ALPHABET TALES

This is an alphabetical game, but it doesn't involve any writing. The aim is to tell a story from player to player going right through the alphabet.

Player Number One thinks of a subject for the story beginning with an A. For example, he might say: 'A was an Artichoke'. The second player carries the tale on by naming an incident beginning with B: 'B baked it'. On it goes: 'C cooked it', 'D diced it', 'E encrusted it', 'F fried it', 'G gobbled it all up' — until (if you're all clever enough) you get to Z.

Each incident must have something to do with what has gone before. For instance, an Artichoke is a vegetable so it can't suddenly start running about or behaving as a human might do (you could get round this perhaps by saying 'E enchanted it', or even 'C changed it into a frog'!).

Any player who fails to think up a suitable incident within a short time-limit (say, five seconds) must drop out. If nobody has won by the time you reach Z, then you begin again at A.

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