CARDtographer: Cooperative Storytelling Adventure

This game provides SUCH a uniquely fun experience! It's the only game I've played that is highly collaborative, in fact you cannot win unless you help each other. The card prompts are clutch! Just when you think you're going to faceroll on easy mode and win BAM you get the challenge of a raid!! The stories can be WILDLY entertaining - and we were laughing within about 15 minutes of the first card being dealt. The instruction booklet is pretty clear but if all else fails - watch the few minute instructional video - totally helped our group! The games get FASTER and the turns have a nice pace so people aren't stuck browsing facebook constantly. Very little known company that has managed to create and develop something incredibly different, fun, well thought out and they have an entire world to check out on their website!

Original - 2022 05 20: We’ve played a surprising amount of storytelling games, but a co-op with trading, and hand management that ties into a push-your-luck element? CARDtographer is unique there. Board gamers who are normally put off of storytelling games might want to check this out, especially if they already contribute toward a larger story by playing fantasy RPGs. If you don't like the pressure to be creative on demand or aren't particularly open to improv, this probably isn't what you're looking for.

CARDtographer is super simple but highly thematic. It's one of the few games that you can play with casual gamers, kids, and people who don't normally play games at all and still have a good time.