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The Story Engine Deck

Name: The Story Engine Deck
Brand: The Story Engine Deck
SKU: tse-sto-01m
Rating: 5.0 (205 reviews)

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Embark on an endless adventure with our original deck of 180 storytelling cards! The Story Engine Deck uses a lightning-fast and intuitive system to bring your imagination to life with legendary characters and unforgettable story hooks for your next book or D&D campaign.

Features:

⭐ INSTANT IDEAS
➡️ Create and customize your own story prompts in seconds

⭐ LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS
➡️ Craft more compelling characters and conflicts

⭐ NEVER GET STUCK
➡️ Generate new stories or build on existing ones

⭐ UNIVERSAL PROMPTS
➡️ Works with your favorite genre or TTRPG

⭐ BEAUTIFUL & FUNCTIONAL
➡️ Treasure-chest box puts 180 gorgeous cards at your fingertips

⭐ COMBINES WITH OTHER DECKS
➡️ Pair with Deck of Worlds to create entire worlds from from the ground up

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A writers or Dungeon Master sitting at a table writing a prompt based on cards from The Story Engine Deck and Deck of Worlds

Perfect for writers

No more wasted time and potential. Start every writing session with ideas, momentum and motivation.

Never run out of ideas. Create your own writing prompts—up to 30 billion combinations—for less than the cost of a writing class.

Write stories that keep readers hooked. The deck was designed by Aurora Award-winning author Peter Chiykowski.

The Dungeon Master's secret weapon

30 billion campaign ideas for the price of a D&D book. Create anything: story hooks, NPCs, locations, items, BBEGs, monsters, and more.

Make session prep as fun as game night. Our decks are fun, fast, and 100% powered your creative choices.

Keep the table captivated. No more players on their phones. Create NPCs, settings, and plots so good that your players get lost in your story.

Become a master storyteller

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Create your next story or campaign idea in seconds

1) Draw cards to create characters, motivations, objects, locations, conflicts, and descriptions.
2) Rotate cues to find the combinations that speak to you.
3) Write your scene, build your encounter, or develop your story idea.

See tutorial

"built to fuel the creative fire within Dungeon Masters and writers"

Forbes Magazine

Authors who love our decks

Kwame Mbalia
New York Times-bestselling author of Rick Riordan Presents: Tristan Strong and editor of Black Boy Joy.
C. L. Clark
Multi-award-winning author of The Faithless and Warmongers. Learn how they used the deck on our blog.
Aliette de Bodard
Author and winner of the Nebula, Ignyte, Locus, European Science Fiction Society, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Association awards.

Tabletop RPG creators who love our decks

Grace Fong
Worldbuilder and narrative designer for Magic: The Gathering (2021-2022) and quest designer for Palia.
Tommaso De Benetti
Creator of Dead Air: Seasons and Broken Tales, and head of The World Anvil Publishing.
Janet Forbes
Founder of World Anvil and contributing writer to The Dark Crystal Adventure Game.

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"I am completely in love. My wife and I both use both decks - she for writing, and I for TTRPG prep and worldbuilding. We've got all of the expansions."

Alexor Huxley