How to Play Animal Jam on Paper

Design your den on a separate sheet of paper. You can have any den you would like, in-game or not! You can have beta items and member items (you would probably want those if you're a non-member in Animal Jam). You can also have the items you can't afford in Animal Jam, or any item that is flat out not in Animal Jam.

• Draw on a separate sheet of paper and cut out your items with scissors if you want to move them around. ask a parent or guardian for help if you are young.

Draw Sarepia Forest, Jamaa Township, and all the other places you want to go on a separate piece of paper. This optional but it's fun to draw and interact with these places within Jamaa, on-line or not. You can even make your own custom place in Animal Jam! You can make as many worlds as you'd like to make, as well!

Draw/make shops and games. This only applies if you want to earn gems and buy stuff, but if you wanted to play it on paper so that you didn't have to waste time earning gems, then you probably wouldn't want these. If you do want these, however, you can make as many shops and games as you would like! If you have any board games to play with your friends, this is the perfect opportunity to play the game with them!

Create adventures! Adventures in Animal Jam creates its own plot, so you can either recreate Animal Jam's story, or make your own! Possibilities are endless if you make your own adventures!

• Fill your adventures with danger and thrill! Adventures wouldn't really be fun without anything that is dangerous. Adding phantoms, traps, and other thrilling and exciting things will make the adventure all the better!
  • Cut these out also so you can move them around. Ask a parent or guardian for help if needed.
• Place rewards around your adventure. This will encourage your friends to explore your world and earn anything that you want them to earn, which can be just about anything!
  • Cut these out if you want to move them. Ask a parent or guardian to avoid injuries.

Pick your adventure. Do you want an adventure all of your own or an edited version of a real Animal Jam adventure? Decide that now.

Draw your map. Draw the adventure map on a large piece of paper or several pieces of paper taped together. Make sure the tape is all on one side of the map though, as having tape on the drawing side makes it very difficult to get the pencil lines to show up. Don't forget to color your map!

Make the movable pieces. For example, if you were making the Forgotten Desert adventure then you would need to make all the different crystal shards to scatter around the map. Or, if you were doing The Search For Greely you'd need lots of Phantoms that you could move around.

Make the sight circle. If you want your friends to only see a certain amount of space around them then you could cut a circle of the size you want them to be able to see around themselves out of paper. The circle must have an outer ring but the part you want them to see through must be cut out. In order to use your sight circle you just have your friends move their animals around while holding the sight circle so that the animal is always in the middle. Well, about the middle.

Establish rules. For example, if you have a Normal Phantom blocking a pathway then you could have the adventurer roll a 6-sided dice.

• Rolling a one means that they got through the opening and the phantom got eaten by a chomper plant (if there is a chomper plant)
• Rolling a two or a three means they lost however much health that the phantom's damage is(for example, Normal Phantoms do one heart of damage) but if they are still alive then they made it through but if they die then they go back to spawn.
• Rolling a four, five, or six means that they got through without taking any damage.

Have a spawnpoint every once and a while throughout adventure maps. This makes it less frustrating for adventurers as dying doesn't send you back to the very beginning this way. Also, this makes it more like a real Animal Jam adventure.

Include chests in secret places! You could even have the parts where only a certain animal can get to the chest, like in real Animal Jam adventures! Chests can hold gems and even items!

Make end rewards, where there are 5 chests that the adventurer gets to choose from when they complete the adventure! Most of these chests will hold items, but make one that holds gems!

Cut out a strip of paper using scissors. the stand should be at least half of the height of the object and just as long as the object you want to stand.

• Ask a parent or guardian to cut the strip out for you to avoid injuries.

Fold this strip of paper in half.

Unfold the strip so it is shaped like an L.

Glue, tape, or staple the stand onto the lower back of whatever you want to stand.

Repeat this process until every object that you want to stand is standing.

Add the ground if you want/need to. The ground can be just about anything, including grass, stone, snow, and candy. Use an entire sheet (or several) of paper to draw the ground on, and add or subtract anything that you want to be in the ground.

Draw the front, sides, back, and roof of the building you are creating on a separate sheet of paper.

Ask a parent or guardian to do all of the cutting if you are young.

Cut them to the size of the walls and roof of your building with your scissors.

Cut your front door drawing in half vertically (up and down). You can also cut all of the sides except for the back in half horizontally (left and right).

Open the box at the top.

Cut open the front of the cardboard box directly in the middle vertically. You can also cut the entire box except the back in half horizontally.

Glue or tape all of the drawings of the sides and roof onto their respective places on the box.

Add any decorations that you want to add to your newly created building.

Adjust anything that looks either incorrect or off.

Invite your (real life) buddies! Even if they don't know what Animal Jam is, they will still have fun playing games, customizing dens and animals, and going on adventures with you. If they already play Animal Jam, however, then they will enjoy experiencing the new twists you put onto the game. If you invite multiple friends, however, anything can happen!

Play around with every activity! You can do just about anything in the Jamaa that you have created with your own two hands. You can go adventuring, playing games, decorating, or just hang out with your buddies! You can even have zoos, art galleries, and clans in your own dens, just like the real game!

Calm everyone down if everything gets too wild. Sometimes, playing wild can lead to being wild, so it is advised to make sure anyone you invite over keeps themselves calm.

• Break up any fights or arguments. Sometimes, fights and arguments can (and will) appear over games, items or anything of the likes. Make sure you keep fists from flying and words from spoiling the fun by keeping everyone calm.
• Beware the ever so dangerous God Modder. God Modders can and will affect Animal Jam, online or not, by spoiling the fun by being the top dog. Keep the God Modder from spoiling the fun by telling them to make their character not as powerful.

Fold up anything that you can fold. This is to preserve space for anything else that will be where everything else is. This is also to keep the paper from being torn or shredded by something. It’s also easy to unfold it without ripping it.

Keep any cut-outs and standing objects in a safe place. If you don't, they might get lost, and you will have to find them. Someone or something may also end up stealing them if you don't secure them. Try putting them in a box or one of the buildings that you may have built.