New Edition of Once Upon A Time Storytelling Game and Supplementals

For many years, some SurLaLune readers have been fans of the Once Upon A Time Storytelling Game. The second edition has been out for several years, but a new 3rd edition is now available with new illustrations, color scheme and overall designs. The box is bigger, too. In addition, there are new supplemental materials. I will list them all below with their descriptions. The 2nd edition is still available but it doesn't have as many expansion packs available anymore. The imagery is darker color scheme-wise, not necessarily in content.

First is the original game, Once Upon A Time, 3rd Edition, and the bigger box will hold the expansion packs if you choose to add them so everything is in one place. The 2nd edition is in a box smaller than a mass market paperback. The 3rd edition comes in a box the size of a thick hardcover novel.

Description:

Tell your own fantastic tales of brave heroes and daring adventure!
Once Upon a Time is the award-winning storytelling card game that encourages creativity and collaborative play. One player is the Storyteller, and begins telling a story using the fairytale elements on her Story cards, guiding the plot toward her Ending Card. The other players use their own cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to use all her Story Cards and play her Ending Card. The object of the game, though, isn't just to win, but to have fun telling a story together.

The 3rd Edition features:

New Artwork: Entirely new artwork by fantasy artist extraordinaire Omar Rayyan.
Revised Cardlist: A re-worked cardlist designed to make play smooth and easy.
Redesigned Box: A larger box with new graphic design and "book-like" front flap.
Simplified Rulesheet: A simplified rules sheet designed to bring new players quickly into the game.

Product Description

Tell your own fantastic tales of brave heroes and daring adventure!
Once Upon a Time is the award-winning storytelling card game that encourages creativity and collaborative play. One player is the Storyteller, and begins telling a story using the fairytale elements on her Story cards, guiding the plot toward her Ending Card. The other players use their own cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to use all her Story Cards and play her Ending Card. The object of the game, though, isn't just to win, but to have fun telling a story together.

The 3rd Edition features:

New Artwork: Entirely new artwork by fantasy artist extraordinaire Omar Rayyan.
Revised Cardlist: A re-worked cardlist designed to make play smooth and easy.
Redesigned Box: A larger box with new graphic design and "book-like" front flap.
Simplified Rulesheet: A simplified rules sheet designed to bring new players quickly into the game.

Once Upon a Time: Enchanting Tales. This one is pretty much a must for romantic fairy tale fans with cards inspired by those tales. It is an expansion pack for the original game.

Description:

In Once Upon a Time, players tell a story together using cards that show fairytale elements and endings. Now add more magic to your game with the Enchanting Tales expansion. Inspired by enchanted princesses like Cinderella and Snow White, the 38 Story Cards and 17 Ending Cards in this set can be shuffled into your Once Upon a Time storytelling card game deck to add new themes and more variety to your game. For an even stronger magical feel, try removing some of the core Story or Ending Cards.

Once Upon A Time: Seafaring Tales is another expansion pack for pirate fans.

Description:

In Once Upon a Time, players tell a story together using cards that show fairytale elements and endings. Now add more adventure to your game with the Seafaring Tales expansion. Inspired by daring pirates and stories of the sea, the 38 Story Cards and 17 Ending Cards in this set can be shuffled into your Once Upon a Time storytelling card game deck to add new themes and more variety to your game. For an even stronger nautical feel, try removing some of the core Story or Ending Cards.

Create-Your-Own Storytelling Cards (Once Upon A Time): For the artists and creatives, you can expand the game with your own artwork or ideas.

Description:

In Once Upon a Time, players tell a story together using cards that show fairytale elements and endings. Now give your own ideas life with the Create-Your-Own Storytelling Cards expansion. The 38 Story Cards and 17 Ending Cards in this set all have blank faces, so players can add their own inspiration to the game. Just use permanent markers to draw your own illustrations and titles on the cards, then mix them with your copy of the Once Upon a Time storytelling card game to let your fancy fly free!

Finally, Once Upon A Time Writer's Handbook is a writer's handbook, perhaps a nice gift for someone in the throes of NANOWRIMO this month.

Practice Makes Perfect!

This timeless adage is true of everything from bike riding to speaking a language. It's also true for writing. The most consistent piece of advice from professional writers is this: Write every day. It doesn't matter what you write, just write.

Great. Write what?

Welcome to the Once Upon A Time Writer's Handbook, where you'll learn how to turn the cards from the award-winning Once Upon A Time storytelling card game into the perfect framework for your own written stories.

Written by Kelly Olmstead, with an Afterward by Andrew Rilstone and James Wallis.