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Nature documentary party game: Nature Documentary
Someone in this room is the wildlife. You write the narration in secret, and somebody else reads it out, hushed and serious.
- ~20 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- Included in Pro
- Ages 10+
What it feels like
Here, in the living room, a rare creature stirs. Here's how it works. Everyone writes a nature documentary, in secret, about someone else in the room. Then a different person reads it out loud, hushed and serious, without having seen it, and keeps a straight face. The room rates the laugh. Then the narrator guesses who wrote it.
How to play
- In secret, write a line for the person named on your phone. They'll read it out loud to the room without seeing it first.
- When it's your turn to read, stand up, read every word, and keep a straight face.
- Everyone else rates the laugh on their phone. Then the reader guesses who wrote it.
Scoring: The writer gets 1 point for a groan, 2 for a laugh and 3 for the floor, from each person rating. A reader who keeps a straight face takes 2; one who cracks gives them to the writer. Guess the writer right and the reader takes 1, wrong and the writer does.
You'll get prompts like
- “Narrate {s} looking for the TV remote”
- “Narrate {s} at a buffet”
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.
