lots ofworldbuilding,almost none ofit is relevant toa given story“its ourworld, butWEIRDER”smalltownmetaphysics(or tulpas)MC diesat leastoncethemes oftrauma &mentalillnessa positivemessageat the endpsychologicalor survivalhorrorat least onecharacterhasinsomniaall storiestake placein the sameuniverseset inmoderndayat least onecharacter isactivelysuicidaltimeloopa gun is usedwith majorconsequences“evil”doppelgängermostlyself-containedstoriessilenthill.smallcastsymbolicmonsterswritten to bea videogame(SOMEDAY)parentalissues asa majornarrativeSCPinfluencesdeath isthe leastaccessibleoptionstrangeyet plotrelevantdreamslots ofworldbuilding,almost none ofit is relevant toa given story“its ourworld, butWEIRDER”smalltownmetaphysics(or tulpas)MC diesat leastoncethemes oftrauma &mentalillnessa positivemessageat the endpsychologicalor survivalhorrorat least onecharacterhasinsomniaall storiestake placein the sameuniverseset inmoderndayat least onecharacter isactivelysuicidaltimeloopa gun is usedwith majorconsequences“evil”doppelgängermostlyself-containedstoriessilenthill.smallcastsymbolicmonsterswritten to bea videogame(SOMEDAY)parentalissues asa majornarrativeSCPinfluencesdeath isthe leastaccessibleoptionstrangeyet plotrelevantdreams

PAINT STORY TROPES - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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B
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I
3
I
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N
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G
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G
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G
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I
9
N
10
B
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I
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B
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O
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O
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O
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O
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I
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G
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N
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B
21
G
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O
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B
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N
  1. B-lots of worldbuilding, almost none of it is relevant to a given story
  2. I-“its our world, but WEIRDER”
  3. I-small town
  4. N-metaphysics (or tulpas)
  5. G-MC dies at least once
  6. G-themes of trauma & mental illness
  7. G-a positive message at the end
  8. I-psychological or survival horror
  9. N-at least one character has insomnia
  10. B-all stories take place in the same universe
  11. I-set in modern day
  12. B-at least one character is actively suicidal
  13. O-time loop
  14. O-a gun is used with major consequences
  15. O-“evil” doppelgänger
  16. O-mostly self-contained stories
  17. I-silent hill.
  18. G-small cast
  19. N-symbolic monsters
  20. B-written to be a video game (SOME DAY)
  21. G-parental issues as a major narrative
  22. O-SCP influences
  23. B-death is the least accessible option
  24. N-strange yet plot relevant dreams