How to stimulate more creative storytelling?
I found a number of "ways to play" on the Story Cubes website. Some just involve getting more or other dice and are little more then showcases or advertisements for different sets, but others are actually house rules, or alternate rules. I will be trying those out.

#4 Superheroes

Each person roles 3 cubes and uses these to create a superhero (superpowers and a name). Then all 9 cubes are rolled by each to create a back story for their superhero. Finally, all 9 cubes are rolled again to create an arch-nemesis, as a group.
Now we're set to play. Cubes are rolled as usual to create exciting adventures pitting the heroes against their enemy.

#1 Roll &amp; Play

Also, while roll &amp; play is the standard way of playing, it showed the icons on the dice do not need to be interpreted as literally as we were doing. No additional rules, but another way of using the existing rules.



I initially thought they were all just advertisements for different sets of cubes, but some of them offer the kind of additions to the rules I was looking for.
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Of course, other ideas are still welcome.