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Raising The Stakes Two Line Drill

An Exercise to get good at Raising The Stakes.

Format

Players line up in two lines. One line is the "offer" line, the other is the "accept and raise" line.

The player at the head of the "offer" line makes an offer. For example, "My horse is pulling a wagon."

The player at the head of the "accept and raise" line Yes Ands the offer and introduces information that raises the stakes: "He'd better start pulling a little faster, or the milk will spoil."

The players go to the back of the opposite lines and new players move up for the next round.