Written in the Cards (WiC) is a cooperative story telling game. Players work together to set the scene and goals of the story. Will you pull a heist? Storm the castle? Fight the alien invasion no one else knows about? Escape from enemy spies hot on your tail? The sky (and beyond) is the limit! Just know that there are always hurdles to overcome, and things won’t always go your way.
But that’s just good story telling.
The players then take on roles of characters within the story reacting to all that takes place. One player serves as the Author, weaving all their decisions together with the actions of all the rest of the cast of the story. Along the way, when things could dramatically go either way a draw of the cards will tell you if you succeed or fail, and maybe just how bad or good that might be!
There are no dice to roll, only one small chart to look up. And no tricky numbers to keep track of. Whatever you want to do you can try to do. Maybe it will work ... maybe not.
You never know what is Written in the Cards.