Word at a Time Scene
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Description
This is a Game. It is in the following categories:
How it Works
This is like Word at a Time Expert , but with a bit more scene work. 2 players, speaking one word at a time, alternating between the players. The scene is starting by stating who they are, or where they are. Example: "We-are-on-a-sunny-beach". The players then actually play that, and build a story, word at a time, and actually playing the story at the same time.
For example: "We-see-a-dead-whale"; the players should actually see the whale, and do something with it. There is no need to 'say' everything before doing it ( use our motto: Play it, don't say it).
Notes
Players have an adventure together; the story needs to happen to both of them, they are not to play against each other.
As many players tend to verbosity, use a director that 'cuts' the scene and tells the players what to do. Example: "Give the whale mouth-to-mouth".
Variations
Allow a third character to enter the scene, playing against the two others. Now the lines are done word per word, by 3 players, but we have 2 characters. This gets extremely silly/messy - to create some order out of this chaos make sure the third player (i.e. the second character) has a different voice (different accent or pitch). Unlikely to produce interesting stories, but quite hilarious. Also known as Ping Pong. .