"We're all out here living our ordinary lives. Day by day, the sun rises on our respective horizons. Each dawn bringing new opportunities, new challenges, new experiences. The call to adventure isn't always glamorous. Sometimes the act of getting out of bed is enough to push destiny in a new direction. Yet it's that pull toward greatness that we crave, the crossing of the threshold to reach new heights, ordeals overcome, a transformation before the sun truly sets."
"At its heart, Origin Story is a basic trick taking game. The deck is comprised of fifty-two cards in four suits (thematically named brains, speed, strength and love) with love being the prime suit. Amen. This is a must-follow-suit system and not having the lead suit in hand allows a player to play any other suit. There are five rounds in total after which the player with the highest score wins."
"And before play begins, each player receives a stamina token (and they continue to receive one each round), as well as their first major choice. Each of the first four rounds provides a choice between three randomly dealt story cards. These cards feature powerful effects that slowly build the framework of your character's journey. There are talents, gadgets, backstories, super suits, allies and archenemies, and even ultimate abilities. Each story card chosen is a step toward embracing their role. Each discarded story card"
Origin Story uses basic trick-taking as its core while layering engine and tableau-building through selectable story cards. The 52-card deck has four suits—brains, speed, strength and love—with love as the prime suit and must-follow-suit rules. Players receive character mats, stamina tokens each round, and two superhero cards that preview the final round. Each of the first four rounds offers a choice among three story cards, which grant talents, gadgets, backstories, suits, allies, archenemies, or ultimate abilities and build a character framework. Five rounds conclude with scoring; the highest score wins.
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