Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time is a card game where the players are dealt several cards dealing with people, places, events, and such and a single card that is an end to a story. The object is to get rid of all your other cards and then have the story end with your line. The catch is that if you use something that one of your opponents has a card for or just get stuck, then it's their turn.

It's not very popular with my hard core gaming buddies, but knowing how much Kristie liked Ever After and thinking it might help her Destination Imagination (DI) team with their improv skills, I brought it along on our first date. We shuffled, Kristie went to get drinks and I dealt out the cards, seven story elements and one happy ending.

Kristie read her ending card and got kind of a strange look on her face. She didn't say anything though and we played straight through. I'm pretty sure I won (I usually do, at least at Once Upon a Time) and then she showed me what her card said:

"So she revealed her true identity and they were married."

Quite a coincidence given our circumstances. Kristie stole my deck and eventually returned the card in a silver frame as a birthday gift.

The card now lives in this frame joined by another card and a Mardi Gras coin.

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