Create your own Origin Story over five rounds using story cards to develop special actions and benefits to help your character prevail in this trick-taking, engine-building game by Stonemaier Games. Play as the hero or villain, predicting whether you can take the most tricks in an eight-trick round or no tricks at all. Charge up story cards to use abilities at different times (before or end of a trick, on your turn, ongoing, etc.). In the final round, choose a superhero card to help boost your score before the game ends. At the end of each round, score one point per trick won, and when round five ends, the person with the most points wins! For 1-5 players with a 45-minute game time. Solo mode instructions are included as well as gameplay modifications for a two-player game. I personally found the two-player rules a bit “fiddly” and awkward and thus liked a 3-5 multi-player game better. ~ Marsha
Origin Story
SKU
043320
Grade 9-12
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Everything you need is included.
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Product Overview
- Trick-taking, engine-building game with unique characters
- Game has five rounds with 8 tricks per round
- Customize your character with story cards that give unique abilities
- For 1-5 players with a solo mode and 45-minute game time
Description
Publisher's Description of Origin Story
Your inner superhero is ready to emerge, one chapter at a time. Reveal your backstory, gather gadgets and allies, develop a grudge against your archenemy, and unleash an ultimate ability as you transform. Use a combination of brains, love, speed, and strength to craft your origin story.
Origin Story is a 1-5 player competitive tableau-building, trick-taking game played over 5 rounds. Each round represents a chapter in your development and grants a new card to add to your player mat. Charge your cards and use their abilities to score more points than your opponents.
Details
| Product Format: | Other |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Brand: | Stonemaier Games |
| EAN/UPC: | 850064100235 |
| Length in Inches: | 7.75 |
| Width in Inches: | 5.875 |
| Height in Inches: | 2.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.05 |
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