What a wonderful birthday surprise! We just hit 4,000 subscribers on YouTube, and we couldn't have done it without your support. Thanks to everyone who tuned in for Saturday's Deck of Worlds livestream - and all the other livestreams we've hosted along the way! www.youtube.com/@StoryEngine...

A simple dinner order turned into a quest that could shake the source of magic on our Deck of Worlds B-Day livestream. What choice will the heroes face at the Pool Without End? Catch the replay to see how @deadaussiegamer.bsky.social tied the threads together! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgo...

Today is the LAST DAY of our Deck of Worlds Birthday Sale! Order before midnight ET to save: ➡️ 10% off Deck of Worlds + Bundles ➡️ 15% off DoWs Expansions + Accessories And take advantage of our sale while supplies last! storyenginedeck.com/collections/...

Worldbuilding is so much more than a list of facts. Our new Cartographer's Notebook PDF helps you lift your setting off the page and into your imagination. It's also available to the public for the first time ever. Visit our website to learn more! storyenginedeck.com/products/pdf...

We're LIVE! Come join us for some birthday worldbuilding on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgo...

You still have a few hours left to enter our birthday giveaway! Reply to the post to enter, then drop in for our livestream 5pm livestream to see if you win!

Our Deck of Worlds B-Day livestream begins @ 5pmET! Join us live for 3 rounds of worldbuilding with: ➡ @storytreehouse.bsky.social ➡ You, the viewer ➡ @deadaussiegamer.bsky.social We're letting the chat run our second world, so come ready to pitch your ideas! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgo...

You could with a $25 gift card! You just need to give us a recap of the game. ⬇️

They grow up so fast. Deck of Worlds turns five on Monday, and we're celebrating with a birthday sale! Shop now to get: ➡ 10% off DoW main deck + Bundles ➡ 15% off DoW Expansions + Accessories Sale ends May 18 @ 11:59pmET! storyenginedeck.com/collections/...

Deck of Worlds is turning 5! We're giving away a $25 Gift Card to one lucky winner. To enter, you just need to tell us about last night's big game. What was everyone playing? And please, wrong answers only. Follow us, like this post, and respond with your answer to add your name to the list!

Deck of Worlds is turning 5, and you're invited to the party! Join us Saturday, May 16 @ 5pm ET on YouTube for a birthday livestream, featuring speed worldbuilding with special guests @storytreehouse.bsky.social and @deadaussiegamer.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgo...

I'm going to use my Deck of Worlds (from @storyenginedeck.bsky.social You should get one!) to come up with a new continent to either write a connected series of stories or an RPG milieu. Playing with this deck has been as much fun as The Story Engine!

Running a campaign? A node map is a great way to show the party where they are! Jan made one for a D&D 5e Planega point crawl where the players are following strange dinos (and other stone-aged creatures) into some very dangerous areas. We love the evocative names and imagery of this map!

Sometimes you need two people to get the job done. These are some of the jumbo-sized Quests you'll see in the Big Jobs Expansion for Dungeon Tryouts. To win, you need to pitch a pair of heroes and explain how they'll work together to complete the task. dungeon-tryouts.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Turns out maps are pretty cool. They're also an important worldbuilding tool, since maps allow you to see how all the pieces fit together! These drawings are based on prompts created with Deck of Worlds. Give 'em a look to see how you can use maps and art to bring your world to life!

We think Anakin is a little harsh on sand. That's why we decided to do something fun with our deserts worldbuilding expansion. In this wasteland, you can't always trust what you see or hear.

How does a Sith take Revenge? Anakin Skywalker doesn't like sand. So the Desert Worldbuilding Expansion is $5 MORE if you buy it today (you can avoid the tax if you get the expansion as part of a bundle). storyenginedeck.com/collections/...

The Empire has altered our Star Wars Day deal. The sale has been extended another 24 hours for Revenge of the Fifth. Sci-Fi Bundles & Expansions are STILL 10-20% OFF until midnight ET! storyenginedeck.com/collections/...

Doing a little planet hopping? The Deck of Worlds Sci-Fi Expansion tells you what you'll find at every stop, from one end of the galaxy to the other! It's also 20% off for our Star Wars Day Flash Sale. Save 10-20% on our full Sci-Fi Collection until 11:59pmET! storyenginedeck.com/collections/...

We've got a great feeling about our May the Fourth FLASH SALE! All Sci-Fi Bundles, Boosters, and Expansions are 10-20% off for Star Wars Day - including our new Sci-Fi Writer Bundles! Order before midnight ET to blast into hyperspace for your next adventure! storyenginedeck.com/collections/...

The Forest of Mouths is always hungry - but the appetite is manageable as long as everything stays where it is. Unfortunately, nature finds strange solutions in an ecosystem under stress. How will the carnivorous plants respond when the forest starts to flood?

Is @truehoudini.bsky.social a Sith Lord? Probably not - but we can't be sure after he tricked us into recreating the plot of The Phantom Menace in our most recent writers room. (The jump point is a trade route in this scenario.)

Sometimes a change of scenery can inspire new ideas. Good thing The Story Engine Deck works just as well when you're on the go. Author @valentineverse.bsky.social took the deck to Barnes & Noble and made a fresh prompt in only 60 seconds. See what you come up with when you write in a new location!

