Story Cubes Game Rules. Self-made cubes for stormitelling (printing). What can the cubes of stories

Olga Shevchenko, Mom of three children, copywriter and stormitler

In FB Ribbon, I got a photo of the new board game Story Cubes (cubes of stories). The motto of this game: Throw cubes - tell the story. I became interested in cubes, because I am writing history myself. And create stories along with children - it is steeply doubly.

"Necriminally" for the new year I was presented with cubes of stories. And immediately, without departing from the New Year's table, we all (family and guests) experienced the magic of these cubes on themselves. But more on that later.

What are the cubes of stories

The Irish company "The Creativity Hub Ltd", the developer and manufacturer of Stori Cubes, sold in the world more than 7 million sets. More than 20 international awards says much.

Basic set - 9 cubes. On each side of the cube, the original image. Total in the set 54 pictures, from which you can make up 10 million combinations.

Basic sets are different topics: travel, actions, fantasy and others.

In addition to the basic set, you can buy kits for 3 cubes of narrower topics: sport, emotions, superposses, animals, dinosaurs, cosmos, lead, medicine, discoveries, etc.

How to play Story Cubes

The rules say that you need all the cubes pour out on the table. Each player takes turns to choose a cube you like and tell your story in the picture. The selected cubes are no longer involved in the game, but remain on the table in the form of a chain of cubes.

The company and I complicated the conditions and this, in my opinion, much more interesting.

New rules game

All cubes we threw off in the header and every player took the cube without looking.

Then he threw him on the table and already with a dropped picture told the story.

After the cube, he returned to the header and again participated in the game.

With this order, the number of options really becomes infinite.

The game was set up all, even those who did not participate, but simply watched. All laughed: and seven-year old, and seventieth year old. You can confidently say that this game is for all ages.

There are no winners or losers in this game. The result of the game is the story that you want to retell, complement, draw.

What to pay attention to

Each participant continues to narrate the stories of previous players. So it turns out one logically (or illogical) a built story.

Pictures in cubes are associated with different objects or actions, and opinions on this account may not coincide. All participants really want to suggest, but it knocks, especially if the cube throws a child. For myself, I decided that all ideas need to be recorded - then they will probably use it.

Children at the beginning of the game are shy and say that they will not succeed. Do not persuade them, but show on a personal example that everything is easy and fun. As our game showed, those who first shouted that he could not and could not, at the end could not stop. And they demanded a continuation of the game.

Try during the story to add adjectives, descriptions of properties of items and places. This immerses all participants in history, well develops the imagination of children.

Council

Record the game to the voice recorder. Later you can listen to audio recording, analyze, write to the text. Little children can listen to such audio tickets several times in a row.

We recorded the game: Text and Audio Recording Read and listen to below. The daughter of our history drawn comics, and this is another dignity of cubes. Immerse yourself in the world of stories, fairy tales and fantasies with cubes of stories.

Example of history with cubes from a "Travel" set

Our story-action is called the "seller of watches outside suspicion." So that it was clear how the game developed, I will tell players, their age and which pictures they fell.

Ilya, 19 years old, Cube Blaster (Pistol)

The seller of the clock named Brine set up his watches. And here the unknown creature similar to aliens comes to the store, and says:

- Broat, come here your watch.

- You tell, what time is it? - asks him Brown.

- No, buddy, you did not understand. Goni's watch here.

Brown is surprised, and replies that the clock will not give him.

The creature is annoyed and pulls out blaster, and threatening them, shouts: "Come on the clock!".

Transition stroke.

Timur, 14 years old, Cube Speedometer

As soon as the wounder pulled the blaster, time slowed down.

It turned out that the seller had a super ability -

slow down time with speedomera.

He selected a gun in his slow motion, hid him and turned on the time back.

And in his hand, he put a stick. When time recovered ...

Transition stroke.

Vasilisa, 15 years old, cube backpack

Alien realized that all his abilities he owned was

in backpack Dashi traveler.

And inside this backpack there was a monkey and a map (Heroes of the cartoon "Dasha Traveler").

Map shouted all the time: "I am a map, I am a card!".

But the kardik realized that after the time was returned,

he lost his idols, Dasha, a monkey and a map, forever.

Transition stroke.

Mom, Mushroom Cube

But then he remembered that in the back pocket his jeans lies a little mushroom-Momhomorchik.

Chudik knew that if he would eat this mushroom, he would open everything.

He pulled out a mushroom, thought and ate him.

And what opens?

Transition stroke.

Dad, Cube Pendant

He realized that his backpack was empty.

And the clock behind which he came, disappeared.

