Fortunately, Unfortunately
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Fortunately, Unfortunately is a word game first played at conventions of the National Puzzlers' League in the late 1980s. It was invented and introduced by one-time NPL president David Scott Marley. The game is best played in groups with an odd number of people.
Gameplay
*One person begins with a sentence (e.g. "One day Little Johnny walked to the local shoe shop").
*The next person tells of something unfortunate that happens (e.g. "Unfortunately, Little Johnny was hit by a refrigerator.").
*The following person contributes a fortunate event (e.g. "Fortunately, the refrigerator was made entirely of marshmallows"), and the process is repeated.
The game does not have any specified ending point.
Book
There is a children's book named "Fortunately" by Remy Charlip that follows this same pattern.
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