Chapter 1: The Card Crafters

From June 2nd to June 27th 2025

In this design sprint, beginning June 2nd 2025, we are aiming to craft a first complete deck of 30 fsys Quest Cards – each a concrete, real-world action that transforms how we understand and live within food systems.

To track the experiences and skills gained while “playing out the cards = doing the Quests”, a first Print version of the Action Character Journal ACJ! has to be crafted as well.

End of June 2025: Simultaneous Pilot Testing in a German and Nigerian School class, collecting valuable feedback for the next card system iteration.

Latest Card designs:

Visit Card Display Page for more

As a Card Crafter you take on one, two or all of the Roles:

Conceptualizer

You concept the quest and get the contents together. The quest, values and additional content for the card webpage.

When done, you give your loose material to the visual designers.

Background Illustrator

You draw, illustrate, photo-manipulate or AI prompt a graphic for the background of the card that highlights the theme of the quest,.

Card Designer

You are putting the concept content and background illustrations together in the free, open-source Graphic Design Software Krita – with the help of the fsys quest card template.

Conceptualize fsys Quest Cards

Quests are real-world actions that players choose to take as part of the fsys game. Each Quest is designed as a concrete, doable mission that supports the transformation of our food systems.

Quests are started by playing out and completing a Quest Card, then reflecting and documenting the experience in the Adventure Character Journal (ACJ!).

Each Quest is connected to:

a food system quadrant (e.g. processing, eating, waste)
Q-Points on a range from 1 to 10
where 1 is easy and short and 10, complex and long
a transformational value (Knowledge, Consciousness, Action) – (the T-Points / 3 Tenets)
one or more SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) being served

Quests are the core mechanic of fsys — simple actions that add up to powerful change.

The Card Web Page

The QR Code and Link on the fsys Quest card leads to the Card Webpage with additional information about the Quest.

Links, Documents, Text, Videos, Audios, etc. – This web platform even has a Learning Management System (LMS) installed which enables Self-Learning Online Courses.

See this Course as a nutritious Demo

See Demo Card Page here

Let’s begin with the conception of your first Quest card:

1. In which Quadrant(s) of the simplified food systems map does your Quest play?

Quadrant	Description
Q1 Cultivating	Where our food grows
Q2 Processing	Where our food is being processed
Q3 Cook & Eat	Where our food is being cooked and eaten
Q4 Waste	Where all the waste goes..

2. How difficult, complex and time consuming is this Quest in the Quadrant(s) on a scale from 1-10, where 10 is very complex and long ?

3. What is your Quest about, what has to be solved, achieved, done?

Each Quest is designed as a concrete, doable mission, expressed in a super short text (to fit into the card textfield)

4. What would be an epic, cool, funny title for the Quest?

5. Which Tenets does the Quest activate?

	Knowledge	Learning, Researching, gaining knowledge about.. + Not Knowing
	Consciousness	Mindfulness, Awareness, Compassion, Bearing Witness, Wisdom
	Action	Passion, Calling, Doing, Trying, Failing, Succeeding, Endurance

6. Which SDG’s have been served through playing out the Quest? (a max. of 3)

SDG Icon	SDG Number	Description / relation to food systems
	SDG2	Zero Hunger – nutrition, access to food, resilience
	SDG3	Good Health & Well-being – healthy diets, food safety
	SDG4	Quality Education – food literacy and systems education
	SDG5	Gender Equality – care work, food roles, fair access
	SDG 6	Clean Water & Sanitation – water use in food systems
	SDG 12	Responsible Consumption – reducing waste, local sourcing
	SDG 13	Climate Action – food emissions, climate-smart practices
	SDG 15	Life on Land – biodiversity, soil, ecosystem health
	SDG 16	Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions – social stability, conflict resolution, access to farm land

Visiting the Quest Card Webpage, a typical header

.. includes the digital version of the printed card, the short Quest text, the Values + another option: How often can this Quest be repeated? Once a day, weekly, once, for a season? Followed by an additional graphic (the original card background or illustrating photo…