Dark Black Stories must be played in a group. A person is chosen as a narrator and picks a story and reads its description aloud. Then the narrator reads its solution without telling the other people. The rest of the players then have to make questions in order to solve the story. The narrator can only answer the questions using Yes, No or it is not relevant. The only possible solution is the one given at the end of each story card. It is up to the narrator to give some clues if the story is in a deadlock.