Story makers · Fright Night · the halloween pack
The Ghost Story
Everyone adds one line, seeing only the line before. Then read the whole ghost story aloud, lights low.
- ~12 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the Fright Night pack
- Ages 10+
What it feels like
A proper ghost story is never told by one person. It's passed along, and it grows a little stranger each time. Here's how it works. The first person gets the opening line and writes the next one. Each person after that sees only the line before theirs, then adds their own. At the end, read the whole story aloud, from top to bottom, and hear what you made together. Nobody keeps score. The story is the prize, and you can seal the best lines.
How to play
- The first person gets the opening line and writes the next one.
- Each person sees only the line before theirs, then adds their own.
- At the end, read the whole legend aloud, top to bottom.
Scoring: No points. The story is the prize, and you can seal the best lines.
You'll get prompts like
- “Begin a ghost story: it was a quiet night, until the doorbell rang by itself…”
- “Begin a ghost story about a house where one light is always on”
What you need
3 to 10 people and one phone, tablet or laptop to pass around — or everyone on their own phone in a room. Nothing to download, no accounts. The best lines can be sealed into your group's Almanac and come back in later games.
