This one is for all you Campers!
This weekend I had the pleasure of a relaxing trip in VT, with some of my oldest and now newest favorite people. While sitting around the campfire one evening, not wanting to retreat to the cold picnic table, but not yet ready for bed, I posed this question: Is there anything we can do that's not 'truth or dare' or 'never have I ever.' While both games make for excellent teenage drinking games, I like to delude myself into thinking that we young adults were past enjoying drunken hormonal hijinx. One of my friends suggested this game...
Each person going around the campfire makes up the next sentence of a story. The sentences had to be in alphabetical order so the first one starts with 'a' the second with 'b' and so on. The merits to this game became apparent quickly. Nobody refused to play and everyone laughed at some point during the story. For those that strongly dislike tangents and non- sequiters you may want to seek out like-minded individuals before playing.
The results of our story game was something to the effect of a monkey-hunting Chaos Lord wanting to overthrow the rule of the oppressive deer. In the process he perfected the art of fire building assisted by yours truly but then stabbed me in the back (literally.) All the people retreated to an underwater sea castle refusing to let in the Chaos Lord (and the deer) so they all burned up as the newly perfected fire raged across the planet. The end result was the popularization of radioactive warfare and the hit song Zoot Suit Riot.
This was a rather pleasant 30 minute social activity that everyone seemed to enjoy. One thing I'm not sure of is what's the name of the game. If anyone has heard of this game or is familiar with the origin of the game please let me know.
Enjoy
-K
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