The Quiet Year

The Quiet Year
DesignersAvery Alder
IllustratorsAriel Norris
PublishersBuried Without Ceremony
Publication2013, 2019
Genrestabletop role-playing game
Players2-4
Playing time3-4 hours
ChanceMedium
Age range12 and up
Skillsstorytelling, drawing, improvisation

The Quiet Year is a map-drawing tabletop role-playing game for 2-4 players about community building, by Avery Alder. The illustrations are by Ariel Norris, and Jackson Tegu is credited with additional design insights. It was independently published in 2013 by Buried Without Ceremony. The Quiet Year won the 2013 Indie RPG Awards for Most Innovative Game.[1] A new iteration of the game, with larger cards, rules refinements, and extra components, was published in 2019.[2][3] The game has been featured on the actual play podcasts The Adventure Zone[4] and Friends at the Table.[5]

  1. ^ "Most Innovative Game, 2013". Indie RPG Awards. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ Jackson, Gita (14 August 2016). "How the Quiet Year Brings People Together". Kotaku.
  3. ^ Dixon, Adam (19 February 2015). "Playing the Quiet Year, a tabletop game about building communities". Kill Screen.
  4. ^ Zone, The Adventure (2021-05-06). "The Adventure Zone: Ethersea – Prologue I: Our Wasted World". The McElroy Family. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  5. ^ Zambrano, J. R. (2022-01-19). "'The Quiet Year' is the RPG Your One Friend Won't Shut Up About– Back In Stock!". Bell of Lost Souls. Retrieved 2023-04-04.