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Story Games

What's a story game? A story game is a game in which you make up a story with the other players, in a structured way, usually involving dice or cards.

 

A few of the many story games around are listed here.


Bacchanal

It is late summer in Puteoli, south of Rome, 61 A.D., when the city finds itself unexpectedly playing host to the god Bacchus. Caught up in the madness of wine, the citizens throw off their togas and mingle as equals with slaves and foreigners in a debased fervor. And your own plans for a hasty departure are lost to this decadence that separates you from the companion with whom you would travel.


Breaking the Ice

Play out the ups and downs of a couple's first three dates. From first bumbling attempts to get to know one another, to the stirrings of trust and desire. Watch the attraction flare, and see if the flame will light a fire that will last for a lifetime—or just burn brightly for a moment, and then flicker out.

 

A romantic comedy roleplaying game.


Contenders

 

A game of blood and sweat, pain and hope.

 

Can your fighter build the hope and confidence necessary to become a true champion?

 

Or is he destined to be dragged down into a sea of pain and despair?


Dogs in the Vineyard

You stand between God's law and the best intentions of the weak.

 

You stand between God's people and their own demons.

 

Sometimes it's better for one to die than for many to suffer.

Sometimes, Dog, sometimes you have to cut off the arm to save the life.

 

Does the sinner deserve mercy?

Do the wicked deserve judgement?

 

They're in your hands.


It Was a Mutual Decision

Whose fault was it? Anyone's? Who's the bad guy (or gal)? Either? Both?

 

Is my lover really an inhuman, pest-ridden, murderous, shape-changing monster?

 

Don't pretend you never asked those questions.

 

Breaking up isn't hard to do—but staying alive and sane might be a problem.


My Life with Master

 

The life of a minion is a hard one.

 

The horrific things you do make it difficult to feel good about yourself.

 

If only someone loved you....


Nicotine Girls

 

A game of teenage, lower-income girls looking for happiness. Hold on to your dreams.


Otherkind

 

When people get iron weapons, they get bold in the night and in the wilderness.

 

The people burned forests to the ground and planted walls and cities where holy oaks had grown. The otherkind, always slow to change, waited too long, and then decided too little. Some wanted war, but of course there could be no war, and in the end there was no good solution.

 

The elves and trolls and orcs and dwarfs, bitterly, some snarling and some weeping, opened the many ways into Elsewhere and began their retreat.


Primetime Adventures

 

Play the greatest TV show that never was. A game for people who like TV.


The Princes' Kingdom

 

You are nine years old. Your brothers just got you a puppy for your birthday. The three of you are seeing the world from your very own boat. You are the sons of the King of Islandia!

 

And only you three can stop the war.

 

A game about children, adults, and ideals.


The Shab-al-Hiri Roach

 

The Shab-al-Hiri Roach is a dark comedy of manners, lampooning academia and asking players to answer a difficult question - are you willing to swallow a soul-eating telepathic insect bent on destroying human civilization?

 

No?

 

Even if it will get you tenure?


shock:

 

A game of social science-fiction.


Shooting the Moon

 

In Shooting the Moon, you take the roles of three characters brought together, and put through the wringer, by love. Two Suitors compete for the affection of a shared Beloved, who has overwhelming odds of their own to face. United and divided by their shared fates and intertwined destinies—see what these three are made of and what they will do for love.


Sorcerer

 

How far will you go to get what you want?

 

A game about people and their demons.


A Thousand and One Nights

 

Mysterious strangers. Beautiful women. Enchanted swords. Talking camels. You play members of the Sultan's Court, whiling away the sultry nights by telling pointed stories to advance your own ambitions. Navigate the social maze and you could win your heart's desire; offend the wrong person and you suffer the Sultan's wrath.


Trollbabe

What's a trollbabe? She's a 7-foot woman with horns who can kick your arse!

 

For fans of Vaughn Bode, Robert Crumb and Xena.


Under the Bed

 

The stuffed animals, toy trucks and action figures of your childhood did more for you than you remember. They were your guardians, advocates and friends, putting their lives on the line for you.

 

Do you have what it takes to be a toy?


Wuthering Heights

 

A game of romantic melodrama.


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