In the group Player interaction.
One player is not at the table. It might be someone from long ago, a player from an earlier game, or a ghost who can only give hints. In ancient Egypt, the game Senet came to be linked with the journey after death.
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Players answer moves left by someone not at the table, such as a player from an earlier game.
Players play alongside an absent player who gives no words, only moves left behind.
Rules changed by players from an earlier game stay in force, so you play under their laws.
Players play beside an absent player with no winner, thinking about who is missing.
Players set aims connected to someone absent, such as finishing what an earlier player began.
Players try to make sure the danger ends with an absent player rather than themselves.
An absent player's piece moves by dice rolled on their behalf, as if they were still playing.
A share of each pick goes to an absent player, so cards leave the row for someone not there.
An absent player has a fixed bid, written before the game, that others have to beat.
Players push their luck on behalf of an absent player as well as themselves.
An absent player holds areas on the map, left from an earlier game, that others work around.
Some action spaces are held by an absent player's workers, placed long ago.
Players add to a pattern started by someone who is not there.
An absent player's hand is played by a set rule, such as always playing the top card.
An absent player's cards are played face up or by rule, as a dummy hand is in bridge.
Players negotiate with an absent player through their written wishes or will.
Players collect sets for an absent player as well as for themselves.
Players place tiles on a board started by an absent player.
Players race against the time or route set by an absent player.
Players try to beat a score left by an absent player from an earlier game.
An absent player's pieces stay on the board until knocked out, as old board games were once linked with the dead.
Players survive together while keeping a seat for an absent player they protect.
Players work towards a goal an absent player once set.
An absent player left a secret aim, and one present player tries to fulfil it.
Players finish a story begun by someone who is no longer there.
The absent player's moves are made by dice, so chance stands in for them.
The absent player's moves come from dice, but present players can adjust them.
An absent player's strategy is written as rules, with a little luck.
Players play against moves an absent player wrote down long ago, as in a printed chess problem.
Players throw dice and read the result as a message from the absent player.
Players try to act as the absent player would, sensing what they would have done.
Everything the absent player left is visible on the table.
The absent player's hand is hidden and revealed one card at a time.
One present player secretly speaks for the absent player.
Players work out what the absent player wanted from clues they left.
Players claim to know what the absent player wanted, and others decide whether to believe them.
The absent player set a secret rule long ago, and players discover it by breaking it.
The absent player is a ghost who knows the answer and can only give picture hints.
A model of a real system includes someone who cannot speak for themselves, such as a future generation.
One role belongs to someone absent, such as a river or a child, and players decide for it.
A share of the resource belongs to an absent player, and others choose whether to leave it.
Effects of present choices fall on an absent player, such as one who plays the next game.
Players try a rule and ask how it would affect someone who is not there.
After the game, players talk about the absent player and what their seat meant.
Players inherit permanent changes left by an earlier player, as in legacy games.
The absent player's moves arrive on set days, as if they were playing from far away.
One character is played by nobody, and others speak of them or for them.
Players try to beat a feat left by someone who is not there, such as a record height.
Players continue a map started by someone who is not there.
Players continue a game started by someone else, and pass it on to someone else after.
Players try to reach someone who is not there, and never can.
Rolls stand in for an absent character's choices.
Players explore a map left by someone who is not there, finding their marks.
The empty seat makes a point about who is left out.
Players play for someone real who is not there, such as a friend far away.
Players score values on behalf of someone who is not there.
Players imagine the future for someone not there, such as their children.
The absent player's turn comes round like anyone else's, carried out by the rules or a deck.
Everyone acts at once, and the absent player's action is revealed alongside.
The absent player's actions arrive at any moment, unannounced.
The absent player's turn is timed too, and runs out on its own.
Slow play with a presence that is not there.
The absent player acts more and more often.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling excited.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling clever.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling silly.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling tense.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling together.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling sneaky.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling lucky.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling in charge.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling surprised.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling thoughtful.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling fast.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling unfair in a fun way.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling careful.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling daring.
absent player neither supports nor works against the feeling friendly.