{"id":13368,"date":"2025-04-28T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=13368"},"modified":"2025-04-28T20:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:51:57","slug":"litter-patrol-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=13368","title":{"rendered":"Litter Patrol Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Litter Patrol: A Social Impact Board Game<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An asymmetric board game where environmental defenders (Civilian and Officer) compete against a Litterer to protect community spaces. Features balanced gameplay with meaningful environmental messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Components<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hexagonal tile game board representing a community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Character pieces: Civilian, Officer, and Litterer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various tokens: Litter, Education, Enforcement, Reward, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Card decks: Environmental Impact, Community Action, Litterer Strategy, Scenario<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core Gameplay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basic Actions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Litterer:<\/strong> Move up to 4 spaces and place litter tokens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Civilian:<\/strong> Move up to 4 spaces, remove litter, or place education tokens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Officer:<\/strong> Move up to 3 spaces, remove litter, or place enforcement tokens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Mechanics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Environmental health tracker monitors game state<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scenario cards create dynamic situations and choices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each role has unique abilities and restrictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scenario System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When players land on scenario locations, they face environmental choices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example Scenarios:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ice Cream Outing<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Litterer:<\/strong> Drop wrapper (gain litter tokens)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Civilian:<\/strong> Properly dispose waste (gain civic points)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Officer:<\/strong> Set good example (place protection tokens)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fast Food Drive-Thru<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Litterer:<\/strong> Toss trash (place multiple tokens)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Civilian:<\/strong> Report littering (force Litterer to skip a turn)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Officer:<\/strong> Monitor area (create no-litter zone)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public Event<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Litterer:<\/strong> Take advantage of crowds (place multiple tokens)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Civilian:<\/strong> Organize cleanup crew (place volunteer tokens)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Officer:<\/strong> Establish disposal stations (create clean zones)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Abilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Litterer:<\/strong> &#8220;Blend In&#8221;, &#8220;Sneak Littering&#8221;, &#8220;Distraction&#8221; tokens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Civilian:<\/strong> Education campaigns, volunteer coordination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Officer:<\/strong> Enforcement, citations, strategic positioning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winning Conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Defenders Win:<\/strong> Maintain environmental health above 40% for 12 rounds or restore to 90%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Litterer Wins:<\/strong> Drop environmental health below 20% or below 30% for 3 consecutive rounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Litter Patrol: A Social Impact Board Game Game Overview An asymmetric board game where environmental defenders (Civilian and Officer) compete against a Litterer to protect community spaces. Features balanced gameplay with meaningful environmental messaging. Components Core Gameplay Basic Actions Key Mechanics Scenario System When players land on scenario locations, they face environmental choices: Example Scenarios: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=13368\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Litter Patrol Game&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-13368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design-studio-2","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13369,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13368\/revisions\/13369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}