Three cards, one new rule
Original tabletop game guide
Aim Make a tiny story together, with nobody being knocked out.
You need Three cards labelled PLACE, PROBLEM and CHANGE; scrap paper or spoken/typed labels work. Choose invented ideas, not private stories about classmates.
How to play First, agree who will start or choose a quiet solo route. The first player names an imagined place. The next adds a problem. The last says what changes. With one player, move through the same three labels yourself.
Change the game If an idea feels uncomfortable, replace it without having to explain. If you want a challenge, make the ending surprising but leave a clue earlier. A person may point, type, sign, dictate or pass; another player can move the cards at their direction.
Example PLACE: a shop for umbrellas. PROBLEM: every umbrella wants a different name. CHANGE: the owner writes removable name tags. The example is fiction. These rules offer a way to play; they do not report that a class has tried it.
Grown-up help
An invented low-cost game. Participation and sensory access are chosen locally. No real child data or commercial game text is used.
These are shared texts, not controlled decodables. Use a separately matched school-selected passage for independent reading. All example people and clubs are invented except the explicitly cited general weather facts.