TerraRoll is usually a one-player journey. The Circle of Resonance is our gentle way to share it in person: family at the dinner table, friends on a rainy night, a book club that wants a different kind of story. One shared seed, one life each, one sentence traded—no scores, no winners, nothing collected.
People: 2 to 8. Mixed ages work beautifully; readers under 15 should sit with family.
Time: about 30 minutes per person, plus 20 minutes together at the end.
Setup: one phone or laptop open to the game, warm light, and a table where everyone can see the screen.
One rule of thumb: the evening is for listening, not advising.
Why a Shared Seed?
Pick Today's Shared Seed or paste any seed code before the first life starts. Everyone in the circle is born into the same country, the same era, the same opening hand—like five writers given one identical first page. What diverges is every choice after that, and that is where the conversation lives.
The Five Beats of the Evening
Beat 1 · Settle in (5–10 min). Someone opens the game and starts the shared seed. While the first life loads, each person says one thing they hope this evening is not about (no work talk, no phone scrolling—set your own guardrails).
Beat 2 · One life each (25–30 min each, others may watch quietly). Take turns in the same seat, or pass a device around. When your life ends, read your favourite line from the life record out loud—just one.
Beat 3 · Trade one sentence. After each life, every listener offers exactly one sentence to the life just lived: a moment they liked, an echo, a question. One sentence each, then hands pass on.
Beat 4 · Same seed, second circle (optional). If the night is young, run the seed again. Notice how differently the same beginning folds into different endings.
Beat 5 · Close the circle (5 min). Each person names one small thing they will notice about their own week. Write the seed code somewhere you will find it—circles that keep their seeds can revisit the same beginning next time.
Our Circle Agreements
Lives lived in a circle stay in the circle. Nothing is posted, screenshotted or shared outward without the person's yes.
No comparing scores or endings. A quiet life and a wild life count the same around this table.
Conclusions belong to the person who lived it. Listeners offer sentences, not verdicts.
Anyone may pause, pass, or leave at any time, no explanation needed.
If a story touches something heavy, take it seriously: sit with the person, and if extra support would help, your local support lines are listed on our Help page.
TerraRoll hosts no circle accounts, collects no circle data, and never sees your evening. Everything here happens around your table.
Small Questions People Ask
How many people is too many? Past eight, waiting time outweighs living time—split into two circles instead.
Do children enjoy it? Younger readers usually love the birth roulette and the globe; family circles let them share the chair with an adult.
Can we print this? Yes—this page prints as a clean one-sheet. Fold it and leave it in the game drawer.