Story Cards is a roleplaying system created by Carl Klutzke. It uses a deck of tarot-like cards (60 cards in 5 suits) to help you and your friends design (through spreads and readings) a unique setting, detailed characters, and a brand new adventure from initial concept to epilogue in as little as four hours.

When deciding on a theme for the cards, I chose constellations in the night sky, which are the basis for some of my favorite archetypal stories. Look below and you'll see the constellation Orion for the Hero, Leo for the Lion, and Cepheus for the King. The backgrounds of each card faintly echo the card's suit, the deep blues of the backgrounds contrasting nicely with the red-orange of the card backs.