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Now, you've been invited to an intimate evening. You walk in, scan the room for familiar faces, but

don't immediately recognize anyone. You find an open seat on the couch. The woman next to you turns

and says, do I know you? I think we met at the dinner about a year or so ago.

But we didn't really get to meet, so I'd love to meet you. Want to sit next to me?

That voice. How does it make you feel? At home, on the edge of your seat. But, you know why we're here,

right? Because I created a game, a game of stories, and this is going to be game night.

Did you know? The other people in the room, as if on Q, take a seat, forming a small circle around

you. A stair picks up a blue box off the table. The kind you might expect some delicate Belgian

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