Two time zones. One board.
We help people connect more deeply with the ones they love — by turning the life you've already lived together into the game you play together.
A long distance relationship gift has one job: make the miles feel smaller. This one maps your story — the airport reunions, the video-call birthdays, the cities you've each shown the other — onto a board you'll finally play in the same room. Until then, the Digital edition prints on both sides of the distance.
The cards call people out by name — and every one passes our Table Test before it prints.
✓ You approve every card before it prints 🔒 Photos deleted after shipping 🚚 Free US shipping (Standard & up)
Conversation starters hand you a question and hope. We hand you your own story.
Every visit becomes a stop — the reunions, the goodbyes, the cities between
Digital edition ($58): print-ready files you can BOTH print, tonight
The printed game ships to either address — theirs or yours
What a card actually looks like.
What time is it right now where Sam is sitting? Within one hour → Maya advances 2. No phones.
An illustrative example — yours is built from the place, person, or story you actually tell us.
Watch two time zones become one board — 30 seconds.
Three steps to closing the miles.
Pick a package
Digital, Standard, Deluxe or Whole Story — checkout takes under a minute, right here.
Tell us your story
A private link opens right after checkout: places, milestones, inside jokes. Messy bullets are perfect.
We craft it, you approve
Read every card, see the full board. Nothing prints until you say so.
Ready when you are.
Build it right here.
The whole story, boxed like an heirloom
Checkout first, then your private story form — you approve every card before anything prints.
Ordering for a date? Boxed games arrive in about 2–3 weeks — Rush runs ~10 days ($29).
Want the full side-by-side comparison? See all packages on the Boardgame page →
We're new — and you'd be one of the first. StoryBeacon is a small studio, and every board so far has been made by hand for someone we know. No stock reviews, no borrowed hype. Just this: you see and approve every card and the full board before anything prints. If it isn't right, we redraw it.
Build my game →Asked before every long distance order
Isn't this like those conversation-card decks?
We love them. They proved millions of people want deeper conversations at the table — and they were right. Their cards just have one structural problem they can never solve: they're printed a million times, so they have to work for a million tables. Which means they can never work for yours. They can ask you a great question about family traditions. They cannot ask you about the '72 road trip, or the apartment with the broken heater, or the fact that Dad still hasn't admitted he got everyone lost in Rome. Conversation starters hand you a question and hope. We hand you your own story.
Can we play it while we're apart?
The Digital edition is built for it — you each print a copy and play over video. The printed board becomes the reunion centerpiece.
Who fills in the form?
Either of you, or both — many long-distance couples fill it on a call together. It's a surprisingly good date.
Do you ship internationally?
Boxed games ship US + Canada today; the Digital edition works worldwide, instantly. (The storybook and map prints ship much wider.)
Also gifting: anniversary · wedding · grandparents · or explore the full Boardgame page →
- You approve every card before it prints
- Not right? We redraw it — or your money back
- Free US shipping