Guides
Story game guides, for families, cars and classrooms.
Rules, tips and real opening lines from the Taletoss decks. Everything here works with no kit at all, and Taletoss is there when you want to play on one phone.
- Story games for familiesTen storytelling games for families that need no kit: story chain, fortunately unfortunately, secret words and more, each with a line to start.
- Road trip story gamesStory games to play in the car with kids: spoken games for long drives, road-trip opening lines, secret words and twists. Nothing for the driver to hold.
- Storytelling games for the classroomEight storytelling games for the classroom, each with a writing focus and timing: story chain, fold-and-pass, genre switch, show-don’t-tell relay and more.
- Story starters for kidsSixty funny story starters for kids, grouped by theme: everyday weirdness, fairy tales, animals, spooky, pirates, superheroes, space, mysteries and road trips.
- How to play ConsequencesHow to play the Consequences paper game: the classic order of folds, a version for kids, a worked example and tips. Pencil and paper, 3 or more players.
- The exquisite corpse writing gameHow to play the exquisite corpse writing game with words: where it comes from, three ways to play, prompts to start and a version for kids and classrooms.
- The fortunately, unfortunately gameHow to play the fortunately, unfortunately story game: simple rules, 12 starters, a worked example and tips for kids, car journeys and the classroom.
- The one word story gameHow to play the one word story game: rules, variations from one word to one sentence, 12 story titles to use as prompts, and tips for kids and drama groups.
- Story cubes alternativesNo story dice at home? Make your own with one ordinary die and a roll table, or try six storytelling games that need no dice at all.