FABULAS FATI

Fabulas Fati is a board game where players create stories using a deck of tarot-inspired cards. The project focused on media translation, turning one artifact into another. We reinterpreted Italo Calvino’s The Castle of Crossed Destinies as a board game.

As in Calvino’s novel, where characters can only speak through tarot, in the game the narrative unfolds from the cards in the players’ hands. The mechanics were partly inspired by Yes, Dark Lord.

We designed a custom deck, reimagining the Marseille tarot in a contemporary pop style, and produced a complete rulebook. This project gave us the chance to explore game design and experiment with visual storytelling.