Modes of Play

Storyteller allows for two methods of play. Game Mode is a traditional RPG experience with The Storyteller acting as a narrator, Players who control their individual characters, an optional Picker who chooses the Story Prompt options and acts with the Storyteller in opposition to the remaining players as an antagonist, and finally Ghosts.

Ghosts, depending on your intended genre, can be renamed, given different tasks, or removed entirely. However, it is a mechanic to keep players whose characters were removed from the game engaged in play.

In Story Mode, The Storyteller is telling a story to an audience, with participation, and encourages interaction through the use of the Story Stick and Hard Decision mechanics.