Second Chance
Kick Off

Take a role. Each person chooses a different character. You are a story council: a role gives you a perspective, rather than making that character physically present in every scene. Characters who leave or die in the original story remain playable as a remembered perspective. Their book fate does not change.

Take turns. A different player leads each card, reads the scene and uses their character’s discussion prompt. The scene’s viewpoint is shown separately. The optional “Speak as your character” buttons record a concern for the group; they do not add dialogue to the novel.

Decide together. On a choice card, pass the device so every player can vote. Most votes wins. If tied, the current lead player chooses between the tied options. The same rules work with a show of hands at a table. One player chooses directly.

Original Story: the plot is fixed. Ten memory cards earn a shared score out of ten. Wrong answers still move the story forward. What If?: choices change the scenes and ending, without points or a “correct” emotional response.

Progress saves separately for each route in this browser when storage is available. “Undo” restores the last card and score. Changing the party clears an in-progress vote, but keeps the story position. This is local shared-device play, not an online room for separate phones.

Print one story deck at a time plus the character cards. Use single-sided A4 printing at 100%. Cut on the dashed borders, sort by card ID, and follow each choice’s destination. Do not shuffle. You need a pencil for the memory score; no dice or tokens are required.

The Original Story deck includes a separate answer key so answers stay hidden during play. Save as PDF through your device’s print menu if available.