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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1993
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 5, 6 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6, more than 6 players
(16 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
(7 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Once Upon a Time
Alternate Names
C'era Una Volta
Érase Una Vez
Es war einmal
Il était une fois ...
Once upon a time, The storytelling card game, Second Edition
ワンス・アポン・ナ・タイム
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Once Upon A Time is a game in which the players create a story together, using cards that show typical elements from fairy tales. One player is the Storyteller, and creates a story using the ingredients on her cards. She tries to guide the plot towards her own ending. The other players try to use cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to play out all her cards and end with her Happy Ever After card.

The second, current edition, published in 1995, features an expanded card set.

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Components:

  • 1 small 16-page rule booklet
  • 56 "Happy Ever After" cards
  • 112 "Once Upon A Time" cards

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2 Polish translation card list
Card from the Once Upon a Time, and also Dark Tales
2009-06-17
1 Érase una vez - Nuevas cartas
Nuevas cartas para la edición en castellano de "Érase una vez".
2009-04-20
0 Indonesian translation of the cards
Indonesian translation of the cards (2nd ed)
2008-11-25
2 "Once Upon a Time" in esperanto
Translation of the game's rules in the international language esperanto.
2008-10-12
0 Concise reference sheet by hecose
Concise reference sheet for looking up easy-to-forget rules quickly. Useful if you haven't played the game for some time and need a refresher. Provides a summarised and structured outline to help in teaching a game.
2008-07-22
1 Once upon a time (español)
Manual del juego "Once upon a time" (Había una vez) en español.
2008-04-09
5 Story Themes
Based on my original 16 Theme Card variant, presented here in a (hopefully) more accessable form.
2007-11-15
0 Once_Upon_A_Time_hungarian_Card_List.pdf
Hungarian cardlist
2007-07-19
0 once_cardlist_kor.JPG
Korean Translation card list
2006-12-09
0 OUATCard List Trad.xls
Cartas traducidas al español (incluye Dark Tales). Spanish Translation of the cards, including Dark Tales Expansion)
2006-05-29
Statistics
User Rank: 684
Num Ratings: 1589
Average Rating: 6.53
Standard Deviation: 1.60
Num Views: 55914
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.4 moreinfo
Fans: 6
Personal Comments: 618
Users Owning: 2195
Users Wanting: 58
Users Trading: 75
Has Parts For Trade: 1
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1857
Plays This Month: 17
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Num Ratings 15
Average Rating 7.03
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Owned 40
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Wishlist 3
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Year Pub. 2004
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 224
Average Rating 7.05
Average Weight 1.55
Owned 572
Prev. Owned 14
For Trade 11
Wanted in Trade 24
Wishlist 61
Comments 105
Year Pub. 2004
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