CONCEPTUALLY DESIGNING THE BACKS OF THE COAGULA ⨺ 27(54) SET

Published on March 19, 2026 at 6:05 AM

I've finished the process of naming the 9 strategies of the COAGULA ⨺ 27(54) set which all correspond to the bottom left area of the card backs. As well, the third symbol on the bottom right of the card is now composed with titles and short descriptions.

Each of the strategies on the bottom left consist of many synergized poetically into one. Cleanly separating these groups is the challenge, but using the composition of titles has supported me to organize my thoughts. I've found that this interconnected biology of titles have a powerful synergizing effect — it's much more than forcing myself to obey a rule just for the sake of simplifying or organizing my ideas. The way I've themed the titles totally has its own power and this brings the entire system to a whole new level. This process has revealed so much more to me about how wonderfully the game will work to support creative storytelling through the temporal cause and effect process of card placement. I'm thoroughly convinced that it's coming together much better than I had hoped. 

Let's go through these three sections of the design now :

Top Triangle ⨺ 3 "Dynamics"


1) non-cooperation

2) neutrality

3) cooperation

Bottom Left Triangle ⨺ 3 "Strategies" For Dynamic 1 (non-cooperation)


Strategy 1) molting

Strategy 2) shedding the eyes

Strategy 3) pooling

Bottom Left Triangle ⨺ 3 "Strategies" For Dynamic 2 (neutrality)


Strategy 4) enclosing

Strategy 5) scaling

Strategy 6) transversing

Bottom Left Triangle ⨺ 3 "Strategies" For Dynamic 1 (cooperation)


Strategy 7) coiling

Strategy 8) envenom

Strategy 9) crypsis

Bottom Right Triangle ⨺ "Pathway" 1 ⨺ filtering

 

Filtering

A process of realization through selection and separation, where elements are cleaned by removing interference and retaining what is essential. Filtering realizes purity by shaping the relationship through what is allowed to remain.

Bottom Right Triangle ⨺ "Pathway" 2 ⨺ exposure

 

Exposure

A process of realization through visibility, where hidden elements are brought into awareness so they can be recognized and related to consciously. Exposure restores clarity by revealing underlying truths.

Bottom Right Triangle ⨺ "Pathway" 3 ⨺ rendering

 

Rendering

A process of realization through transformation, where elements are reorganized into a coherent and functional form. Rendering restores clarity by allowing structure and meaning to take shape as a unified expression.

The titles for the strategies feel finished to me, but I'm still open to making edits on them if it seems needed later. The descriptions for the pathways, however, are rough and just in a first draft. The titles for the dynamics, strategies and pathways I could see myself editing perhaps, although I'm fond of them.

Note : This entry is not yet complete. I will be adding more information to it soon, such as the research process and creative / structural system design that went into this. Thank you for your patience. 

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