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Circular Stories
A game for 1 or more players

Write your own Cliff Hanger episode.

The object of the game is to write a Cliff Hanger story that starts and ends in the same place.

Here's one: Cliff Hanger is hanging from a Cliff, and he can't hold on much longer. Suddenly, he sees a trampoline on the ground below him. He pulls out his trusty Survival Manual, looks up the word "trampoline" and reads, "When you see a trampoline, let go of the branch to land on the trampoline." Cliff Hanger lets go of the branch and falls toward the trampoline. But instead of landing softly and safely, the trampoline bounces him right back up to the hanging branch, leaving Cliff Hanger, hanging from a cliff. And once again, he can't hold on much longer.

Fantastic Pets
A game for 1 or more players

Fantastic pets make for some fantastic stories.

To play, make up a story about a weird or unusual animal who comes to live with you.

What if a bear came to live with you? An eagle? A deer? What would happen? Would you give it a name? Would it sleep in your room? What would it eat for breakfast?

If This Hat Could Talk
A game for one or more players

What if your clothes could tell stories about you? Pick a piece of clothing that you're wearing (scarf, hat, pair of socks). If this piece of clothing could talk, what would it say? Try to think of a time when you were wearing that piece of clothing, and tell the story of what you were doing from the point of view of the hat (or whatever).

Story Starter
A game for 2 or more players

Work as a team to build a story, one line at a time.

One person makes up a sentence that could begin a story. The next person continues the story by adding a sentence of their own. Keep taking turns until you've completed your story. If you want, write it down to read again later.

World's Greatest Author
A game for 1 or more players

Add a twist to the world's greatest stories.

To play, rewrite famous stories and take turns telling them to each other. For example, Goldilocks and the Three Bears could become Goldilocks and the Three Hares, or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs could become Snow White and the Three Little Pigs.

How would the story be different?

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