This blog post by @rockpapercynic.bsky.social from @storyenginedeck.bsky.social about how to write with ADHD is really good and reflects a lot of what I do myself. storyenginedeck.com/blogs/news/h...

The Story Engine is run by grown-ups, but our inner children are still calling the shots. Hope we do those kids proud! These are the imaginations behind The Story Engine. We're so excited we get to share what they created!

Looking for a way to shake up your Story Engine prompts? Try replacing your Agent with an Adventurer from Dungeon Tryouts! The two decks gave us: ➡️ A kneecap breakin' unicorn trying to win a bet against a kneecap breaking machine. ➡ A ghost child who can't remember which house to haunt.

Rewriting the Greek Myths Ganymede would’ve accepted it but he politely declined as receiving a gift on someone else’s wedding is “not xenia“ (rude). Eris picked an inappropriate time to give Ganymede the golden apple. Which led to the “lapse of judgement of Paris”.

GIVEAWAY - WIN THE ONLY PHYSICAL COPY of our new Character Dynamics Expansion alphas! Just follow us, like this post, and answer one of these questions on behalf of one of your characters. (Share your answer in the replies.)

Happy Earth Day! 10% of all today's sales will be donated to SANCCOB to support penguin rescue. Pick up Deck of Worlds to map the setting for your next book, and score a win for ecological preservation at the same time! Visit our website to help rescue an aquatic bird! storyenginedeck.com

A very important message from The Story Engine.

There's no instruction manual for this storage option. Dela used Lego to build custom Story Engine storage boxes. These hold 60 sleeved cards, and feature V-slots to make them easier to grab. It's nice when the pieces of a story fit together. It's just as satisfying when storage snaps into place!

You can take away my soapbox but you'll have to sword-fight me for it first!

It's @rockpapercynic.bsky.social doing the "getting too personal on main" thing again I USED WRITING ADVICE TO WIN A SWORD FIGHT! ⚔️ Let me tell you how! 🧵

The interpreter's job was simple. They followed the army and tried to convince the locals to accept the occupation. What the interpreter couldn't see is that occupations end when the invaders leave - not when the locals concede. They'd never take control of a situation they refused to understand.

Want to get your hands on these handy Quick Guide cards? Just grab them from this post! We made these as a reference for Story Engine users, and there's one for each of our three core decks. Feel free to download the images and print your own Quick Guide cards to inspire your next prompt!

Every DM knows players will always do the thing they're not supposed to. So which of these cursed items would be most tempting to your players: ➡A pouch inhabited by a mischievous entity ➡A loom that imparts quests ➡A quill powered by swear words Reply to let us know!

Why is Deck of Worlds "The single best way to generate endless ideas with your own creativity"? @sethring.bsky.social explains how our worldbuilding deck can help you smash your writer's block! storyenginedeck.com/products/dec...

*Record Scratch* Yup, that's me! You're probably wondering how I got into this mess. Well, I'm... Wait, who am I and how did I end up here? Guess you'll have to introduce these characters for us. Pick a hero from the line-up, then write a short intro to tell us how we meet them in your story!

Today's writing room is a tale of two golems. One was invented by a brilliant but reckless scientist, and knows how many corners the scientist is cutting in their floating city. The other is a gentle creature who is simply afraid of being abandoned in favor of newer, shinier technology.

Maybe it's the warm fuzzy feeling or maybe it's my ruptured thumb tingling as the skin glue dissolves… Either way, I wanted to step out from behind the corporate social media account to share something special I learned about writing in the emergency room at 5am last Monday.

Also, shout out to @storyenginedeck.bsky.social. I used their Fairy Trails and Grim Tales Booster pack to brainstorm this week's Power up Prompt. 😁

Hey! I host weekly Power up Prompts over on Substack. HOWEVER! You don't need to be on there to participate. I just need to be able to read your entry. This week's prompt is a fairy tale. Check the link for the details: substack.com/@bradleyrams... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Another prompt put together on stream by the community! Big thanks again to the team at @storyenginedeck.bsky.social for the amazing tool. Feeling inspired by this prompt? Come show us what you wrote on Discord: discord.gg/6TXFqzNSj8 #writer #author #writingprompt #livestream #shortstory

Yes, Deck of Decks is a gag. It's still a great way to kick off a brainstorm when you don't know where to start. Everything is 10% off in our April Fool's Day Sale. Shop now to grab any prompts you want to use alongside the Deck of Decks! Sale ends at 11:59pmET. storyenginedeck.com

Today is April Fool's Day, but we're not kidding about this sale. Everything is 10% off until midnight ET on April 2! And our new Deck of Decks? That's no laughing matter, either. Head to our website to watch the launch trailer and save in our flash sale! storyenginedeck.com/products/dec...

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Today is the LAST DAY to grab the alpha PDFs for our new expansions! Pre-order the Character Dynamics Expansion Set before midnight ET to get instant access to the PDFs, and make sure you download the files before the link goes own on April 1! storyenginedeck.com/products/cha...

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT to grab the alpha PDFs for our new Story Engine Expansions! The alpha PDF is FREE for everyone who pre-orders the Character Dynamics Expansion Set. Head to our site to download yours and start creating today! storyenginedeck.com/products/cha...

Tried this Story Engine with a friend the other week. Helped me come up with a couple of story stubs and works for #ttrpgs as well. #amwriting #writesky storyenginedeck.com