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Smalltown Tales

Smalltown Tales 2024

1–18
Players
30–75
Minutes
12
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About the Game

Unleash your creativity with Smalltown Tales, the storytelling card game where imagination drives the adventure. Set in rural Smalltown, players collaborate to craft epic stories filled with fascinating characters, captivating plots, and vibrant settings.

What makes Smalltown Tales unique?

Each Story card offers expert guidance, helping you and your fellow players shape scenes and weave them into a cohesive narrative. With five card categories focused on characters, plots, settings, and collaboration, this game nurtures your storytelling skills, making every session a journey of shared creativity.

How To Play

Start by reviewing the Player’s Guide to get to know Smalltown's citizens and key locations. Decide if the game will be cooperative or competitive.

Choose a genre and plot structure to guide your story's flow. Then, select a character, their actions, and a setting to create your opening scene. On each turn, develop a new scene that advances the overall narrative.

As you play, collaborate with others, enhancing their plots to earn favor. In the final epilogue round, wrap up your plots and celebrate the imaginative journey you’ve crafted together.

—description from the designer

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