Homing

In a world rebuilt after environmental collapse, two specialists communicate across distances without modern technology. One travels the wilderness atop a giant cassowary, monitoring recovery efforts. The other maintains a vital waystation, where homing pigeons and signal fires bridge the distance between them. Gameplay takes place over six days where each player performs three different tasks during the Day, Dusk, and Night. One player (the Roaming Player) is moving around the board, while the other player (the Waystation Player) stays still. The Roaming Player moves during the Day action, sends a pigeon at Dusk, and responds to a signal fire at Night. Meanwhile the Waystation Player during the Day gathers elements from the water to create chemicals, at Dusk receives the pigeon sent by the Roaming Player, and at Night uses the chemicals to light a color-coded signal fire. Although their actions may seem primitive, the brilliance in using nature to communicate shines through in incredible ways in Homing. Learn of the synergy between an infrasound-making cassowary and infrasound-hearing pigeon. Learn how to change the color of a flame by using the common elements that are found in brackish water. Work with nature and retrace the movement of the Roaming Player by the seventh day in Homing! —description from the publisher