QuestionCrawl
By Gabriel Hernandez
Tone and Safety
We recommend you have a pregame discussion about tone to
ensure everyone is aligned. If you are wanting a detailed, Tolkien-
style fantasy or a silly slap-dash cartoon world, get that figured out
before play. Also, like any role-playing game, please use safety tools
like Lines & Veils and the X-card to ensure everyone has fun safely.
How to Play
A collaborative world-building card game for 1-8 players. There
are two ways to play this game.
Stand Alone Mode
Shuffle and deal five cards to each player. Each player rolls a
six-sided die (1d6) to determine who goes first. Play proceeds
clockwise. Suits relate to terrain types
♥️ Hills ♦️  Deserts ♣️ Cedars ♠️ Swamps
On each player's turn, they:
1. Draw a card.
2. Play a card from their hand.
3. Ask each player a question on the Prompts List for that card. in
any order.
4. Write the answers down.
5. Name the card. Use an evocative title!
6. Write down the relationship to the last card played; how are
these two things related in the world?
7. Put the card in the discard pile.
Secrets Tokens
If a player plays a card that matches the value of the last card
played, they receive a Secrets Token. A Secrets Token can be used
to answer any question with “It’s a Secret” or “Nobody Knows.” At
the end of the game, any Secrets Tokens remaining can be used to
add or change the answer to any prompt the player wishes.
QuestCrawl Mode
When you flip a card for the first time in QuestCrawl, have each
player read and answer questions from the Prompts List for that
card. Write down the answers if you like. Each time you return to
a territory that has unanswered questions, if anyone succeeds in a
challenge, they may answer a question about that territory.
Prompts Lists
Jokers - Towns
1. What is this town called officially? How about colloquially?
2. What is this town famous/infamous for?
3. How are people entering the city greeted? What dirty secret is
kept out of sight?
4. Where do people from this town go to “get away from it all”?
5. Who is in the leadership position in this town (if anyone)?
6. How does this city make important decisions?
7. What force protects this town from invaders or outside threats?
8. Describe the best/worst tavern in town.
Aces - Mountains
1. What hides beneath this mountain?
2. What flies above this mountain?
3. What lives in this mountain’s ridges and cliffs or makes its home
in the caves?
4. How tall does this mountain seem from the bottom? From the
middle? From the top?
5. Describe the most beautiful/dangerous lake in these mountains.
6. What means of transportation can pass through these
mountains, and how?
7. What do those traveling these mountains fear the most from it?
8. What is the local legend for the creation of these mountains?
2’s and 6’s - Good Lands
1. What can be foraged here that is abundant?
2. Is there any wild game to hunt? What kind?
3. Tell me about a famous battle that was fought nearby.
4. What waters enrich this land?
5. Who blessed this place to produce so much, and how?
6. Describe some of the insects found in this area.
7. Who protects, patrols, or poaches this place?
8. What was this place before becoming fertile land?
3’s, 4’s , and 5’s - Terrible Beasties
1. What does this beastie commonly eat?
2. Describe a normal day and night for this beastie.
3. How does this beastie produce and rear young?
4. Describe this beasties coloration and patterning (skin, fur,
scales, etc.).
5. What do people fear most about this beastie?
6. What distinct noises does this beastie make and why?
7. Where does the beastie make its home?
8. What tall tales do locals tell about this beastie?
7’s and 8’s - Hard Lands
1. What makes this place so hard to navigate?
2. What is the most dangerous attribute of this place?
3. What about this treacherous place is stunningly beautiful?
4. What exotic plant or animal lives here that you must see?
5. Who was a famous explorer to successfully navigate this place?
6. What happens to people who remain lost in this place?
7. What story about this place does everyone know?
8. What tragedy caused this place to be considered cursed?
9’s - Crises
1. What do people blame this crisis on?
2. Describe the origin of this crisis in both natural and
supernatural terms.
3. Tell me about a recent group of people caught up in this crisis.
4. What structure is damaged or destroyed by this crisis?
5. What do the local animals do to weather or escape this crisis?
6. What changes about the landscape because of this crisis?
7. Describe the nearest shelter from this crisis and who else
inhabits it now.
8. Describe someone who is in the full wrath of this crisis.
10’s - Megabeasts
1. What is the nature of this creature? Reptile, mammal, or
something else?
