Written January 07, 2025 in 7 minutes as part of the Gentle Games Habit
A cooperative game of describing a home.
Players take turns going in a circle describing different aspects of a home. When done, the home can be used as a setting for some type of roleplaying game, story, other creative project, or just an imaginary place people enjoy thinking about.
On your turn, choose one thing about the home to describe.
- Type of home - Victorian house, industrial loft, apartment, yurt, cob hut, shack, etc.
- Add a person to live at the home - where do they sleep and spend their time in the home?
- Add a room to the home - could be indoor or even an outdoor space
- Describe the function of a room, beyond the obvious - it’s a kitchen, used for cooking. But what else? House meetings? Dance parties? Awkward passings by?
- Add a descriptor to a room - could be decoration, wall color, furniture, messiness
- Describe a significant event that happened in a room - a happy memory or a painful memory of the people who live there
If someone is artistically inclined, they can draw the home, or everyone can draw as they’re describing it.
Players can pass if they’d prefer or offer suggestions to other players when it’s not their turn. End when everyone agrees they feel complete.