Once Upon a Time: The Storytelling Card Game (1993)

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Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Angry Lion Games, Play Factory, Asmodee, Inter Hobby Co., Ltd., Edge Entertainment, Darwin Project, Hobby Base, Hobby World, Truant Spiele, Galakta, Kaissa Chess & Games, Raven Distribution, REXhry, HaKubia, Unicorn (I), Pegasus Spiele, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Halloween Concept, Martínez Roca, AMIGO, Atlas Games
Designers: Richard Lambert, James Wallis, Andrew Rilstone
Artists: Sophie Mounier, Franz Vohwinkel, Florence Magnin, Omar Rayyan, James Wallis, Richard Lambert, Andrew Rilstone
Mechanics: Voting, Hand Management, Interrupts, Storytelling

Once Upon A Time is a game in which the players create a story together, using cards that show typical elements from fairy tales. One player is the Storyteller and creates a story using the ingredients on their cards. They try to guide the plot towards their own ending. The other players try to use cards to interrupt the Storyteller and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to play out all their cards and end with their Happy Ever After card.

The second edition, published in 1995, features an expanded card set.

The third edition, published in 2012, features multiple changes, including new artwork by Omar Rayyan, a new card set, and a simplified rulesheet.

Box says: Contains 110 story cards, 55 ending cards and a rulebook(my box has 114 role cards)
See Also


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The game was also published under these names: Bylo nebylo... , C'era Una Volta , Es war einmal... unterwegs , Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό , В некотором царстве , Once Upon a Time: The Storytelling Card Game , Once Upon a Time , ワンス・アポン・ナ・タイム , 從前從前... , Dawno, dawno temu... , 옛날 옛적에: 스토리텔링 카드 게임 , Es war einmal... , Érase Una Vez , היה היה פעם , Il était une fois , Il était une fois ... , 옛날 옛적에: 카드 게임 , Érase una vez: El juego de cartas narrativo , Once Upon a Time ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム

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