Inside The Brain: Professor Think, Emo Elf and Guardian Gorilla

Gather the players around the poster of The Brain and explain the basic concepts of the thinking brain, emotional brain, and survival brain.

Split the players into small groups and assign each group one part of the brain (thinking brain, emotional brain, survival brain).

Each group creates a character that represents their assigned brain part. For example, the thinking brain group might create a character called "Professor Think," the emotional brain group might create "Emo Elf," and the survival brain group might create "Guardian Gorilla."

Each character should have specific traits and abilities that reflect the functions of their brain part. The thinking brain character might have abilities like solving puzzles and making plans, the emotional brain character could express a wide range of emotions, and the survival brain character might have survival instincts like detecting danger and responding quickly.

Now it’s time to introduce a scenario where Ezra (or another character) encounters various challenges. For instance, "Ezra is walking through a dense forest and suddenly hears a loud roar in the distance. What will happen next?"

Each group discusses and decides how their character would initially respond to the scenario. The thinking brain might analyze the sound, the emotional brain might react with fear or curiosity, and the survival brain might prepare to fight or flee. Each group acts out or explains their solution.

Now you can describe the outcome based on the group's actions. For example, "With Professor Think's analysis, Emo Elf's bravery, and Guardian Gorilla's preparedness, Ezra carefully approaches the source of the sound and discovers it's a harmless animal."

You can now also introduce different memory bubbles from the poster and asks each group to create a mini-adventure related to their assigned brain part. For instance, how would the thinking brain handle public speaking? How would the emotional brain react to a birthday party?

After each mini-adventure, the groups discuss how their character's traits and actions helped (or didn't help) in the situation. Reflect on the importance of each brain part and how they can support each other. Optionally, switch roles after each mini-adventure.