The Kid from Utah
A game of awkward teenage interactions
Requires: 4 players, pens, index cards, a coin
Instructions:
- Choose one player to be the Kid, a robot who looks exactly like a human teenager. Something's gone wrong, so the Kid's creators dumped them in generic modern suburbia but botched the memory deletion routine.
- Label four cards "Personal," "Social," "Culture," and "Other." Each player writes one memory on each card, e.g. "I have six siblings," "girls/boys like it when you them ask a lot of questions," "<band> is so cool." Give them to the Kid.
- Together, choose (1) a scene location, such as a coffee shop or the locker room after gym class; (2) 1+ players to play through a scene with the Kid; (3) a role for the scene partner(s), such as a teacher or another teen.
- Kid, your cover story is that you're from Utah. However, you know nothing about Utah. Do what you can with your limited memories and wits and go make friends.
- Play your scene. Afterward, flip the coin for each card. If the coin is heads, scrap the card and make one with new memories.
- Play more scenes until you're done.
Sincerest thanks to the Bransonhearts crew.