Rory's Story Cubes - Doctor Who Edition

[misterharry]

Among the free gifts with this week's Doctor Who Adventures comic are a pack of Rory's Story Cubes with a prehistoric theme, three dice with a picture on each face. I've not heard of these before, but they're used to generate stories as an informal game. Looking at their website, I see that there's a Doctor Who set due out this month, containing nine dice. I was thinking that they would be helpful in generating adventure ideas - in fact, the blurb on the website actually suggests this as one use.

I think the pack of three may be too few dice to get a real feel for their potential. So has anyone used any of the existing sets of Story Dice before? Do you think they might indeed be useful for ideas (or as a story-telling game in its own right)?

[Hedgewick]

Story Cubes are great fun. I have most of the available sets, and I'm dying to get my hands on the new Doctor Who set. They provide the makings for a great storytelling game in and of themselves, but they could also be used during roleplay in a variety of ways, as youv'e noted. I'd heartily recommend Story Cubes for anyone who enjoys roleplaying.

[cigarman]

Agreed. Rory's Story Cubes are great for informal story telling and to get the creative juices flowing for scenario design. I own most of the sets as well and the DW set is an auto buy for me.

9 dice is plenty to generate a basic scenario. You can also add additional mini sets for specific flavor and detail.

Highly recommended.

[fordfjord]

Funny - I just now saw this thread, after having just played Story Cubes "Voyages" with my kids about an hour ago. A Doctor Who set - heck, yes! Where do I sign up?