Dating Game
One player interviews three secret characters to find their ideal date. The characters must reveal their unusual identity through every answer without ever saying what they are.
About
Dating Game is a guessing game built around character commitment and oblique revelation. The three 'contestants' each have a secret character assigned by the audience, and every answer to every question must express that character without naming it. The interviewer must guess at the end. The comedy comes from the increasingly absurd answers that are somehow all technically correct.
How to Play
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Three players are secretly assigned characters by the audience (occupations, famous figures, emotional states, animals behaving as humans).
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A fourth player acts as the interviewer seeking their ideal date. They ask questions to all three contestants.
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The contestants must answer every question in character - revealing their true nature through the content and style of their responses - without ever directly stating what they are.
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After a set number of rounds, the interviewer must guess what each contestant was.
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Score a point for each correct guess, or simply award the 'date' to the contestant who was most entertaining.
Variations
- -Speed dating: rapid-fire questions with only one-word answers. Celebrity dating: all three contestants are famous figures the audience has suggested.