The Line is the Game

The Line Is the Game is a short, comedy live-action role-playing game that turns the everyday frustration of waiting into something playful and a little chaotic. Get your role from the ticket machine and join the line — possibly for a bathroom, possibly for art. Complete your task and use your one-time superpower to change the line before the doors finally open. Tired of waiting? Step out, come back as someone new, and see whether how you wait is a more interesting story than what you’re waiting for.

Game design Jana Romanova

Graphic design Elisa Piazzi

Device artisan Pablo San Gregorio

The Line is the Game was originally created for No Quarter 2025 at NYU Game Center