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If one thinks about the scene as being on stage, then the pyramids are the "actors" and props that make up the scene. The active player's hands may never be the focus "on stage" &mdash; that is, they may never be seen as one of the actors. But her hands ''may'' be used to move props, to animate actors, to spotlight certain elements of the scene (e.g. though pointing or drawing circles around things), for special effects (e.g. concealing / revealing certain elements of the scene or gesturing that a group of pyramids is multiplied in many places on the playing surface without actually needing to set them out), anddo anything else that a director, stagehand, or puppeteer might do to assist in the performance of a play. For example, if a stack of pyramids has been established to be a person in a scene, having that "person" hold a small yellow a pyramid and move as though writing with a pencil is acceptable, but the active player could not hold the yellow pyramid as a pencil and gesture as though writing herself, because her hands in that case would be "on stage."<br>

Face-down cards from the word-game (or from any deck of cards you have lying around) may also make up part of the scene, and may be animated in the same ways as pyramids. For instance, a player may place pyramids on a playing card and then animate it flying around the table to convey the concept of a flying carpet, may hold a card sideways to indicate a wall, may place pyramids underneath a card and flip the card up to indicate the opening of a hinged lid, or may hold a card aloft to indicate the upper floor of a building. Cards may also be placed flat on the table, such as in a row to indicate a roadway, arranged in a rectangle to indicate a surrounding frame, or arranged in an overlapping manner to indicate a particular shape. However, the content of the cards themselves, front or back, may never be used as part of the scene. If you have a deck of playing cards lying around, feel free to substitute those for the word-cards as props to minimize the chances of a clue-word being spotted and guessed in a later game.