How to Play
While the players improvise a scene any player can say “pardon” to another player. “Pardon” in this case is an idiom that means, ” I didn’t hear what you said.”
When a player has someone say “pardon” to them, they must repeat what they just said…but with a twist. They have to something that sounds like what they just said but isn’t the same.
For Example:
Player A: I’m glad to see you.
Player B: Pardon?
Player A: I’m mad to see you.
or….
Player A: I’m stag to be blue.
And the scene continues.
Notes
Any player can say trigger word to another player, as many times as they want.
This is similar to “New Choice” – a game that is already in The Playbook. The main difference is that instead of the ‘new choice’ being triggered by an outside force (Emcee) the players get control from within the scene.
This game is probably not a narrative game. It’s more like a game where the actors torture each other.
Origin
This game came to me from Chet Anderson at BATS Improv.
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