How to Play Consequences

Have the players sit in a circle; each person is provided with a half sheet of notepaper and a pencil., Have each person write on the top (1) one or more adjectives. , Fold the paper over, so that what has been written cannot be seen. , Keep passing...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Have the players sit in a circle; each person is provided with a half sheet of notepaper and a pencil.

    Every player has to pass his or her paper on to the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top of the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor: (2) "the name of the man;" after having done this, the paper must again be folded and passed on as before; this time must be written (3) one or more adjectives; then (4) a woman's name; next (5), where they met; next (6), what he gave her; next (7), what he said to her; next (8), what she said to him; next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what the world said about it. , When everyone has written what the world says, the papers are collected and a spokesperson proceeds to read out the various papers.

    As an example, an end result can read something like this: (1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr.

    Brown (3) met the charming (4) Miss Philips (5) in Lincoln Park; (6) he gave her a flower (7) and said to her: "How's your mother?" (8) She said to him: "I'm sick of eating hamburgers"; and (9) the consequence was they won the hot-dog eating competition, and the world said (10), "Just what we expected."
  2. Step 2: Have each person write on the top (1) one or more adjectives.

  3. Step 3: Fold the paper over

  4. Step 4: so that what has been written cannot be seen.

  5. Step 5: Keep passing the papers.

  6. Step 6: Be careful that every time anything has been written

  7. Step 7: the paper is folded down and passed on to the player on your right.

Detailed Guide

Every player has to pass his or her paper on to the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top of the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor: (2) "the name of the man;" after having done this, the paper must again be folded and passed on as before; this time must be written (3) one or more adjectives; then (4) a woman's name; next (5), where they met; next (6), what he gave her; next (7), what he said to her; next (8), what she said to him; next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what the world said about it. , When everyone has written what the world says, the papers are collected and a spokesperson proceeds to read out the various papers.

As an example, an end result can read something like this: (1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr.

Brown (3) met the charming (4) Miss Philips (5) in Lincoln Park; (6) he gave her a flower (7) and said to her: "How's your mother?" (8) She said to him: "I'm sick of eating hamburgers"; and (9) the consequence was they won the hot-dog eating competition, and the world said (10), "Just what we expected."

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