Once Upon a Time: The Storytelling Card Game
A collaborative storytelling card game where everyone fights to steer a shared fairy tale toward their own secret ending.
Who it's for
Creative families and groups who love improv, silly storytelling and letting kids steer a fairy tale their own way.
Not for you if…
Improvising out loud in front of others makes you uncomfortable, because spontaneous storytelling is the entire game.
Vibe's take
playful, improvisational, chaotic, imaginative, funny
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About this game
Once Upon a Time hands everyone a fistful of story elements and one secret Ending they are steering toward, then lets the group build a fairy tale together, out loud, on the fly. Whoever is telling the story keeps talking until they hit a word matching another player's card, and that player can jump in and steal the narrative entirely. Improvised nonsense, sudden plot twists and shameless attempts to sneak your ending in before anyone notices make every playthrough wildly different. It rewards quick thinking and a willingness to be a little silly far more than any real strategy.
Get it
from $25
By the numbers
Players
Duration
30 min
Ages 8+
Complexity
1.4 / 5 — Very LightBGG Rating
6.1/10
Rank #2,556
9.3k ratings
Published
1993
Language
Moderate text
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