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Place all your pyramids within reach of the active player. Place the deck of word cards on the table, also within reach. If you are playing without a deck of playing cards nearby, count out the number of word-cards to be used as clues for this game and place them in a draw-pile. The rest of the word cards are set aside to be used as props.

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), 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.

Using the pyramids to create a mosaic or a still picture as seen from above is allowed. ArrangeArranging the pyramids into the shapes of symbols, such as a red cross to indicate medicine or a treble clef to indicate music, is also permissible. ArrangingHowever, arranging pyramids to spell out alphanumeric characters is not allowed. For instance, arranging the pyramids in the shape of a maple leaf or a Canadian flag to indicate "Canada" is okay., Arrangingbut pyramidsarranging them in the shape of the letter "C" is not.

Upon the successful guessing of the word, the active player and the correct guesser each receive points according to how much time is left on the timer when the word was guessed. If more than one player speaks the correct word aloud at once, each correct player is awarded the points. If the time runs out before anyone has guessed the word correctly, the active player reveals the word to the audience and takes a seat. No points are awarded in this case.

|style="text-align:center"|30 seconds

|style="text-align:center"|60 seconds

|style="text-align:center"|90 seconds

|style="text-align:center"|120 seconds

|style="text-align:center"|179 seconds

Two-player games are played cooperatively over three rounds (meaning a total of six target word cards are conveyed). The players collectively score the total points earned based on the amount of time it took them to convey each word, using the normal chart above. Their final score can be evaluated using the categories below.