The Journey Begins
A first field note from a world still taking shape—shared while every border, story, and possibility remains open.
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TabletopIQ
Expedition 001
Who said anything
about the end
A fantasy world built in public. Three islands. Three crystals. One unfolding story.
New here
Start with these
Three field notes to begin your passage into a world still being drawn.
Three Crystals
Order, Clarity, and Unity: three crystal factions at the center of three islands and one growing world.
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Why Build in Public?
Instead of waiting for the box to ship, the doors open early so the community can watch the world become real.
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The three crystals
Three islands, each governed by a crystal faction. Their meaning is being uncovered in public.
I
Order
One island. One crystal. A society shaped beneath its influence.
The crystalThe peopleThe shadow
II
Clarity
A crystal faction whose stories are still being uncovered.
The crystalThe peopleThe shadow
III
Unity
A people and an island taking form as the World Log grows.
The crystalThe peopleThe shadow
The figures
The leaders
Early character studies from each faction. Concept artwork will evolve with the world.
Lore · field map
The known world
Three islands. An ancient power. A world being discovered before every border is fixed and every history is written.
Follow the World Log as the landscape, its factions, and its unfinished stories take shape.
Explore the live mapField report
The world is building
A cooperative fantasy card game is taking shape alongside its world.
Development artifact · conceptWorld nameTo be chosen with the community
Regions mappedThree islands in development
Factions definedOrder · Clarity · Unity
Magic systemIn development
History documentedGrowing through the World Log
The living mapOpen to explore
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The World Log
Everything from the beginning, shared while the ink is still drying.
The Journey Begins
A first field note from a world still taking shape—shared while every border, story, and possibility remains open.
Read entryThree Crystals
Order, Clarity, and Unity: three crystal factions at the center of three islands and one growing world.
Read entryWhy Build in Public?
Instead of waiting for the box to ship, the doors open early so the community can watch the world become real.
Read entryNew field notes are added as the world grows. Receive them by email.
Purpose
The vision
The world before the box
Most games reveal their world when the box ships. TabletopIQ opens the journal early, so every new visitor can watch it take shape.
A cooperative card game
A fantasy card game is being built from scratch inside the same world—its artwork, ideas, and progress shared along the way.
A world shaped together
The World Log, Discord community, future votes, Patreon, and Kickstarter invite early followers to become part of the journey.
Authors’ note
Built by two brothers.
Discovered by many.
TabletopIQ is a fantasy world being built in public by Joshua Squire and his brother. It began with three islands, three crystal factions, and the belief that discovery should happen before the world is finished.
The art carries the feeling of a traveler’s journal from somewhere that does not yet exist. Every concept is a marker on the way, not the final destination.
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The world is being built right now.
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