The players operate a theater and are responsible for assigning the spectators to their seats. No cards are turned over to determine where to seat the spectators; you make all the choices yourself. An important detail is that you share a reservation board with both your left and right neighbors. On this board, you choose the action you'll perform and the zone in which you'll place the spectators.

Each turn, you'll also have to make a permanent change to how spectators are placed in a zone. This makes things easier for yourself, and your opponent will also be affected by your decisions. Each turn, you alternate between the board you share with your left-hand neighbor and the board you share with your right-hand neighbor.

Take a Seat is a game with a higher level of interaction and a lower element of luck than comparable ...and-write games. Each game also features new scoring rules, and you can switch between two different theaters, giving the game high replayability. Furthermore, the game is played on erasable player boards, so you don't have to worry about running out of score sheets.