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Find your story inspiration. Discover the decks that 15,000 writers, Dungeon Masters, and worldbuilders love.

Are your players getting bored?

Use DnD story prompts to make your campaign unforgettable.

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    Meet the ultimate Dungeon Master's multi-tool: story cards to power your game with instant campaign hooks, encounters, NPCs, magic items, quests, and setting details.

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    With hundreds of positive reviews, our story cards have been used by everyone from new storytellers to creators with Magic: The Gathering, The World Anvil, Orbit Books, Baen Books, and more!

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DnD Story Cards

30 billion campaign ideas for the cost of a rulebook!

"I got tired of spending money on D&D campaigns. I'd use the book once and never touch it again. So I designed a deck with simple instructions to help you create 30 billion campaign hooks, NPCs, items, settings, and story details. Now I never run out of ways to keep my players hooked."

Aurora Award-winning deck designer Peter Chiykowski

Create your next masterpiece with our writing prompts cards.

Learn how The Story Engine can level up your story writing ideas!

Access your full creative potential and supercharge your storyteller skills with our story cards and prompts. Whether you're tackling writer's block or looking to inspire new details to put on the page, our decks help ignite your creativity and keep the ideas flowing. Build richer characters, craft deeper worlds, and develop unique, engaging plots that captivate your audience. Designed with simple step-by-step instructions to guide you and story cards filled with evocative images and prompts for character-driven plots, The Story Engine could inspire your best story yet.

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Be the first to get our latest story cards. Explore new decks of DnD story prompts and writing prompts, plus creative accessories to guide writers, worldbuilders, Dungeon Masters, teachers, storytellers, and more.

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FAQ

Who are you?

We're Peter, Miroki, and Eric: a small team of 3 writers/TTRPG storytellers. We designed our story cards to help GMs and writers tell stories, build worlds, and access their full creative potential.

Which deck should I pick?

We developed a guide to help pick a deck depending on what kind of storyteller you are. If you're a Game Master, visit this page. If you're a writer, visit this page. You may also find it helps to read our product reviews!

Can your story cards help me?

Our story cards have helped 15,000 GMs, writers, worldbuilders, artists, and teachers of every ability level and from all walks of life. The instructions are simple and intuitive and to learn, and our cards are easy to interpret and use. Check our product reviews page and you'll see everyone from aspiring GMs to published multi-award-winning authors who love our decks. We've designed our website with GMs in mind, but you can learn more about how writers create with our deck on our "for writers" page.

Do you ship to my country?

We fulfill orders to almost every country worldwide and we have thresholds to get free delivery to the US, UK, EU, Australia, and New Zealand.

Can I get help with my order?

Of course! Just reach out through the contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as we're able.

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