Printable Quest Guide
Friends At-Home Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Switchboard
Give a friend group a fresh rainy-day game by building a simple paper switchboard, taking turns adding choices, and guiding one shared adventure toward a surprising ending.
- Time
- 1 Hour
- Cost
- Free
- Best for
- Friends
- Location
- At Home
Your Mission
Build a shared paper adventure that turns a group of ideas into one surprising route through a made-up world.
What You'll Need
- Paper
- Pens or markers
- A coin or small household marker
- A flat table
How to Do the Quest
- 1
Draw a starting box in the center of the page and add two simple choices that lead to different boxes.
- 2
Give each person one turn to add a new choice, keeping the story friendly and possible to explain in one sentence.
- 3
Use a coin or marker to show the current path, then let the group vote on the first branch.
- 4
Read the chosen box aloud and follow its next choice without changing earlier boxes.
- 5
When the path reaches an ending, circle the funniest or most surprising moment and let another person begin a new route.
- 6
Finish by naming one rule that made the story easier for everyone to join, then save the switchboard for another round.
Quest Challenge
Can the group reach an ending where every player contributed at least one useful idea?
Pro Tip
Short choices keep a group story moving; save elaborate backstory for a later version.
Quest Complete
What would you repeat, change, or remember from Friends At-Home Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Switchboard?