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Public Opinion

群眾意見

A party game centered on spoken answers, identity labels, and group judgment.

Context
Independent tabletop study · 4–8 players
Media
Cards · tokens · forum and draw pool
Site
Online discussion forum · tabletop setting
Printed topic card from the Public Opinion deck
Printed 擺爛人 identity label card from the Public Opinion deck

From answers to labels: how does a group judge a person?

Online discussions often compress complex positions into a single label. Public Opinion brings that mechanism to the table: one player responds to a public prompt, while the other players privately choose the identity card that best describes the speaker.

Label choices and a consensus threshold determine the score, allowing the game to explore agreement and social pressure within a group. Differences revealed by the cards also give players something to discuss.

From drawing a question to revealing labels and scoring.

Five people holding cards during a tabletop playtest of Public Opinion
The labels players choose for you reflect how they interpret your answer.

Forum discussion and online card draws.

Players can post everyday disputes, respond to other viewpoints, and draw questions to use in the tabletop game.

New questions can enter the draw pool and expand the game’s topic library. The mechanism is intended to attract players through a wider range of topics, with their posts and replies contributing further questions.

01 / FORUM

Post a question

Everyday disagreements become prompts that others can read, answer, and challenge.

02 / POOL

Grow the draw pool

Newly posted questions expand a shared topic library.

03 / DRAW

Draw a new dispute

Draw a forum question at random for discussion during in-person play.

04 / RETURN

Bring players back

Use regularly updated topics to invite participation and encourage further posts and replies.

01 / FORUM

Open forum
Players post, reply, search, and sort questions; discussion becomes material for the next round.

02 / DRAW POOL

Open draw page
Players can draw questions at random from the forum’s topic library for in-person play. Recent draws are stored locally.