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The Bride
“She promised to observe, very exactly, whatever he had ordered.”
—Perrault
token track
Do you arrive at the final room as a faithful Bride whose
trust in her generous husband is well placed?
Or are you a disloyal Bride, who harbors unkind suspicions?
faithfulness
disloyalty
The Final Room
“You traveled these dark halls in search of a truth most divisive. Each room provided you with all the evidence you desired to
make that one fateful choice. Now you stand before the forbidden final room and you must decide...”
faithful
outcome
When the Bride collects enough
evidence to prove her husband’s loving
intentions as a Faithful Bride, she must
choose to either enter the room or
look through the keyhole.
Go around the table and ask the
Sisters if the Bride chooses to...
Enter the room?
What were the Bride’s last loving words
to Bluebeard before he killed her?
What room does the Bride’s soul
reside in?
What about the way Bluebeard displays
the Bride’s dead body makes her happy?
How does the Bride disguise the horror
done to her body?
How does the Bride punish
future brides for transgressions
against Bluebeard?
Look through the keyhole?
What did the Bride lose when
she saw the horrors through
the keyhole?
What loving impulse kept the Bride
from going into the room?
How did Bluebeard reward you
for remaining loyal and not ever
going inside?
What is the Bride’s favorite room to
spend her days in?
How does the Bride cope with
the horrors she spied through
the keyhole?
disloyal
outcome
When the Bride collects enough
evidence to prove her husband’s mali-
cious intentions as a Disloyal Bride,
she must choose to either present her
evidence to the town or run away and
start anew.
Go around the table and ask the
Sisters if the Bride chooses to...
Present evidence to the town?
What did the town do to rid them-
selves of the Bride’s disloyal ravings?
How did Bluebeard blackmail the
Bride’s family into silence?
What loving gift does Blue-
beard send the Bride for their
wedding anniversary?
What new room in Bluebeard’s
house haunts the Bride’s dreams
every night?
How does the Bride make herself at
home in that perfect new room?
Run away and start anew?
How does Bluebeard make the Bride’s
family pay for her disloyalty?
How does the Bride convince
someone else to marry her?
Why does the Bride keep the tokens
she discovered?
What memory of Bluebeard’s house
gives the Bride pleasure when it
shouldn’t?
What loving gesture does Bluebeard
make when he finds her?
shattered
outcome
When the Bride Shatters completely,
her fragmented mind now craves things
it didn’t before, and she must choose to
either become a horror obsessed with
bettering herself or a horror that desires to
make future brides better.
Go around the table and ask the
Sisters if the Bride chooses to...
Become a horror obsessed
with bettering herself
for Bluebeard?
What room does the Bride’s soul
reside in?
What is the only thing the Bride
can feel?
How does the Bride display her pain?
How does the Bride overtly attempt
to better herself?
Why do the Bride’s efforts to better
herself fail over and over?
Become a horror that feeds on
making future brides better?
What room does the Bride’s soul
reside in?
How do future brides of Bluebeard
see the Bride?
What is the only thing that feeds the
Bride and makes her feel alive?
What high hopes does the Bride
have for future brides?
How does the Bride force her vision
on future brides?
The Groundskeeper
your tale of
bluebeard’s bride
1.
2.
3.
4.
The fairy tale is told
The Sisters are created
The Bride is left alone at home
One by one, the rooms are explored
“The room beckons. You enter, and
the door closes behind you.”
Breathe unnatural life into the house.
Address yourself to the Sisters, not
the players.
Give each inhabitant of the house a drive.
Ask about the Bride’s fears and build on
the answers.
Veil your moves with mystery.
Hold the Bride to her wedding vows.
Fill the house with the echoes of violence.
Blur the line between the ordinary and
the monstrous.
Center the story on women’s experiences.
principles
5. Evidence is gathered
6. The final room is exposed
Make the Bride and her experiences
feel real.
Fill the Sisters’ lives with fear and horror.
Play to find out what the Bride chooses.
agendas
Hint at off-screen horrors.
