Emoji Approximations for RotateBird

This document provides emoji-based approximations for all of the symbols used in RotateBird. The game does not make use of emojis by default, for reasons ranging from inconsistent visual style across platforms, to the fact that many mobile vendors' update policies mean that recently added emojis may be unavailable to players with older devices. (We have no interest in publishing a game whose rules contain a baked-in assumption that everyone involved has the latest iPhone!) That said, emojis have the virtue of easy access in chat-based games.

The following tables are indexed in the same way as the corresponding tables in the core rulebook; any dice roll you could look up there, you can look up here. In addition, the right-hand column includes the emoji's Unicode CLDR designation* in case you need to search for it in an index rather than copying and pasting.

(Incidentally, using the equivalents listed below, this game's title is 🔄🐦.)

* Entries marked with an asterisk are standard Unicode characters and have no CLDR designation.

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Being Icons

d6 Instructions
1–2 Roll on Table A
3–4 Roll on Table B
5–6 Roll on Table C
Random Being Symbols, Table A
d66 Icon Emoji Unicode CLDR Name
11 Anchor ⚓ anchor
12 Apple 🍎 red apple
13 Bag with dollar sign 💰 money bag
14 Beer mug 🍺 beer mug
15 Bell 🔔 bell
16 Bird 🐦 bird
21 Bomb 💣 bomb
22 Bone 🦴 bone
23 Book 📕 closed book
24 Broom 🧹 broom
25 Bug 🪲 beetle
26 Candy cane 🍭 lollipop
31 Carrot 🥕 carrot
32 Cat 🐈 cat
33 Chemical flask 🧪 test tube
34 Chess knight ♞ black chess knight*
35 Chicken drumstick 🍗 poultry leg
36 Cinema film 🎞 film frames
41 Cloud ☁ cloud
42 Coffee mug ☕ hot beverage
43 Compass 🧭 compass
44 Cowboy hat 🤠 cowboy hat face
45 Crown 👑 crown
46 Dog 🐕 dog
51 Door 🚪 door
52 Earth (planet) 🌎 globe showing americas
53 Egg 🥚 egg
54 Evergreen tree 🌲 evergreen tree
55 Eye 👁 eye
56 Faceted gemstone 💎 gem stone
61 Feather 🪶 feather
62 Fish 🐟 fish
63 Flag 🏴 black flag
64 Flame 🔥 fire
65 Fork and knife 🍴 fork and knife
66 Gear ⚙ gear

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Random Being Symbols, Table B
d66 Icon Emoji Unicode CLDR Name
11 Giftwrapped box 🎁 wrapped gift
12 Glass of liquid 🥛 glass of milk
13 Guitar 🎸 guitar
14 Gust of wind 💨 dashing away
15 Hallowe'en ghost 👻 ghost
16 Hammer 🔨 hammer
21 Handcuffs ⛓ chains
22 Hardhat 👷 construction worker
23 Headphones 🎧 headphone
24 Heart ❤ red heart
25 Hourglass ⏳ hourglass not done
26 House 🏠 house
31 Human brain 🧠 brain
32 Human hand ✋ raised hand
33 Human skull 💀 skull
34 Human tooth 🦷 tooth
35 Ice cream with cone 🍦 soft ice cream
36 Key 🔑 key
41 Knight's shield 🛡 shield
42 Leaf 🍃 leaf fluttering in wind
43 Lemon 🍋 lemon
44 Lightbulb 💡 light bulb
45 Lightning bolt 🌩 cloud with lightning
46 Liquid droplet 💧 droplet
51 Magnet 🧲 magnet
52 Magnifying glass 🔍 magnifying glass tilted left
53 Mitten 🧤 gloves
54 Money 💵 dollar banknote
55 Moon 🌙 crescent moon
56 Musical notes 🎵 musical note
61 Padlock 🔒 locked
62 Paintbrush 🖌 paintbrush
63 Pair of scissors ✂ scissors
64 Pair of six-sided dice 🎲 game die
65 Paperclip 📎 paperclip
66 Paper plane 🛩 small airplane

