story chain game

How To Play The Finish the story game is a fun group activity which develops each player’s storytelling skills. This game is best played between 2 to 8 players. The aim of the game is to create a complete story as a team. Going around in a circle each player will contribute one sentence to the story. Here are some step-by-step instructions on how to play the game: 1. Gather your players 2. Person one (this could be the teacher), starts off the story. 3. Person two continues the story by saying the next sentence. 4. Person three carries the story on and so on. Depending on the size of the group each player may have between 2 to 5 goes each. 5. When the story is coming to an end, the last player says the ending sentence. Finish the Story Game Rules & Tips

There are not many rules in this game, as the goal of this game is to expand your child’s imagination. However, there are some tips to make sure the game goes smoothly: 1. You need at least two players in the game 2. Players must finish the previous sentence off and then start off a new sentence. 3. The game can be as long as you like or as short as you like. Make sure you go around the circle, so each player has equal turns. You can appoint someone has the game moderator (i.e. the teacher). Their job could be to write the story down as the players are speaking to keep a record of it. . If players are a little shy or if you’re looking to improve writing skills, you can use a paper and pen in this game instead of saying the sentences out loud. Feel free to experiment and customise the game in any way you like to suit your player’s abilities and writing level.

Finish the Story Example Game Here’s an example of the finish the story game in practice, played between three players: Player 1: As the rain poured, I walked to… Player 2: School. Here I saw… Player 3: An alien. He was… Player 1: Dancing. So I asked him… Player 2: What are you doing here? He replied… Player 3: I’m here to eat you all! I ran… Player 1: To my mom’s house. And shouted… Player 2: Mom, where’s my lunch? She said… Player 3: Your lunch is at school. So I walked…

Player 1: To school. And found… Player 2: The alien had my lunch. However… Player 3: That alien was my dad. And then… Player 1: We laughed. My dad called me a… Player 2: Silly snail. And he… Player 3: hugged me. The end. In this example game, each player had 5 turns and then finished their game. Remember you can finish your story in any amount of turns you like!