--- product_id: 3585768 title: "Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game" brand: "atlas games" price: "Β£31.17" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 category: "Atlas Games" url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/3585768-atlas-once-upon-a-time-3rd-ed-multi-colored-kid store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # 30-min average playtime Vibrant storybook-style art 51 unique ending cards Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game **Brand:** atlas games **Price:** Β£31.17 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ“š Spin your tale, steal the spotlight, and never miss a story night! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game by atlas games - **How much does it cost?** Β£31.17 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/3585768-atlas-once-upon-a-time-3rd-ed-multi-colored-kid) ## Best For - atlas games enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted atlas games brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Quick Yet Deep Gameplay:** Enjoy captivating 30-minute sessions perfect for busy professionals. - β€’ **Expanded 3rd Edition Deck:** 51 diverse ending cards and refined story elements for richer gameplay. - β€’ **Master the Art of Storytelling:** Craft immersive fairy tales with dynamic plot twists and secret endings. - β€’ **Award-Winning Creativity Booster:** Enhance imagination and communication skills in a social setting. - β€’ **Collaborative & Competitive Play:** Engage players of all ages in a fun, interactive narrative battle. ## Overview Once Upon A Time 3rd Edition is an award-winning storytelling card game by Atlas Games that challenges players to collaboratively create fairy tales using colorful, storybook-style cards. Featuring 51 unique ending cards and refined narrative elements, it offers engaging 30-minute gameplay sessions ideal for players aged 12 and up. Perfect for social gatherings, it sharpens creativity and quick thinking while delivering memorable, interactive fun. ## Description Once Upon a Time is the award-winning storytelling card game that encourages creativity and collaborative play. Once player is the Storyteller, and beings telling a story using the fairy tale elements on her Story cards, guiding the plot toward her Ending Card. The other players use their own cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to use all her Story Cards and play her Ending Card. The object of the game, though, is not so much to win as to have fun creating a story together. Review: Fun game, are you quick witted? - Great game. I've played a handful of games with different crowds. You'll notice a tendency for people to merge story elements together that repeat, but other than that it is a fun challenging game. We typically spend about 30 minutes a game to finish unless someone gets a nice story going and no one can interrupt. The premise of the game is really simple. You get some story elements: Places, People, Aspects (Think adjects, describing words) Things, and Events. You start telling your story, with the cards you have... and no cheating and using three cards at once. Its one part of the story, per card. What is nice is the interrupts, because everyone is aiming to get their "Ending Card" so they have to shape the story their way... so at times when you are trying to cure the prince from a curse, you get interrupted and the prince ends up dying... that puts a damper in your plans. Very fun game, and I see many people recommend it as a great games to teach English skills, but it also is a great family game. Everyone gets involved and silly, and my church youth also have a blast telling wacky stories. If I had to complain about anything, it would have to be the lack of a card holder. So many cards and the box they are in doesn't keep them organize, and they bounce around in there. I'd like maybe a box or something smaller and more compact to hold the cards in. For now, rubber bands will do. Also, the artwork is top notch. Really nice touch to the story elements is the colorfully drawn art on the cards. Review: The best storytelling game, very fun to play, highly memorable - This is a game of telling stories. Each person has a hand of plot points and an ending, and someone starts telling a story. Players can use their cards to take over the storytelling. The first to fluidly incorporate their plot points into the story, and then to get to their ending wins that particular story round. In the games I've played, the stories are so entertaining that I sometimes can't break the flow with one of my cards, because I'm more interested in how the story is going than in winning. That's one of the keys to winning -- be a