Here he saw a wonderful ruby \u200b\u200bon her watchmaker pendant.

He took out the second blaster and said:

"Your time has expired, grandfather. Remove your pendant. "

Transition stroke.

Roman, 23 years old, cube shield

The seller Brine, being an elderly man, did a lot: and they did not meet the wounds for her life. And such wanders who enter it literally every week with toy blasters also saw.

Brown thought, once an alien Toy Blaster, and I got toy toy shieldWe play.

He pulled the toy shield and stood in defense. Alien looked at all this, thought and began to laugh. So everything ended.

Alien still bought the clock from the seller and everyone was satisfied.

What can the cubes of stories

1 Properly formulate your thoughts, complicate speech descriptions and details. 2 Children cease to be shy, calmly talk in a circle of adults. 3 Developing fantasy. I noticed on yourself - incredible ideas arise simply nowhere and it makes very happy and inspires.

Comment

Computer-dependent adolescents postponed their gadgets to play with us. Real game Plus Communication with friends and parents won computer games.

Where can I buy cubes story cubes stories

We bought cubes of stories in the domestic online store and got them in the mail of the Cher 2 days. You can order on Amazone. When ordering several sets and with free shipping, savings will be obvious, but you will have to wait a few weeks.

Cubes of stories can be taken on the road, to a meeting with friends and to school or university, but I didn't tell you 🙂. Box with 8x8 cm cubes is placed in the pocket of the jacket or backpack. For the game you do not need a lot of space - some space on the table.

Play, fantasize, write down your stories. And who knows, maybe it is the beginning of a new novel or future film.

Audio Recording Games Cubes Stories

Audio recording was done using a super voice recorder for smartphones

Here I will tell you how you can play these amazing cubes!

The first way. Throw and play

The easiest way to play in the cubes of stories. To do this, take nine cubes and shake well, and then throw on the table.

Now tell me "Once ..." (or one of the words \\ offers that you see on the plate below), select the first cube from which the story will continue, linking the remaining pictures in one story!

By the way, you easily add this page yourself, there are many excellent phrases with which you can start your story ...

What else is important? Usually in history three parts:

The second way. Trilogy

Rules of the game for a company of 3 people. Can you compose a interesting story in a single style together? Another better if you have 3 different sets of 9 cubes, only 27 cubes of stories.
Take one or more sets of cubes of stories: it can be 3 sets of 3 cubes, and just one of the versions where 9 cubes, or even 3 versions of 9 cubes \u003d 27 cubes of stories.

If you have 27 cubes and you play threesome, then each player is issued for 9 cubes.
About the genre and the topic of the story you need to agree together!
The genre can be fantastic or detective, romance or story about cowboys and indians. The topic of the story should contain the main meaning that the story comes. For example, "friends are familiar with the misfortune" or "secret becomes clear."

Take advantage of the pictures on the cubes of stories to select the genre and theme of the story.
Further agree, who will begin who will continue, and who will finish the story.

If you have 2 sets of 9 cubes, then each of the 3 players receives 6 cubes.

Third way. Superhero history

Throw one cube and the dropped image is a super-ability (for example, "eye" can mean the ability to see through the walls or shoot a laser, or change the eye color or something else). Now throw the rest of the cubes and come up with the story, as your hero has this super-ability.
You can invent stories about superheroes, with the help of each cast of cubes inventing them swung enemies and weapons, you can fool your own fantasy world!

Fourth way. Creating a story

Even before you choose the first picture to start your history, decide that there will be a story about whom, and what is he genre.

Divide the history of 3 parts - the beginning, middle and junction, use 3 cubes per each.

Do not dwell on the search for accurate descriptions for pictures, give the will imagination. It is much more important that the story gets interesting!

A huge advantage This game is that the rules can be how much you want and you will probably come up with some kind of way of playing. In this and the essence of cubes of stories that they act as a tool, the reason, becoming a secondary place, and people playing them will be on the first. For comparison, I am sure that you played in a monopoly - there the game and the rules almost fully suppress the initiative and the ability of the players. It all depends on the value of the abandoned cube. Here, the other way is, any picture can be interpreted with 100 different ways, and a combination of pictures will always contact absolutely different stories from different people. Because our brain works so!

How does our brain work?

P.S.
There are several incomprehensible characters. About them a little more detail:
Symbol "L"
We are often asked what a symbol L in the "Original Cubyikistory" set. There are versions that this is a sofa or room plan. Interestingly, such a question does not arise in the homeland of the game in Ireland and in the UK. The thing is that L \u003d Learner. Such a sign hang on cars driving a student, as in Russia "y" in a triangle. And although, with the spread of cubes of stories far beyond the limits of relatives, it became obvious that this symbol does not have its original meaning in other countries, the author of the game O "Connor decided to maintain this picture as a reminder that the cubes of stories were invented in Ireland! Here is such patriotism, you can say.

