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Run a character-guessing game for a book club discussion with ChatGPT

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ChatGPT picked five characters, wrote five clues for each and added discussion questions for Susan Young's book club.

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I'm leading my book club's discussion of [BOOK]. Design a 'Who Is This Character?' game: pick the five most important characters so it still works if some members are absent, write five clues for each from vaguest to most obvious, add simple rules, and give one discussion question per character about their motivations.

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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: A simple, low-prep game that gets my book club talking about the characters.

Questions to ask me first:
- Which book, and how many members usually come?
- How long should the game take?
- What supplies do you have?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Book: [TITLE, AUTHOR]
- Group size: [NUMBER]
- Time: [MINUTES]
- Supplies: [ENVELOPES, PRINTER, MARKERS]

Rules:
- Avoid spoilers beyond what everyone has read.
- Order clues from hardest to easiest.
- Keep the rules to five lines or fewer.
- Base every clue on the book, not adaptations.

Checkpoint: Show the character shortlist before writing the clues.

If you get stuck: If you're unsure a detail is in the book, leave it out.

Verify before you finish: Each set of five clues points to only one character.

Output: Printable clue cards, a rules sheet and discussion questions.

Done when: I can run the game with minimal prep.

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Outcome

Leading a book club discussion of Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety, with its many characters and murder-mystery plotlines, Susan Young asked ChatGPT to help design a 'Who Is This Character?' game using envelopes, printed clues, a stapler and markers. ChatGPT suggested eight characters, then picked the five most important so the game would work if some members were absent, wrote five clues for each and a simple rules sheet, and added a discussion question for each character. Many characters were identified, and Young says the game led to a meaningful discussion of their motivations. ChatGPT also found a 1920s recipe for the Mother's Milk cocktail mentioned in the book, with warnings, nonalcoholic options and a small serving size suited to an afternoon book club of senior women.

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