fantastic storyteller. If a story starts rambling, then people are more likely to take control. I've reviewed previous versions of the game, so I'll start with a comparison of versions. The art is very good in both versions: 2nd has bolder art, and the 3rd is softer with more emphasis on color than line, more storybookish. The card layout is much better in the 3rd edition, with the card type and name in the upper corners. These cards are easier to play with. Here are the changes to the main decks, listing the cards that were replaced or changed in the new edition. I approve of all of these changes. Some of them make the game more friendly. or more in tune to fairy tales. Character 2nd: Bird, Old man, Old woman, Sheperdess Character 3rd: Dragon, Guard, Old person Event 2nd: A trap, Dream Event 3rd: Found, Imprisoned, Lost, Making mischief, Returned, Sleeping, This comes alive Item 2nd: Boat Item 3rd: A trap, A well, Cauldron, Clothes, Stairs, Wall Place 2nd: At sea, Chapel, Island, Prison, Stairs, Town Place 3rd: Church, City, Dungeon, Garden, In the sky, Swamp Aspect 2nd: Evil, Insane, Lost, Sleeping, Stupid, This animal can talk, This item can talk Aspect 3rd: Brave, Crazy, Foolish, Healed, Sad, This can talk, Wicked The second edition had 23 ending cards, the 3rd edition has 51 ending cards (such as "Which meant they would become king and queen in the course of time"). The box looks much nicer, but it's also about three times larger than it needs to be, which makes the game less portable. If you have a previous edition, these are all factors to think about when considering whether to upgrade. I recommend all editions of this game. The cards are better in the 3rd edition, but the box is unnecessarily huge, and thus won't be brought to as many conventions. ## Features - Tell a tale based on random topics in your hand and try to steer the story toward your secret conclusion. - Appeals to players of all ages. - Once Upon a Time is a game in which the players work together to create a new fairy tale using elements from their cards like dungeons, giants, and cauldrons. Steer the story toward the secret ending you hold. - To win the game, play all of your story cards and steer the story to the ending card held in your hand! And they all lived happily ever after…we hope ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 1589781317 | | Age Range Description | Kid | | Best Sellers Rank | #143,075 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #710 in Standard Playing Card Decks #3,439 in Board Games (Toys & Games) | | Brand Name | Atlas Games | | Color | Multi-colored | | Container Type | Box | | Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (757) | | Educational Objective | Develop storytelling skills, creativity, and social interaction | | Grenre | Storytelling | | Included Components | Cards | | Indoor Outdoor Usage | Indoor | | Is Assembly Required | No | | Item Dimensions | 5.5 x 14 x 27.5 inches | | Item Part Number | ATG1030 | | Item Type Name | Card Game | | Item Weight | 0.88 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Atlas Games | | Manufacturer Maximum Age (MONTHS) | 1000.0 | | Manufacturer Minimum Age (MONTHS) | 144.0 | | Manufacturer Part Number | AG1030 | | Manufacturer Warranty Description | No Warranty | | Material Type | Cardboard | | Model Name | Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed | | Model Number | AG1030 | | Model Year | 1999 | | Number of Items | 1 | | Number of Players | 2-6 | | Operation Mode | Manual | | Other Special Features of the Product | Storytelling, Hand Management, New Artwork, Expanded Card Set | | Package Quantity | 1 | | Power Source | manual | | Product Style | Custom | | Set Name | Once Upon a Time | | Size | 14 x 5.5 x 27.5 inches | | Sub Brand | Once Upon a Time | | Subject Character | Fairy Tale | | Theme | Game | | UPC | 978158978130 | | Unit Count | 1.0 Count | ## Images ![Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61BI1c4zazL.jpg) ![Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71BflMxvP9L.jpg) ![Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71X2ywgUcDL.jpg) ![Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51tUVC3y98L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun game, are you quick witted? *by E***A on December 29, 2014* Great game. I've played a handful of games with different crowds. You'll notice a tendency for people to merge story elements together that repeat, but other than that it is a fun challenging game. We typically spend about 30 minutes a game to finish unless someone gets a nice story going and no one can interrupt. The premise of the game is really simple. You get some story elements: Places, People, Aspects (Think adjects, describing