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Random Being Symbols, Table C
d66 Icon Emoji Unicode CLDR Name
11 Parchment scroll 📜 scroll
12 Paw print 🐾 paw prints
13 Pencil ✏ pencil
14 Pepper (vegetable) 🌶 hot pepper
15 Puzzle piece 🧩 puzzle piece
16 Radiation symbol ☢ radiation
21 Reading glasses 👓 glasses
22 Ruler (measuring instrument) 📏 straight ruler
23 Scales (measuring instrument) ⚖ balance scale
24 Screwdriver 🪛 screwdriver
25 Shoe prints 👣 footprints
26 Shrimp 🦐 shrimp
31 Slice of bread 🍞 bread
32 Slice of pizza 🍕 pizza
33 Snowflake ❄ snowflake
34 Soccer ball ⚽ soccer ball
35 Socks 🧦 socks
36 Spider 🕷 spider
41 Spoon 🥄 spoon
42 Star ⭐ star
43 Suitcase 💼 briefcase
44 Sun ☀ sun
45 Syringe 💉 syringe
46 Telephone handset 📞 telephone receiver
51 Theatre masks 🎭 performing arts
52 Thermometer 🌡 thermometer
53 Tornado 🌪 tornado
54 Trash can 🗑 wastebasket
55 Trophy 🏆 trophy
56 T-shirt 👕 t-shirt
61 Umbrella ☂ umbrella
62 Waves on water 🌊 water wave
63 Wedge of cheese 🧀 cheese wedge
64 Weight (heavy object) 🏋 person lifting weights
65 Wine bottle 🍾 bottle with popping cork
66 Wrench 🔧 wrench

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Doing Icons

Note: where a Doing symbol can be approximated with standard keyboard symbols, both an emoji and a standard keyboard approximation are given. Owing to the very limited availability of non-representational emojis, many of the equivalents offered here are more in the way of reminders than direct matches.

Random Doing Symbols
d66 Icon Emoji Unicode CLDR Name
11 Circle with a diagonal slash through it 🚫 prohibited
12 Cartoon word balloon 🗨 left speech bubble
13 Check mark ✔ check mark
14 Crosshairs 🎯 bullseye
15 Division sign ➗ divide
16 Downward-pointing arrow ⬇ / v down arrow / (keyboard symbol)
21 Equals sign 🟰 / = heavy equals sign / (keyboard symbol)
22 Exclamation point ❕ / ! white exclamation point / (keyboard symbol)
23 Ellipsis (three dots in a horizontal row) … (keyboard symbols)
24 Fast-forward symbol ⏩ / >> fast-forward button / (keyboard symbols)
25 Four arrows pointing inward toward a central dot >|< (keyboard symbols)
26 Four outward-pointing arrows originating from a common point ←↕→ (approximated with multiple Unicode symbols)
31 Line chart displaying a rising trend 📈 chart increasing
32 Infinity symbol ♾ infinity
33 Not equal sign ≠ not equal sign*
34 Pause symbol ⏸ pause button
35 Percent sign % (keyboard symbol)
36 Pie chart 📊 bar chart
41 Play symbol ▶ play button
42 Plus/minus sign ± minus plus*
43 Question mark ❔ / ? white question mark / (keyboard symbol)
44 Recycle symbol ♻ recycling symbol
45 Rewind symbol ⏪ / << fast reverse button / (keyboard symbols)
46 Sign of Mars ♂ male sign
51 Sign of Venus ♀ female sign
52 Six squares stacked into a pyramid ⋮ vertical ellipsis*
53 Square root sign √ square root*
54 Square wave 〰 wavy dash
55 Three circular nodes connected in a triangular pattern ∴ therefore sign*
56 Three flat rectangles layered on top of each other /// (keyboard symbols)
61 Three geomatric shapes, a triangle, a circle and a square 🔺
🟩🔵		 red triangle pointed up, green square, blue circle
62 Two curved arrows forming a clockwise circle 🔄 counterclockwise arrows button
63 Two horizontal arrows crossing each other in the middle 🔀 shuffle tracks button
64 Two stacked arrows, the top pointing right, and the bottom, left ↔ left-right arrow
65 Two squares stacked on top of each other, diagonally offset [ ][ ] (keyboard symbols)
66 Upward-pointing arrow ⬆ / ^ up arrow / (keyboard symbol)

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Other Icons

Fallout
d6 Icon Emoji Unicode CLDR Name
1 Broken heart 💔 broken heart
2 Explosion 💥 collision
3 Human figure falling 🤕 face with head-bandage
4 Skull and crossbones ☠ skull and crossbones**
5 Stopwatch ⏱ stopwatch
6 Triangular sign with exclamation point ⚠ warning
Factors
Icon Emoji Unicode CLDR Name
Book with skull and crossbones on cover ☠ skull and crossbones**
Cloud with lightning bolt ⛈ cloud with lightning and rain
Dragon in profile 🐉 dragon
Frowning face 😦 frowning face with open mouth
Ring (jewelry) 💍 ring
Signpost with signs pointing left and right ⮂ rightwards triangle-headed arrow over leftwards triangle-headed arrow*
Tower with crenelated roof 🏰 castle

** The skull and crossbones emoji is re-used in both the Fallout and Factors lists due to a lack of suitable alternatives.

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