Games

Great for beginners

Low fear, no wrong answers, and everyone plays at once. Where a brand-new group should start.

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  • 1. 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.

  • 2. 5 or more players · 3–5 minutes

    Zip Zap Zop

    A circle warm-up in which a clap and a word are passed by direct eye contact, accelerating until it collapses.

  • 3. 5 or more players · 5–8 minutes

    Red Ball

    Imaginary objects with names, weights and sizes are thrown around a circle, each one confirmed aloud on receipt.

  • 4. 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.

  • 5. 4 or more players · 4–5 minutes

    World's Worst

    Given a category, players step forward one at a time to deliver the worst conceivable example in a single beat.

  • 6. 4 or more players · 8–10 minutes

    Freeze Tag

    Anyone may freeze a scene, replace a player in their exact position, and justify that position with an entirely new scene.