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Community resources

This page is a growing collection of guides, articles, and tools relevant to Storium players.

All of these resources are generously provided by the Storium user community, or by other folks on the Internet. We think they’re pretty cool and we expect you’ll find them helpful!

If you have suggestions for additional resources to add to this page, please email us at contact@storium.com. Thanks!

Articles and how-tos

• Storium Basics: a set of posts covering the basics of Storium. (By Storium user @Matjaza)
• Storium Theory: an ongoing blog series that more deeply explores Storium and offers advice on play. (By Storium user @Matjaza)
• Formatting Guide: a helpful summary of which formatting markups Storium supports. (By Storium user @erindubitably)
• Ideas for Strength and Weakness cards: based on the Myers-Briggs personality test. (By Storium user @erindubitably)
• Considerate & Constructive Character Creation: a brief guide for creating characters in a way that helps the narrator tell their story, and enables you to interact constructively with both the plot and your fellow players. (By Storium user @Furare)

Podcasts

• Storium Arc: the first fan podcast solely dedicated to Storium! It’s been running for years now and is a treasure trove of great discussions, interviews, and insights.

Communication

• Storium chat on Slack: a discussion area for all things Storium, operated by members of the community. Click this link to request access.

Generators

• TV Tropes Story Generator: from the folks at TV Tropes, this tool generates a random set of components for telling a story.
• Fantasy Name Generators: randomly generates names for characters and places in fantasy settings, along with numerous other genres.
• Sci-Fi Name Generator: randomly generates names for science fiction characters across a variety of sub-genres.
• Abulafia: a wiki that provides a wide range of story- and character-related generators.