Symbol of "Bee"
The bee is one of the easiest characters to compile history, besides, this insect has quite human characteristics. Bee has become one of the first images of living beings on the cubes of the Original stories. Gradually, with awareness that animals fit very well almost in any story, the author of the game began to add images of living beings to new sets.

From the history of the creation: "Cubes of stories invented the Irelander RORY O" Connor, as a study guide for the development of creativity and skill solving problems. At the very beginning, the inventor inflicted 54 images on the Rubik cube and turning the sides of the puzzle in random order created one or another set of images on one of the parties. The player had to say "Once ..." and continue the story based on the image 1, 2, 3, etc. Up to 9 cubes, on which the story should end.

Then someone suggested Rory to make 9 different cubes - and the same 54 images were now on playing cubes, which simplified the creation of tasks and at the same time made the game more visual and interesting. So in 2005 there was the first version of the RORY "S Story Cubes Original."

Become a real storyteller stories, playing with your family and friends in the super popular game "Cubes of stories"!

This game is very compact, even in a small girl's handbag, it will fit.))) But inside the box 9 cubes, with drawings on each face.

Cubes, made of plastic. When I took them in hand, it seemed that of the stone, such smooth and pleasant to the touch, with carved pictures.

To start the game, Rassechik throws 9 cubes on the table. And with the word "once" begins his story. History should tie the image on all cubes.

It is better to divide your story on 3 parts - the beginning, middle and junction using 3 cubes per each.

Let's try to compose something! Without thinking about the exact descriptions of the pictures, let's try to give will imagination.)))

Once ... The turtle decided to visit his girlfriend Lamb in the distant country Egypt. The only thing that was grieving our traveler is a long way. All night lamb did not sleep and thought, how to cut the path and get to the girlfriend. Eureka! The turtle called the phone and ordered a journey by plane, which will be able to fly through the whole globe. A bug of a plane sat down and went on a journey. After a few hours of flight, the captain said that they flew over Egypt and the turtle was lowered down on the parachute right on the pyramids. The turtle was very glad that she saw her girlfriend again.)) Well, something like that ..

You can play together, alternately adding more and more plot turns to the story. Thus, you will develop your creative thinking and oratory skill, and the game will help to learn how to formulate thoughts and build related stories.

Several options for the game:

Each player throws all 9 cubes and tells his story, go in turn from one cube to another.

Players throw out 1 cube in turn by adding their part of the story to the already formed history. We guarantee, it's very fun! As a complication, you can agree on the story genre, for example, it may be a thriller, a foreigner's travel notes in Russia, one day from the life of a super hero, etc.

You can add to the starting set of cubes from other thematic sets,

Everyone love to listen to exciting stories about travel, adventure and unprecedented achievements. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to tell them, because few people can invent and present their version of events. But the prosperous at this field becomes writers, journalists and ... just interesting people with whom they are pleased to be a conversation. In this review, I will talk about unusual cubes that will allow everyone to become a soul of the company, and perhaps the famous writer. Today on a pink sofa - amazing "RORY'S STORY CUBES".

The magic of cubes attracts humanity for many centuries for many centuries, to observe the flight of the hexagon can be infinitely, and the resulting result is always perceived as a kind of miracle (pleasant or not - according to circumstances). There are no familiar points for me in my hands, but a different drawings are depicted, on the basis of which novice tolders are invited to compile their first stories.

I invented these wonderful hexagons of Irishman Rory O'Connor. As an idea of \u200b\u200bthe author, the original cubes were intended as a gaming manual for the development of creative abilities. The idea received the most enthusiastic response, and in 2005, Rory together with the Publishing House "Kadon Enterprises" publishes the first "Story Cubes" with stickers packed in canvas bags.

Success exceeded all expectations - unusual cubes "rolled up to holes", stickers were erased, and in 2007 the author decided to open its own production. From this point on, the procession of unusual hexagons around the world began ...

Each story is a small fairy tale, and any fairy tale should be beautifully framed and create an atmosphere of the holiday. Rory came up with a branded spectacular packaging with bright printing, consisting of an external "cover" and an inner box made of dense cardboard.

"Creativity can be trained like muscles. Cubes stories are a simulator for training creative abilities, memory and thinking!"- Rory O'Connor, the inventor of the game.

