently testing with three to five players.
Still in the cocoon
The Butterfly Effect is a prototype. Player count, body size and scoring are still being tested. Want to know what happens next?