Stuffed Fables

To set up Stuffed Fables, open the adventure book to the designated chapter page and lay it flat. Each player selects a stuffed animal character card, its matching miniature, and starting items. Place the main dice pool bag nearby, along with threat tracks, tokens, and cards for minion and boss encounters as specified by the chapter's rules.

The main objective is to guide a group of brave stuffed animals through a branching narrative campaign within an interactive adventure book. Players must protect their beloved little girl from various nightmarish toys, solve puzzles, and overcome emotional and physical obstacles to complete each story chapter.

During a player's turn, they draw a random handful of colored dice from the bag. Players then find stuffing if conditions are met and place threat dice on the threat track. The active player performs actions such as moving, reserving dice, encouraging teammates, performing skill tests, attacking minions, or searching for items, followed by discarding unused dice and checking threats.

While there is no traditional point-scoring system, success is measured by accumulating stuffing tokens, heart tokens, and useful gear items. Successfully defending against attacks or completing narrative choices rewards characters with healing or bonuses that enhance their abilities.

A game session or chapter ends when the objectives outlined in the story book are successfully achieved, often leading to the next chapter of the campaign. Conversely, if characters run out of stuffing tokens entirely, they are incapacitated and the group may fail the scenario.