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==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||
| − | * Five people | + | * Five people (I remember using only three people, the reason mentioned below in parentheses) |
==How does it work?== | ==How does it work?== | ||
| − | Amazing Sphinx involves five people positioned with increasing height in a line, facing straight; the person at the line's front sits, and the following people are positioned such that they become consecutively higher. The Amazing Sphinx is confronted with a question, which is usually preceded with something along the lines of "O, great and mighty/powerful Sphinx." | + | Amazing Sphinx involves five people positioned with increasing height in a line, facing straight; the person at the line's front sits, and the following people are positioned such that they become consecutively higher. (If using three people, the task of increasing the height of each head is made a great deal easier, with the first head sitting, the second kneeling, and the third standing up.) The Amazing Sphinx is confronted with a question, which is usually preceded with something along the lines of "O, great and mighty/powerful Sphinx." (A common question has something to do with two male heads and one female head, or vice versa, using the bathroom. Go figure.) |
The Sphinx then answers from first person to the last person, each head uttering one word each. (However, the special case is the use of hyphens, in which you can say something like "Your-hyphen-mom".) If necessary, the first person continues after the last, and so on... | The Sphinx then answers from first person to the last person, each head uttering one word each. (However, the special case is the use of hyphens, in which you can say something like "Your-hyphen-mom".) If necessary, the first person continues after the last, and so on... | ||
Revision as of 20:59, 1 September 2006
Amazing Sphinx is an Acting Improv game.
Participants
- Five people (I remember using only three people, the reason mentioned below in parentheses)
How does it work?
Amazing Sphinx involves five people positioned with increasing height in a line, facing straight; the person at the line's front sits, and the following people are positioned such that they become consecutively higher. (If using three people, the task of increasing the height of each head is made a great deal easier, with the first head sitting, the second kneeling, and the third standing up.) The Amazing Sphinx is confronted with a question, which is usually preceded with something along the lines of "O, great and mighty/powerful Sphinx." (A common question has something to do with two male heads and one female head, or vice versa, using the bathroom. Go figure.)
The Sphinx then answers from first person to the last person, each head uttering one word each. (However, the special case is the use of hyphens, in which you can say something like "Your-hyphen-mom".) If necessary, the first person continues after the last, and so on...
The Sphinx's parts have no idea what the other parts will say. The idea is to say something that the next person can continue off of. Vague words, especially heinous pronouns and heinous prepositions are good. For example, the third person should not finish the entire answer. The answer should be unreasonable.