words) Things, and Events. You start telling your story, with the cards you have... and no cheating and using three cards at once. Its one part of the story, per card. What is nice is the interrupts, because everyone is aiming to get their "Ending Card" so they have to shape the story their way... so at times when you are trying to cure the prince from a curse, you get interrupted and the prince ends up dying... that puts a damper in your plans. Very fun game, and I see many people recommend it as a great games to teach English skills, but it also is a great family game. Everyone gets involved and silly, and my church youth also have a blast telling wacky stories. If I had to complain about anything, it would have to be the lack of a card holder. So many cards and the box they are in doesn't keep them organize, and they bounce around in there. I'd like maybe a box or something smaller and more compact to hold the cards in. For now, rubber bands will do. Also, the artwork is top notch. Really nice touch to the story elements is the colorfully drawn art on the cards. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best storytelling game, very fun to play, highly memorable *by E***R on March 11, 2013* This is a game of telling stories. Each person has a hand of plot points and an ending, and someone starts telling a story. Players can use their cards to take over the storytelling. The first to fluidly incorporate their plot points into the story, and then to get to their ending wins that particular story round. In the games I've played, the stories are so entertaining that I sometimes can't break the flow with one of my cards, because I'm more interested in how the story is going than in winning. That's one of the keys to winning -- be a fantastic storyteller. If a story starts rambling, then people are more likely to take control. I've reviewed previous versions of the game, so I'll start with a comparison of versions. The art is very good in both versions: 2nd has bolder art, and the 3rd is softer with more emphasis on color than line, more storybookish. The card layout is much better in the 3rd edition, with the card type and name in the upper corners. These cards are easier to play with. Here are the changes to the main decks, listing the cards that were replaced or changed in the new edition. I approve of all of these changes. Some of them make the game more friendly. or more in tune to fairy tales. Character 2nd: Bird, Old man, Old woman, Sheperdess Character 3rd: Dragon, Guard, Old person Event 2nd: A trap, Dream Event 3rd: Found, Imprisoned, Lost, Making mischief, Returned, Sleeping, This comes alive Item 2nd: Boat Item 3rd: A trap, A well, Cauldron, Clothes, Stairs, Wall Place 2nd: At sea, Chapel, Island, Prison, Stairs, Town Place 3rd: Church, City, Dungeon, Garden, In the sky, Swamp Aspect 2nd: Evil, Insane, Lost, Sleeping, Stupid, This animal can talk, This item can talk Aspect 3rd: Brave, Crazy, Foolish, Healed, Sad, This can talk, Wicked The second edition had 23 ending cards, the 3rd edition has 51 ending cards (such as "Which meant they would become king and queen in the course of time"). The box looks much nicer, but it's also about three times larger than it needs to be, which makes the game less portable. If you have a previous edition, these are all factors to think about when considering whether to upgrade. I recommend all editions of this game. The cards are better in the 3rd edition, but the box is unnecessarily huge, and thus won't be brought to as many conventions. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun game for me and my younger kids *by G***E on November 24, 2025* I will admit I have not gotten fully used to this style of gameplay. At times we end up in tricky situations where we don't remember some detail or went on some difficult tangent. I think with more careful moderation and adherence to the rules, we will be past that. It is still fun, even playing and explaining the rules to my 5 and 9 year old children as we play. There is just enough chalnenge in the rules, I think, to keep it from feeling boring or a waste of time to someone who is goal oriented. I would highly reccommend this to anyone liooking to use your imagination to create a fun experienc with your kids, friends, or family! ## Frequently Bought Together - Atlas Once Upon A Time 3rd Ed, Multi-Colored, Kid Game - Once Upon a Time: Enchanting Tales - Once Upon A Time: Knightly Tales --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/3585768-atlas-once-upon-a-time-3rd-ed-multi-colored-kid](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/3585768-atlas-once-upon-a-time-3rd-ed-multi-colored-kid) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*