Origin Story is a must-follow trick-taking game with love as the trump suit. The game is 5 rounds of 8 tricks each.

At the beginning of each round, players will use stamina to charge story cards on their player mat (often after playing a new story card). Then they choose their alignment for the round; heroes want to win tricks, and villains want to lose all tricks.

Each trick represents a crisis. The winner of the trick is the player who performs the most heroic deed to save the day.

The 3rd round includes a twist in the form of a random event card, and the 5th round begins with each player revealing their superhero identity.

After playing all 5 rounds, each player will have a complete origin story comprising their character, 4 story cards, and 1 superhero card.