My 10 year old loves to write. He is always asking me “what should I write about”? So I make up a partial scenario for him to complete. He has a great imagination but sometimes just doesn’t know where to start. So when I had a change to receive The Storymatic I jumped at it and I am glad I did. We love playing this game with the kids. The Storymatic comes with the 24-page booklet that is filled with ideas and advice for writers, teachers, artists, game-players, road-trippers, and folks who just want to play with the cards. The Storymatic is also an ideal game to take with you on a road trip. It’s small, light, and easy to keep in the glove-box or in a carry-on bag. Whether you’re in a car or in a bus, on a train or on a plane, The Storymatic can make your trips fun, creative, and memorable.

The Storymatic consists of 250 gold cards and 250 white cards. Each gold card contains a character trait or occupation. Each white card contains a situation or object. Wild Cards contain instructions about where and when your story takes place, and how it must be told. The basics of The Storymatic could not be easier. First, draw two gold cards. Then combine the information on these two cards to create your main character. For example, if you draw “surgeon” and “amateur boxer,” your character is a surgeon who is also a boxer. Next, draw one or two white cards. Let the information on the cards lead you into a story. If, for example, your cards say “box of teeth” and “pair of pants that don’t fit right,” then perhaps after a night in the ring Dr. Boxer always scans the floor of the ring for the teeth of his opponents, but maybe Dr. Boxer has put on some extra weight due to his long days at the hospital, causing him to slow down in the ring, and then…

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Want To Know How To Play The Improvisational Storymatic? Simple:

1. Assign a timekeeper.

2. The first storyteller draws two gold cards and combines them to make one character. The storyteller then draws two white cards.

3. The storyteller can put back one card if it does not fit with the others. The storyteller then has fifteen seconds to collect his or her thoughts and begin telling the story.

4. The storyteller must finish within 5 minutes.

5. Listeners judge the story on a 1-10 scale. After the score is tallied, a new timekeeper is appointed and the next person goes.

This is just one of several games that are in the 24-page booklet “Welcome to The Storymatic,” which comes with every Storymatic.

StoryMatic is excited to announce their Fiction to Film Contest.  The contest is open to anyone who uses The Storymatic to create a short story or screenplay. The grand prize winning script or screenplay will be made into a short film produced by Chochkey Productions!

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