In the distant country of Ireland RORY O "Connor invented cubes of stories like tutorial For the development of creativity and skill solving problems. At the very beginning of his idea, Rory caused 54 images on the Rubik Cube and, turning the puzzle side in random order, created a particular set of images on one of the parties. The player, in this case, it was necessary to start his story from the words "once ..." and continue the story based on the characters depicted under the numbers 1, 2, 3 and so on until 9 cubes on which the story should end. Then someone offered the author to make 9 different hexagoned cubes - and the same 54 images were now on playing cubes, which simplified the creation of tasks, on the one hand, and at the same time made the game more visual and interesting. So in 2005 the first version appeared and the history of the development and commercial success of the game began.

And that's how it was:

Long before the invention of Cubes, Rory O'Connor was engaged in developing creativity and abilities to solve various creative tasks. Working by the coach and coaches in the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast, he helped people creative professions overcome their crisis points.

Metacube.RORY (Rubik Cube) - end of February 2004..

"When Rory had an idea of \u200b\u200ba methakuba, he took as the basis of Dr. Hungarian technician for the development of creative abilities for inventors called Advanced Civilisation. He described me this idea in the smallest details. Our first child was only a few weeks and I had small concentration problems. I asked him (how polite it could make a young mother with chronic lack of sleep) to make a prototype so that I could understand how it works. And he did"- recalls Anita Murphy, spouse and partner Rory in The Creativity Hub.

Rory placed fifty-four images on Rubik's cube cells, where the player was supposed to take a cube, twist it, mixing the pictures, choose one of the sides of the cube, and tell the story using nine images on it.

However, in the company of 7 TOWNS, which owns the rights to Kubyk Rubik, did not fully understand and adopted the idea of \u200b\u200bRory, and asked not to engage in its further development based on Rubik's cube. And in May 2004, Rory comes up with an alternative version of its intellectual game - 9 different cubes are all with the same 54 images.

This version of the game in 2005 notes Kate Jones, who is familiar to Rory, who works in Kadon Enterprises, which suggested release the first batch of cubes of stories called RORY "S Story Cubes. Images on playing cubes were applied using stickers.

After a couple of years, in 2007 the author decides to make its own production and produces its first version of cubes of stories, where stickers are also used. He developed a convenient box for cubes, which will continue to be the main for cubes of stories.

Rory continues his experiments and produces cubes without stickers, as he received feedback from buyers about the shortcomings of cubes with stickers. So the new version of the cubes of stories appear, where the images are already printed on the plastic surface of the cubes. And as it turned out, this version was not good enough - the printed images scratched and erased. And Rori is solved on a fairly expensive design of the production of cubes. It decides to place the contours of the images that are already laid in injection molds. That is, images have already appeared with a cube. For 9 cubes it was necessary to develop 9 different injection molds. And now the paint has not threatened anything, because all the images in the cubes were recessed by 0.5mm! It is on this technology that the cubes are produced still.

From the date of the official appearance of the final version of the cubes of stories in 2007, people of various professions and hobbies find all new, and new applications with cubes. According to the inventor, the best is that all these people first get their own, special pleasure from the game! Cubes of stories help people gather together and create an interesting common story, which may never exist before.

The Creativity Hub belonging to Rory and Alien, almost every day comes with gratitude and reports about how cubes of stories inspired one or another person to start writing a book, draw, learn to talk (for example, in a foreign language) and even thanks For fun time with friends, playing in telling stories using the RORY "S Story Cubes.

Symbolism in cubes

On every face of a cube stories, in each of its picture, there is a special meaning that the author of this game laid himself. Some characters read quickly and not forced, we can interpret them very easily, for example:

Symbol of "Bee"

Bee, perhaps, one of the easiest characters to compile any of your history. In addition, this insect has quite human qualities and characteristics, so interpret and insert the edge of the cube with a bee does not occur with us difficulties. Bee has become one of the first images of living beings on. Gradually, with awareness that animals fit very well almost, that in any story, the author of the game also added images of living beings to new sets.

But there are some characters in the cubes of stories that encourage us to think, looking for similar associations, since in ordinary life, we can not know their meaning, for example:

Symbol "L"

In the same set of "Cubes Original stories there is a strange symbol in the square" L ". There are versions that this is a sofa, room plan, Russian letter "g". The most interesting thing is that such a question does not arise at the homeland of the game in Ireland and in the UK. The thing is that "L" is a reduction from the word "Learner", it is such a sign that hang on cars behind the wheel of which is a student, as in Russia, the sign "U" in the triangle. And although, with the spread of cubes of stories far beyond the limits of the author's native land, it became obvious that this symbol does not have its initial meaning in other countries, but the author of the game decided to maintain this picture as a reminder that cubes of stories were invented in Ireland !

