diff --git a/src/game.rs b/src/game.rs
index e1b80d1..44607e7 100644
--- a/src/game.rs
+++ b/src/game.rs
@@ -548,6 +548,17 @@ impl Game {
         new_id
     }
 
+    /// adds a dialogue safely and returns the new dialogue ID
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn add_dialogue(&mut self, mut dialogue: Dialogue) -> String {
+        let new_id = try_id(self.dialogue_ids(), dialogue.id.clone());
+        if new_id != dialogue.id {
+            dialogue.id = new_id.clone();
+        }
+        self.dialogues.push(dialogue);
+        new_id
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn version_line(&self) -> String {
         if self.version.is_some() {