Stamp Collector General: a free game about doing things in order

What is Stamp Collector General?

Twelve offices, twelve stamps, and every office refuses to go first. The Department of Paperclips won't stamp before the Office of Ink, which won't stamp before the Bureau of Chairs. Work out the order and fill your card.

Stamp Collector General is a free satire game set in the Great Hall of Offices. You need a stamp from every office, and every office refuses to stamp before certain others have.

The Department of Paperclips wants the Office of Ink first; the Office of Ink wants the Bureau of Chairs. Ask too early and you lose patience. Work out the order and fill your card.

At a glance

Category

Absurd Bureaucracy

Difficulty

Medium

Play time

6 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Order

An office stamps only once the offices it needs have stamped your card: +100 per stamp.

Refusals

Asking too early costs patience.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Absurd and warm: every country, office, planet and form is made up, and every run ends on a real admin skill.

Scoring

+100 per stamp collected.

Win by filling the whole card before patience (or, on Expert, the 90-second clock) runs out.

What it trains

Ordering tasks

Doing steps whose requirements are already met first.

Learning from refusals

Using each refusal as information.

Strategy and tips

Start with the free ones

Some offices need nothing. They unlock the rest.

Follow the ticks

A requirement with a ✓ is done. An office with all ticks is ready.

Expert is detective work

Needs are hidden until an office refuses you. A refusal is information.

Why play Stamp Collector General?

Renewing a document often needs another document first. Listing what each step needs and doing them in order saves repeat trips.

Frequently asked questions