IMAGINE × CONNECT

The Completely Wrong Documentary

Narrate an ordinary task as if it is astonishing wildlife footage.JoyRiders Play library

imaginative reframinghumorshared improvisationeveryday play

PLAYERStwo people / group

TIME3–12 min

ENERGYlow / medium

PLACEindoors / outdoors / anywhere

SETUPnone

COMMUNITYNot yet rated

HOW TO PLAY

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1Choose one featured mover and one narrator. The mover begins an ordinary task or repeated action without explaining it.
2For thirty seconds, the narrator describes the mover like a nature-documentary animal while deliberately inventing the species, habitat, and reason for every action.
3When thirty seconds ends—or when the narrator laughs so hard they cannot continue—the narrator becomes the next mover and another player becomes narrator.
4Finish after everyone has been the featured mover once. With two players, trade roles after every turn.

REMIX THE RULES

Play variationNarrate someone loading the dishwasher as a rare bird building its nest.

Play variationDescribe brushing teeth as a deep-sea animal defending its territory.

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