Once Upon A Time

by Atlas

Product Features

• Story-telling card game
• Contains: Rules booklet, 110 Once Upon A Time storytelling cards, 55 Happy Ever After ending cards, Blank cards
• For 2-6 players

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches ; 10.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: 1887801006
• Item model number: AG1250
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,484 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Once Upon a Time is a game in which the players create a story together, using cards that show typical elements from fairy tales. One player is the Storyteller and creates a story using the ingredients on her cards. She tries to guide the plot towards her own ending. The other players try to use cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to play out all her cards and end with her Happy Ever After card. This great family game for all ages features a full-color format, beautiful new art, extended card set, high-quality linen-finish cards and blank cards to script your own endings.

Product Description

Once Upon A Time is a game in which the players create a story together, using cards that show typical elements from fairy tales. One player is the Storyteller, and creates a story using the ingredients on her cards. She tries to guide the plot towards her own ending. The other players try to use cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to play out all her cards and end with her Happy Ever After card.

The second edition of Once Upon a Time is available now. It features a full-color format, beautiful new art, an extended card set, high-quality linen-finish cards, and blank cards to script your own endings.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun game that can be educational, too, May 15, 2000

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Heidi Anne Heiner (SurLaLune Fairy Tales.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Once Upon A Time (Toy)

I received this game for my birthday and I only wish I had learned about it sooner! The cards are illustrated beautifully which make them a delight to look at, but the game is just as fun to play. Children and adults ages 6+ can play since only an imagination and basic reading skills are needed. The game asks for players to make up stories with the cards they receive. The game ends when someone is able to play an ending card.

This game is also great for the classroom where children can learn about the elements of a story including events, characters, endings, etc. There are many ways to play and learn.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but not for everybody, February 9, 2006

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T. Hooper "thdizzy" (Osaka, Japan) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Once Upon A Time (Toy)

In this game, you have to get rid of your cards by telling a story in which the elements on the cards are used. As you use the elements, then you can discard your cards. The aim is to tell the story in such a way that you reach the ending on your card. Other players may interrupt at certain times, so everyone has a chance to join in the storytelling fun.

The downside of this game is that it isn't for everybody. Those who don't start the game with the right attitude, won't have any fun with this game and will drag it down. This game would probably work best with children or with adults who are into roleplaying. Definitely not for those who aren't creative.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Campfires end happily ever after with this game..., January 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Once Upon A Time (Toy)

Once upon a time cards have enchanting illustrations and a multitude of uses. The game can be adapted to bring out creativity in any agegroup. Character, event, place, descriptive and item cards add elements to the stories you create while ending cards direct the general theme of your story...but all the other players are directing the story to a different ending! Can you get the Farm boy together with the princess so they can live "happily ever after" or will the witch send the princess to another relm from which "she was never seen again"?

I have used the cards in story telling and to direct skits, with first graders, highschool students and college students, at resident camp and parties. They are always fun, I only wish there were more decks to choose from!