Board Game

Plot Twist: A Storytelling Card Game

Released 2016 / 4-6 players / 40-60 min / Ages 12+

Designer: Darrell M. Stark

Publisher: (Self-Published)

Plot Twist: A Storytelling Card Game cover art

Description

Plot Twist is a storytelling card game for four to six players. All players are Storytellers and stitch together Plot Cards, combined with a little imagination, to tell short stories prompted by Trope Cards.

Trope Cards provide a familiar story prompt inspired from all over fiction, media, and history. Storytellers use this information to tell a story using their hand of Plot Cards.

Plot Cards contain tired clichés, action beats, random events, and hilarious happenings. Storytellers stitch together as many Plot Cards as they need to tell their version of the selected Trope Card prompt, making up the events between cards as they go. Stories can be simple tales, outrageous romps, or outright-insane cartoons – as long as you can justify the Plot Cards you use in your story, you can use them however you'd like!

After all Storytellers have told their stories for the round, they cast votes for their favorite stories of the round. Votes in Plot Twist are weighted – you get three Story Point Cards to use each round and you can give them out however you want. Feel free to spread your votes around to multiple Storytellers, or give all three to your favorite story!

The story with the most votes at the end of each round wins that round's Trope Card as a point. The Storyteller with the most points at the end of the game is crowned the Master Storyteller – and the winner of the game!

Game at a glance

Year published
2016
Players
4–6
Play time
40–60 minutes
Listed playing time
60 minutes
Minimum age
12+

Categories (4)

  • Card Game
  • Humor
  • Party Game
  • Real-time

Mechanics (3)

  • Hand Management
  • Storytelling
  • Voting
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