The Story of the Story Dice

I picked up a set of Story Dice at Target for just a buck last Friday night. For those of you who don't know, Story Dice are a set of dice with pictures on them that are used to get a story or conversation started. You roll the dice and then make up a story (a sentence or two is fine) based on the images that appear. This particular set consists of four six-sided dice (4d6) with pictures of various camping-related things, animals, and activities - a tent, a pop-up trailer, trees, a bear, S'mores and so on.

Some businesses use them as a tool to teach improved collaboration or as a "warm up" for creative meetings.

Me?

I encourage nonsensical combinations.

For example, a roll of...

resulted in...

"On a cloudy camping trip, I wrestled a squirrel for S'mores."

became, "When I was camping, I took my canoe out to look at the clouds when a pine cone hit me in the head."

Then there was...

"On a cloudy day in the woods, a bear walked up to me and said, "Hey, bro, do you want some S'mores?"

"One day, it was really cloudy, right? Suddenly, pine cones began raining out of the sky. They crushed my tent so I covered myself with a giant feather and ran home." was the result of this roll...

But my favorite had to have been, "One day, I was camping and while watching the clouds, I saw a butterfly. I followed the butterfly until I came across a feather on the ground and a ladybug landed on my arm. Suddenly, I looked up and a tornado of ladybugs swarmed me. I was eaten alive."