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Agreement and listening

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Agreement and listening

  • 4 or more players · 5 minutes

    Yes, Let's

    Anyone proposes an activity, the whole group shouts "yes, let's!" and immediately does it with their whole body.

  • 3 or more players · 8–10 minutes

    One Word Story

    A group tells a single coherent story contributing one word each, with no pauses and no ungrammatical sentences.

  • 2 at a time players · 15–20 minutes

    Three-Line Scenes

    Scenes exactly three lines long, run in rapid succession, to isolate the moment a scene becomes about something.

  • 3 players · 10 minutes

    Gibberish Translation

    One player speaks only gibberish, a second translates, and a third responds normally.

  • 2 players · 6–8 minutes

    Mirror

    Two players move in perfect unison with neither leading, so an observer cannot tell who initiates.