Blind Line
Players are each given a secret line of dialogue written by the audience. They must work it naturally into their scene without the other player knowing what it says.
About
Blind Line is a deceptively rich scene game. Each player holds a folded piece of paper with a line written by the audience and must find a moment to say it as if it genuinely belongs in the scene. The challenge is not the line itself but the listening, timing and justification required to make it land.
How to Play
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Before the scene, audience members write unusual or random lines on slips of paper which are folded and given to each player.
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Players do not read their lines until they choose to use them during the scene.
- 3
Establish a scene with a clear who, what and where from an audience suggestion.
- 4
At any point, a player can unfold their slip and read the line aloud as if it belongs naturally in the scene.
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The other player must accept and justify the line completely, building on it as if it was always part of the scene.
Variations
- -Multiple lines: each player has two or three slips and must use all of them before the scene ends. Shared blind line: both players are given the same line without knowing it.