Posting Through It

Posting Through It explores how modern public discourse has changed our experience of global disruption and redefined what it means to “win” and “lose” in an uncertain future. It’s played over a group chat platform like Discord or WhatsApp.

Players take on the role of organizations and high-profile individuals who are trying to influence the world by posting on the top social media platform “%ercent”. As they post to the %ercent feed, players shape the fiction and bend the world toward their preferred futures.

The storyline starts off serious but ends in absurdity. The character roles and subject matter foster gameplay that is likely to descend into farce. The game unfurls over several global disruptions where players react to changing circumstances, jockey for success, and influence their peers as the world adapts and transforms.

Can the players shape the social media landscape and craft the most beneficial future? Can they change the world while maintaining brand communication guidelines, maximizing shareholder value, and avoiding getting cancelled? Play to find out!

Info

• Duration: 60 minutes, including a short debrief
• Player Count: 5-6
• Facilitation: one facilitator
• Activities: drafting fictitious social media posts, debating, voting
• Venue: digital chat platform like Slack, Discord, or WhatsApp
• Requires one digital device for Facilitator (desktop recommended) and one for each player (desktop or mobile)

Posting Through It was designed by Randy Lubin of Leveraged Play and Sidney Icarus of Wax Wings. We’d love to hear if you have any questions or feedback, either privately or here on the Itch page. If you run this game, we’d be thrilled to learn how it goes!

Prep and Key Files

Before playing, The facilitator should read through the full instructions in the Facilitator Overview  and ideally skim the Facilitator Script, which they'll use during play.

They should also select a digital platform to use as the fake social media feed. Slack, Discord, or WhatsApp are all good options.

Once players select their characters, they should open the related character briefing doc, found in this folder of Play Materials.