Instruction Manual Die

Inspired by Storyteller Die, this one has you improvising an instruction manual for an unusual object. One player is the Pointer, calling out chapter titles (like "The History of [Object]") and pointing at players in a line. When the finger lands on you, add to the manual, picking up right where the last person's thought or sentence left off. Here's the catch: if you stumble or stutter, the audience shouts "die!". That caps off that chapter, and the Pointer launches a fresh title. The Pointer can pile on extra challenges too, like accents or rhyme.

• Line up together.
• Grab a suggestion for an object that would never normally come with an instruction manual.
• One player takes on the pointer/director role.
• The pointer announces a chapter title (like "The History of OBJECT") and points at a player.
• The player who's pointed at kicks off a sentence.
• The pointer swings to other players, who jump in and continue the sentence right away.
• If someone pauses, stutters, or can't carry it on, the audience shouts "DIE!".
• On a "DIE!", the pointer rolls into the next chapter title.
• The pointer can toss in extra challenges, like accents or rhyming.

• It helps to have players in a line everyone can see. And you'll need an audience suggestion for an unusual object.

• The game is an adapted version of "Story Conductor".
• The pointer can add challenges like accents or doing the manual in rhyme.
• Story with Endowments is a variation where, upon elimination, the audience suggests a new genre for the story to continue in.
• Can include charts, parts lists, or foreign language sections.
• Similar to Storyteller Die.