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Living Pinball

Turn the space around you into a pinball course and let imaginary bumpers redirect you.JoyRiders Play library
movementimaginative reframingquick reactionsound
PLAYERSsolo / two people / group
TIME3–12 min
ENERGYmedium / high
PLACEindoors / outdoors / anywhere
SETUPnone
COMMUNITYNot yet rated

HOW TO PLAY

Start here.

YOU’LL NEEDA patch of space
  1. 1Choose four fixed spots around the playing area and name each one an imaginary bumper. Decide what happens when you touch each bumper: turn left, turn right, move faster, or make one sound.
  2. 2Become the pinball and travel between the bumpers for one minute. Each time you touch a bumper spot with a hand or foot, immediately perform that bumper’s action before moving toward another one.
  3. 3For round two, change one bumper into a special bumper: slow motion makes you move slowly until the next touch, reverse makes you move backward until the next touch, and multiball makes a second player enter as another pinball.
  4. 4Finish the second one-minute round without forgetting a bumper rule. Solo players count correct bumper reactions; groups win if everyone remembers every bumper for the full minute.

REMIX THE RULES

Complete twists.

Play variationThe couch corner reverses direction; the doorway triggers slow motion.
Play variationA clap activates multiball and both hands become separate players.
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