Dance with the Devil

Dance With The Devil by Mark Strivings The requisite materials for this dark and fun little presentation just arrived today, way ahead of when I was expecting them! In fact I wasn't expecting them for another two weeks! So happily I can offer this little gem to you just in time for Halloween (although I use this literally year-round!) The performer displays a small handful of carved skull beads and offers to play a game with the spectator. It's an easy game. Each player removes 1, 2 or 3 skulls alternately until they are almost entirely gone. Whomever removes the last skull loses the game, and perhaps their soul. Naturally our hapless spectator loses. Perhaps 2 out of 3? They lose yet again. As with all good cons the spectator doesn't have a chance and everything is completely within the control of the operator. It's a beautiful little game and is wide open in terms of presentation. With that in mind I have played this very dark (the loser loses their soul) to entirely tongue-in-chee