"DIRECTIONS"
The names of the buildings on the North Side of the map are placed in one box,
while the buildings on the South Side go in another box.
1
Actor A chooses a strip from either box.
Actor B, a tourist, chooses a strip from the opposite box.
B asks A directions - from where they are according to A’s building - to the building on B’s strip of paper.
2
Actor A chooses a strip from either box.
Three tourists; B, C, and D, each choose a strip: Actor B chooses from the opposite box, Actor C from the same box as A, and Actor D from the opposite box. A must give directions from B’s building, to C’s building, to D’s building.
Variations
The tourists speak little English.
One of the tourists faints (where’s the hospital?).
It was a con, while Actor A deals with the fainted tourist a second tourist steals A’s wallet.
Add a detective, who walks up just as the phony tourists turn to leave.