In media res playtest

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 supplies needed: pencil and paper (optional)
 
-**not yet playtested. estimated time, 10 minutes**
+playtime 5-10 minutes
 
 written by zachary "za3k" vance on 2022-02-25
 
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 ## the end
 - **And that's how I became known as the Moon Emerald Kid.**
 - once the story ends, stop.
+
+## playtesting results
+- got boring once you hit the middle again. make the middle a cliffhanger and immediately resolve everything, or stop there. *i worked as a puma trainer. the pay wasn't great, but i just love taunting pumas.*

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 | game                                                                     | date       | type                 | complexity | players      | tested?  | recommended?  | description |
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
 | [doodle adventures](doodle_adventures)                                   | 2021-03-29 | drawing              | low        | 1-6          | no       | yes           | listen as a premade story is revealed, and doodle what happens.
+| [in media res](in_media_res)                                             | 2022-02-25 | storytelling         | low        | 3+           | yes      | maybe         | 3+ people tell a story
 | [logic potions](logic_potions)                                           | 2021-03-13 | board                | high       | 2-4          | yes      | maybe         | a potion-brewing game. not about logical deduction, but about logical deduction clues themselves
-| [loot boxes](lootboxes)                                                  | 2021-02-08 | storytelling         | low        | 2-4          | yes      | maybe         | "Car trip" game. Players have an inventory of random items. They must use the items to solve a series of challenges.
+| [loot boxes](lootboxes)                                                  | 2021-02-08 | storytelling         | low        | 2-4          | yes      | maybe         | "car trip" game. Players have an inventory of random items. They must use the items to solve a series of challenges.
 | [no, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!](invincible) v2                    | 2021-02-08 | storytelling         | mid        | 2-8          | yes      | yes           | villains send wave after harder wave of enemies at the Heros, until they kill the Villains.
 | [ultimate archwizards vs the dark Lord](ultimate_archwizard)             | 2021-02-03 | storytelling         | low        | 3-5, plus GM | yes      | yes           | one-page storytelling game about the final episode in a fight anime.
 
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 | [faux pas](faux_pas)                                                     | 2021-04-28 | cooperative          | mid        | 3-8          | no       | maybe         | a "visible role" game, where everyone knows your secret identity except you. try to enter the dining room in order of nobility rank.
 | [emperical zendo](emperical_zendo)                                       | 2021-03-19 | board                | mid        | 2-8          | no       | no            | a variant on traditional zendo, where you score points for predicting the rule but never guess the rule outright.
 | [infinity questions](infinity_questions)                                 | 2022-02-25 | party                | low        | 2            | no       | maybe         | a frustrating game of 20 questions
-| [in media res](in_media_res)                                             | 2022-02-25 | storytelling         | low        | 3+           | no       | maybe         | 3+ people tell a story
 | [deadly education rpg](deadly)                                           | 2021-02-12 | roleplaying          | mid        | 2-6, plus GM | no       | no            | a traditional pen-and-paper roleplaying game based on the affinity-based magic system from Naomi Novik's "A Deadly Education"
 | [ninjas ninjas ninjas!](ninjas) v2                                       | 2021-02-07 | storytelling         | mid-high   | 3            | no       | no            | fast, diceless storytelilng game about how cool ninjas are.
 | [stupid conspiracies](conspiracies)                                      | 2021-01-17 | party, competitive   | low        | 10+          | no       | maybe         | conspiracy nutjobs try to join as many conspiracies as possible, and get as many people as possibly to believe their conspiracy.