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Revel Russian Roulette

Original ID   : 1195
Created On    : 2003-01-23
Last Modified : 2005-05-01


A tense and exciting game where the kid with a well-known peanut allergy would be pinned against a wall and force-fed ‘Revels’ one by one (statistically, one in five of which would contain a peanut). A standard get-out for the victim involved him pretending to have consumed a peanut and falling to the floor in mock-spasms clutching his throat, thus rendering the game over. Ultimately, however, this ‘cry wolf’ strategy backfired when he actually did swallow a peanut and alarm was only raised when he hadn’t got up ten minutes later.

Conor F