2. How does this creature sense the world around it, especially the
adventurers?
3. What is the legend that describes the creation of this creature?
4. How did this creature become so powerful?
5. What is the most dangerous aspect of this creature?
6. What does this creature secretly crave above all else?
7. How does this creature defend its hoard?
8. What does this creature eat to survive?
Queens - Quests
1. What is the subject of this quest?
2. Does it need to be found, saved, destroyed, or protected?
3. Who else is trying to achieve this quest?
4. How is this quest given to someone?
5. What does everyone know about this quest?
6. What does nobody know about this quest?
7. When this quest is completed, what changes?
8. Who else stands to gain from this quest being achieved?
Jacks - Wonders
♥
J ️ - Garden of Plenty
1. What kind of plants grow here that are edible?
2. What kind of flowers grow here, and what do they smell like?
3. What magical thing happens here when the sun goes down?
4. Who blessed this place, and how?
5. How is this place protected from harm?
6. Why do evil creatures avoid this place?
7. When is this place prophesied to be destroyed?
8. How does fresh water come to this place?
♦
J ️ - The Vault
1. What essential documents are kept in this Vault?
2. What irreplaceable sentimental treasure is in this Vault?
3. When did the owner of this Vault last come to visit it?
4. Who does this Vault belong to?
5. How does the lock mechanism for this Vault work?
6. What traps and alarms are set for this Vault?
7. When will the owner of this Vault return to their treasure?
8. How does the owner of this Vault identify thieves after the fact?
♣
J ️ - The Oracle of the Henge
1. What methods does the Oracle employ for their divination?
2. What cost does the Oracle pay for their divination?
3. When is the Oracle available for divination?
4. Who is the Oracle unwilling to perform their divination for?
5. How does the Oracle speak to those seeking answers?
6. What strange trait about the Oracle freaks out most people?
7. When will the Oracle’s passing on to the next realm foretold?
8. How accurate are the Oracle’s prophecies?
♠
J ️ - The Twisting Pyramid
1. What is engraved on the interior walls of this Twisting Pyramid?
2. What sounds can be heard from within the depths of this
Twisting Pyramid?
3. When was this Twisting Pyramid built?
4. Who built this Twisting Pyramid?
5. How was this Twisting Pyramid built?
6. Why was this Twisting Pyramid built?
7. When was this Twisting Pyramid more recently activated?
8. How did this Twisting Pyramid’s most recent activation change
the landscape?
Written by Gabriel Hernandez
Layout by Gabriel Hernandez
Illustration by Midjourney AI, Gabriel Hernandez
Playtested by Gabriel Hernandez, Alyssa Yeo
Kings - Factions
♥
K ️ - Dwarves
1. What do these Dwarves desire most in their lives?
2. What do these Dwarves not tolerate from outsiders?
3. When do these Dwarves most raucously celebrated a holiday?
4. Who is the leader of these Dwarves? For how long?
5. How do these Dwarves choose their leaders?
6. When did the Dwarves last go to war?
7. How do the Dwarves feel about the Elves? About the humans?
8. What do the Dwarves believe is buried deep in the earth?
♦
K ️ - Thieves
1. What do these Thieves do for fun?
2. What is the nature of the Thief City government?
3. When was the last time these Thieves actively stole something
precious, and how?
4. Who leads these Thieves? How long have they led?
5. How do these Thieves choose their leaders?
6. Who is a world-famous Thief known by everyone?
7. What is the most coveted treasure to these Thieves?
8. What crime do the Thieves not tolerate?
♣
K ️ - Elves
1. What do these Elves admire about humans?
2. What do these Elves despise about humans?
3. When will these Elves move on from the realm of mortals?
4. Who leads these Elves? How long have they led?
5. How do these Elves choose their leaders?
6. What legend do the humans tell of these Elves, and how
accurate is it?
7. When did these Elves last bestow a gift on the humans?
8. Why don’t these Elves trust outsiders?
♠
K ️ - Evil
1. What form does this Evil take in the lands around it?
2. What is the form of this Evil in its lair?
3. What is this Evil planning? When will this Evil make its move?
4. Who sealed this Evil long ago, and how?
5. What act or circumstance will free this Evil?
6. How does this Evil corrupt someone’s heart or mind?
7. How can this Evil be destroyed?
8. Where did this Evil come from? When did this Evil arrive?
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