****2023 TTRPG Jam to 21! starting August 21st!****

A Tale of…what?

A Tale of 21. It's a collaborative tabletop roleplaying game that uses hands of 21 (aka Blackjack) to evoke tense and dramatic stories about relationships and trust. 

Go on…

Using one or more decks of regular playing cards OR pairs of ten-sided dice, you and up to 6 friends can play exciting stories of love, betrayal, violence and friendship—or whatever else floats your boat—together in as little as 1–2 hours and with no preparation or game master (GM).

Ok, but how?

The Tale Spinner's Toolkit gives you all the tools & tips to make it easy for you to create your own Tale of 21, as well as granting you the license and permissions to publish it using the ATo21 logos.  The toolkit includes…

❧  for Tales of 21 creators:

• Creator's reference documents (CRD) 
  • Plain Text version
  • PDF version
  • Google Docs template (improved accessibility)
  • Affinity Publisher V1 & V2 templates
    • Typeface: EB Garamond
• Google Sheets Character Keeper template
  
• PlayingCards.io Game Room setup file
• 'A Tale of 21' logos

❧  for Tales of 21 players:

• Playing guide (PG)—sounds heftier than it is; one or two pages of advice for getting the most out of the game—coming soon…

For the love of games, why!

100%. For the love of games. One game, in particular—The King's Poisoner. It's been so much fun to create and to play it, that we want to make & play more games like it and to help others make & play more of them too. 

The world needs more Tales of 21!

If you create A Tale of 21 of your own or play someone else's, please let us know here in the comments and on mastodon or twitter! 

Please also consider leaving a 5-star rating here on itch. It really helps to spread the word!