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Storytelling

Open
Games using
26
Median complexity
1.45
0–5
Median rating
5.92
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.377
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

In storytelling games, players are provided with conceptual, written, or pictorial stimuli which must be incorporated into a story of the players' creation. Once Upon a Time uses a selection of words while Rory's Story Cubes include ambiguous symbols. Some games like Snake Oil and Big Idea prompt players to pitch a product, which frequently takes the form of a brief story or vignette.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Gloomhaven#420178.303.9120m
Kingdom Death: Monster#9320157.624.3180m
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon#13620197.503.4120m
The 7th Continent#16320177.422.91000m
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases#20019817.362.7120m
This War of Mine: The Board Game#21320177.343.3120m
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game#25120147.273.0120m
Near and Far#27820177.232.9120m
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong#28920147.221.620m
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game#33820187.162.7180m
Chronicles of Crime#34220187.152.190m
Dixit: Odyssey#35020117.141.230m
T.I.M.E Stories#35220157.142.690m
Above and Below#42020157.072.590m
Dead of Winter: The Long Night#42320167.073.3120m
Dixit#42420087.071.230m
Mysterium#44520157.051.942m
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures#54920166.962.290m
Mice and Mystics#55720126.952.790m
Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1#58920196.934.160m
Stuffed Fables#60320186.912.590m
Betrayal Legacy#61420186.912.990m
Tales of the Arabian Nights#69920096.842.2120m
Unlock!: Heroic Adventures#72120186.832.260m
Bloodborne: The Board Game#76120216.793.175m
Betrayal at House on the Hill#77220046.792.460m
Treasure Island#82520186.752.245m
Detective Club#88020186.721.245m
Dixit: Journey#88520126.711.330m
Call to Adventure#110720196.602.060m
When I Dream#132520166.501.240m
Fallout#133520176.503.0180m
The City of Kings#139720186.473.2180m
Legacy of Dragonholt#141820176.461.3999m
Witness#145120146.451.515m
Betrayal at Baldur's Gate#145420176.452.660m
Unlock!: Escape Adventures – Squeek & Sausage#146920176.442.175m
Mythos Tales#150420166.432.1120m
Escape the Dark Castle#156020176.411.245m
Folklore: The Affliction#157320176.403.7120m
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Carlton House & Queen's Park#163720176.382.390m
Unlock!: Escape Adventures – The Formula#177720176.332.375m
Fog of Love#177820176.332.3120m
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice#193220216.283.190m
Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress#193520186.282.9180m
Fireteam Zero#199220156.262.890m
Adventure Games: The Dungeon#202320196.251.790m
Unlock!: Secret Adventures – The Adventurers of Oz#208120186.242.960m
Unlock!: Mystery Adventures – The House on the Hill#217020176.221.860m
Unlock!: Mystery Adventures – The Tonipal's Treasure#229820176.182.560m

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