Types of cubes stories

The very first characters that generally appeared on the cubes of stories from Rory. Required and sufficient minimum pictures so that your story is a long, interesting and intriguing.

But on the numerous requests of users of original cubes, which did not have enough time to quickly come up with or find associations for ordinary characters, Rory went to the meeting to add more pictures. He came up with several other full-scale sets consisting of 9 playing cubes, and then added mini kits that include only 3 cubes, but having a narrow topic. And also, in the last 2 years, cubes have appeared based on well-known stories from famous world authors, and several more new series of cubes on well-known cartoons and works - expect!

In this set of stories, presented the faces of cubes symbolizing any actions, all 54 pictures depict the most common verbs. Pictures are painted in blue, so mixing them with other sets, you always distinguish what kind of cubes. Excellent, if you want to give the dynamics of your storytelling history or use this tool purposefully to learn a foreign language.

For lovers, not something new, goes to distant hiking and travel, will help another full-fledged new set, consisting of 9 cubes of Rory. Cubes of travel stories are painted in light green paint, so boldly add them to your own disadvantage of wandering and travel.

Who in childhood did not like fairy tales? Yes, perhaps, we all remember them, and with tenderness treat them, even mature. Symbols of fairy tales in the RORY "S Story Cubes are collected from all over the world, they will be understood as children and adults. Throw the top of the cubes about fairy tales, and strengthen your story with unusual characters and their adventures.

For flyers of flights far beyond the land, Rory came up with a small addition from 3 cubes about space. Aliens, space ships, planets and intergalactic travel - one of the favorites, not only, children's topics that are full of mysteries and secrets! Compose a fantastic story or talk about scientific research? To solve only you!

The topic of this set is animals and their interaction with a person. You can use as an independent mini-set, if you want to create a narrow story story, and even better combine with other cubes stories so that the story is wider and varied.

Start your story with the company entry " A long time ago...". After all, it will be about prehistoric times and ancient people, asteroids and hunting, about archaeological excavations. Create your ancient history that began a long time ago.

"Faster, higher, stronger!" - The famous motto of the Olympic Games, which will definitely sound in the game with the cubes of the "Sport" series. 18 images on the topic of achievements, competitions, victories and conquest of the first places. And despite the name of the additional set, it seems that related to sport, the scope of application of this set can be completely different, for example, in coaching, where victories and achievement of goals are also important.

In the pictures of this additional version of the cubes you will find myths and legends, as well as the famous heroes of ancient Greece. Create your colorful story filled with wisdom and deep meaning of ancient Greek myths.

For a conversation on the topics of health and stories from the life of the doctors, 18 new pictures will bring a variety of in your game. Add them to travel cubes and compose an incredible story of salvation around the world.

Will your stories lack a notch of fear? Want to add to the narration of goosebumps, the soul of the incident, mystical details or intriguing voltage? With a mini-set of "horror" you can try yourself as the author of a detective or thriller!

And if you dreamed of revealing a crime, having visited the main role of the detective, then it is just about cubes from a set of evidence. Among the pictures you will find fingerprints, traces of DNA, mysterious signs and various items associated with traces of incident. Soch your mystical history and discover it.

One of the full sets belonging to a certain genre and theme. The author of cubes of the stories of Rory devoted him to all fans of super heroes. Tell me at the very beginning of your story "On the dark streets of Gotam ..." and the story will begin to be born right in your eyes. Only the authors of this Gotham story will decide whether the riddle plans another crime, or maybe the story will depend on whether a Joker from the hospital of Arkham will be? All decide!

In the books of the Finnish author Tuva Jansen in Mumi-Shake lives the Family-Trolley family, which in its own example shows readers, as need to love and take care of each other. Sniff, Sunsmumurik, Frequen Snork, Philafonym, all of them are mumy-trolls, sincerely, naive and friendly, their problems are relevant for everyone, and books in which their adventures are described very easily and quickly. Therefore, they love them all over the world and adults and children. Who did not read or have not seen the cartoons about the family of mummy trolls. Just for such lovers of Mummikov, Rory and created a full set of "Cubes of the History of Mummy Trolli." Start your story with words " Once in Mumi-Shake ..."And I have a story about good and responsive creatures!

In 2016, new thematic sets of cubes of stories appeared. For example, an additional mini-set of Fantasia, consisting of 3 cubes, after him the light saw the Adventure Time, and then there were a full set of cubes Dr. Who, Scooby Doo and Lunie Tunes.

And what set of cubes of stories would you like to see?

to be continued...