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Monkey's Paw
Aug. 9th, 2010 01:12 pmWe had a very nice filk night on Friday.
I recently playtested a parlor game whose idea came to me about a year ago. It's called "Monkey's Paw," and is played in a manner reminiscent of Telephone Oracle. Each person around the table writes, at the top of their paper, a wish. The wish is phrased as if it were being asked of a benevolent genie. (i.e., no need for careful, airtight or conditional phrasing.) The papers are then passed around the table, and all of the players now become the malevolent genie, or monkey's paw. They write, at the bottom of each page, how they would grant the wish in some unpleasant manner. They fold the bottom of the page to hide their response, and pass the paper on. (So each wish is granted in several different ways.)
( The results of our first game. )
I recently playtested a parlor game whose idea came to me about a year ago. It's called "Monkey's Paw," and is played in a manner reminiscent of Telephone Oracle. Each person around the table writes, at the top of their paper, a wish. The wish is phrased as if it were being asked of a benevolent genie. (i.e., no need for careful, airtight or conditional phrasing.) The papers are then passed around the table, and all of the players now become the malevolent genie, or monkey's paw. They write, at the bottom of each page, how they would grant the wish in some unpleasant manner. They fold the bottom of the page to hide their response, and pass the paper on. (So each wish is granted in several different ways.)
( The results of our first game. )