Present evidence of other brides’ suffering.
Invoke the house’s memories and secrets.
Undermine the Bride’s senses.
Remind the Bride of her limits, physical
and social.
Put the Bride in danger, emotional
or physical.
Inflict trauma, as established.
Introduce a servant or horror.
Offer an opportunity at a cost.
Turn their move back on them.
Make a room move.
After every move: “What do you do?”
groundskeeper
moves
room list
armory, artist’s studio, attic, aviary, ballroom, bathroom, bedroom, butler’s pantry, chapel, classroom, craft room, dance studio, den, dining
room, drawing room, dressing room, family room, fencing room, furnace room, gallery, great hall, guest room, infirmary, kennel, kitchen,
laboratory, laundry room, library, mausoleum, music room, nursery, observatory, pantry, parlor, servants’ quarters, sex room, shrine, sitting
room, smoking room, solarium, stables, staircase, storage room, study, torture chamber, toy room, utility room, vault, wine cellar
gifts
Animus:
Fatale:
Mother:
Virgin:
Witch:
(The Bride’s submission)
look
Hands:
Mouth:
Figure:
Eyes:
Hair:
(The Bride’s insecurities)
what was left behind
(The Bride’s fears)
Animus:
Fatale:
Mother:
Virgin:
Witch:
Room Threats
body
subsets
Beauty Standards
Disability
Eating Disorders
Gender
Illness
motherhood
subsets
Abuse
Estrangement
Family
Grief
Sacrifice
religion
subsets
Instruction
Possession
Punishment
Rituals
Underworld
sexuality
subsets
Abortion
Humiliation
Nymphomania
Perversion
Sexual Violence
room moves
Drug her
Perform a medical procedure
Shame her by introducing a
perfect woman
Paper the room with what
society demands
Showcase a flaw for all to see
Exhibit consequences of a
transgressive woman
Give her the tools she needs
to be beautiful
Tempt her with gems,
clothes, or delectable delights
Bind her body in satin
and silk
Make her hair, teeth, or
fingernails fall off
room moves
Challenge her domestic
abilities
Tell her why she should be
self-conscious of her body
Pamper her so she knows she
doesn’t deserve it
Use physical discipline to
remind her it’s her fault
Tie her down with someone
else’s child or mother
Show her what could have
been through reflections
Reveal physical evidence of
an abortion or stillbirth
Tempt her to spill blood to
save another
Smother her with the needs
of others
Repeat phrases and relive
scenes until she gets it right
room moves
Haunt her with former
figureheads, plagues, or fluids
Force her to confess her sins
Educate her on how to be a
pious woman
Trigger a ritual, hunt,
or initiation
Possess an object in the room
like a bed, or a dress
Surface what is buried
underfoot
Tempt her with sinful acts:
orgies, theft, or murder
Use violence and love to
teach her how to think
Surround her with iconogra-
phy that hurts or heals
Celebrate her marriage
to Bluebeard
room moves
Advance on a woman with
touch, words, or display
Impregnate her with words,
ritual, or a lie
Break her sexuality with
critiques or aggression
Show the inherent perversity
of objects
Invite her to join a
promiscuous act
Educate her on how she
should please her husband
Show what Bluebeard enjoys
in art, books, and toys
Infect someone with a
sexual disease
Condemn a partner or a
child with violence or words
Ask what she desires and
parade it in public
The Moves
Maiden Moves
Care for Someone
When you
care for someone
(servant or horror), you ease their suffering
and bridle their torment.
They may demand a demonstration of your sincerity.
Investigate a Mysterious Object
When you
investigate a mysterious object
from a room, ask two:
1
1
1
1
Whose item is this?
What memories does this item hold?
What about this item is odd or uncanny?
Why did Bluebeard keep this item?
Take Stock
When you
take stock
of a tense situation, ask one:
1
1
1
1
What stalks the Bride from the shadows?
What traps have been laid for the Bride?
What does this place demand of the Bride?
What horror here is hidden from the Bride?
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