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The Story Game

Hilarious story-telling game to involve the whole group.

  • Very entertaining
  • Inspires creativity
  • Triggers bursts of laughter
  • Audience participation
  • No props

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Gather your group together.
  2. Explain that one person will aim to retell a story that the rest of the group has created without their input.
  3. To start, ask one person to leave the room to a space where they cannot hear what is being discussed by the rest of the group.
  4. Upon the volunteer’s absence, ask your group to nominate two ‘things’ – one ending with a vowel and the other ending with a consonant, eg kangaroo and train.
  5. This is the story: when the volunteer asks a question if the last word ends with a consonant, the group must answer “YES,” and if it ends with a vowel, the group must answer “NO.”
  6. Invite the storyteller to return to the group and inform them that the story involves the two ‘things’ nominated by the group.
  7. The storyteller may only ask questions that can be answered with a “YES” or “NO” response.
  8. The storyteller starts by asking their first question to re-create the story.
  9. Encourage the story-teller to keep the story moving, to create a beginning, middle and an end to the story.
  10. Allow the storytelling to continue for 10 to 15 minutes.
  11. At a point when the story appears to have reached a conclusion, lead your group into rapturous applause.
  12. Finally, reveal the true story was based on the last letter of each of the storyteller’s questions.

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  1. David Piang-Nee

    Another fabulous one for around a campfire or a talent night. Creative and funny.
    The looks of confusion from the story teller is always fun and keeping track of your consonants and vowels for the crowd is also hilarious when they get confused.

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