The preview CYOA ships Future Hand — keep it. Scene-action modes reuse that card object for choice verbs. Below: event rolls (tarot / table cast / fates) and two wildcards.
Draw a hand from a personal deck. Energy gates what you can play. Discard the rest, draw again — tactics over pure choice lists.
The pulses roll deeper through Zoe as she crosses the open quad. Her steps falter for half a beat while students stream past — Lila’s laugh carries from the path ahead.
Possible moves sit in your hand like a dealt future. Spend energy wisely — the next draw reshuffles the leftovers.
Same fan as Future Hand, plus energy costs, draw pile, and discard. Best when actions are reusable verbs the story re-deals each beat.
Tactical · resource-gated · multi-turnCompose 1–3 cards into one compound action before commit. Reads like a spell recipe; good for “do A then B” beats.
Compositional · deliberate · expressiveFace-down spread — flip to reveal, then draw-to-commit. Mystery and reveal pacing; strong for tarot / fate metaphors.
Reveal drama · low complexity · ritualOpen row of offers; draft into a private hand, then play. Separates “what’s available” from “what I choose to hold.”
Agency · scarcity · two-step choosePlace a card onto a narrative zone (Approach / Words / Body / Exit). Spatial grammar for where the action lands.
Spatial · scene-aware · placementMajor-arcana style event deck. Pull 1–3 with upright/reversed. The reading is the roll — not a player choice.
Event roll · ritual · upright/reversedToss a hand onto the felt. Cards land scattered; flip them to read the event. Physical “dice roll” energy.
Event roll · scatter · revealSituation · Twist · Fallout. One draw fills a three-card story beat the narrator can play as an interrupt.
Event roll · structured · synthesisYou vs Fate — both draw, ranks compare. Win softens the beat; lose hardens it; ties braid both.
Contest · opposed roll · wildcardPick a path down escalating tiers (whisper → surge → break). Risk is chosen; outcome is still a draw.
Risk ladder · path pick · wildcard
Baseline stays Future Hand in cyoa-player (draw-then-commit fan).
Event-roll modes are for what happens next, not player agency choices —
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