tell us a story?
storytelling card games for the young and the young-at-heart
tell us a MAGIC LANTERN story? (ages 11+)
100 story prompts, inspired by tarot and fin de siècle culture: Worlds Fairs and Ferris Wheels! Stage magic and Harry Houdini! Silent film stars like Chaplin and Keaton! Early surrealists like George Méliès! Nikola Tesla, Walter Benjamin, vaudeville, seances, absinthe and art nouveau, automata and all those bewildering stories that gave you the feeling that “things...were not actually what they seemed.”
What is a “magic lantern”?
Click here to learn more about this marvelous technology of cinema’s pre-history!
We need stories.
Stories help us imagine new and better worlds, share ideas and experiences, and connect with each other. tell us a story? games let you dream up countless never-before-told stories and they fit right in the palm of your hand.
