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# FFEACH Relay

Teams race to decipher themed words communicated entirely through physical charades. Each correct answer sends a new runner to the facilitator station to verify the guess and collect the next prompt.

**Time:** 15 minutes. Playmeo notes up to 15 minutes; allocated here as 2 minutes introduction, 1 minute first dispatch, 9 minutes active relay, and 3 minutes debrief.
**People:** 8 to 24. Parallel teams of 4 to 8 participants arranged in separate areas of the room.

## Choose this exercise

**Purpose:** Practice physical non-verbal cueing and observation under light team relay pressure.
**Use it when:** Use as an active warm-up before sessions focusing on non-verbal cues, perception, or team coordination.
**Skip it when:** Skip when participants require a quiet, sedentary environment or when physical charades present barriers to whole-group engagement.

## Materials and tools

- Facilitator master prompt sheet on a clipboard
- Scratch paper and pen for facilitator tracking
- Secondary connected laptop or tablet if running in hybrid mode

## Before participants arrive

1. Position team seating or standing zones at least 10 feet apart across the room.
2. Set up a central facilitator station equidistant from all groups.
3. Keep the master prompt sheet shielded from participant sight.
4. Confirm the video link and breakout settings if facilitating a hybrid group.

## Say this to open

We are going to play FFEACH, a fast team guessing relay using only non-verbal gestures. FFEACH stands for Fast Foods, Electric Appliances, and Comic Heroes or Heroines, which are our three prompt categories. Your team must guess the secret item without any spoken words, mouth movements, sound effects, props, or air-writing. One runner steps up to me, learns the secret word, runs back, and acts it out silently. Once your team speaks the exact correct answer, a different team member runs up to tell me the answer and get the next word.

## How to run it

### 1. Form teams and announce rules (2 minutes)

Divide participants into teams of 4 to 8. Direct each team to its designated corner or station. Deliver the opening script. Emphasize that gesturing must be strictly non-verbal with no props, noises, mouthing, or air-spelling. Answer any procedural questions.

### 2. Dispatch first runners (1 minutes)

Call one volunteer runner from each team to your facilitator station. Whisper prompt 1 from the master prompt sheet quietly to all runners simultaneously. Give the start signal so they return to their groups to begin acting.

### 3. Run relay guessing rounds (9 minutes)

Actors silently mime their item for their respective teams. When a team calls out the exact phrase, a new teammate runs to the facilitator station and whispers the answer. If the guess is correct, whisper the next prompt number to that new runner, who returns to mime the new word. If incorrect, send them back to keep guessing. Keep tracking progress on scratch paper until time is called or a team completes the list.

### 4. Debrief non-verbal communication (3 minutes)

Signal all teams to pause and face the center. Choose two debrief questions and invite 3 or 4 brief volunteers to share observations with the full group.


## Debrief questions

- Which gestures were easiest for your team to understand immediately, and why?
- What adjustments did you make when your team misinterpreted an initial clue?
- How did the relay pace change the clarity of your non-verbal cues?

**Finished output:** Completion of a sequential non-verbal guessing series across participating teams.

## Remote

Keep the main video room as the facilitator checkpoint while each team stays in an assigned breakout room. One representative per team leaves their breakout room to join the main room, where the facilitator pastes the secret item via private direct message. That representative returns to their breakout room, mutes their microphone, turns camera on, and mimes the clue. Once the breakout room correctly guesses the item, a different team member leaves the breakout room to enter the main room, types the guess in a private direct message to the facilitator for verification, and receives the next prompt.

## Hybrid

Separate in-person participants and remote participants into distinct teams. In-person teams run up to the central facilitator in the physical room. Remote teams work in dedicated breakout rooms managed by a co-facilitator in the virtual meeting hub. Just as in the pure remote setup, remote runners visit the main virtual room to submit their team's guess via private chat and receive their next prompt from the co-facilitator. Both tracks use the identical numbered master prompt list.

## Access and participation choices

- Participants with mobility restrictions may serve as dedicated guessers or assign an designated runner while remaining seated to act.
- Anyone may choose to guess from their seat rather than act out clues without disclosing a reason.

## If the session gets stuck

**An actor uses speech, sounds, or mouth shapes while miming.**

Gently freeze the actor for 5 seconds before allowing them to resume silent physical gestures.

**Adjacent teams overhear correct answers being yelled across the room.**

Increase physical spacing between team stations and remind groups to whisper their guesses to avoid assisting rival teams.


## Terms used here

- FFEACH: An acronym indicating the three clue themes: Fast Foods, Electric Appliances, and Comic Heroes/Heroines.

## Participant material: Facilitator Master Prompt Sheet

Category 1: Fast Foods
1. French fries
2. Hamburger
3. Hot dog
4. Slice of pizza
5. Taco

Category 2: Electric Appliances
6. Toaster
7. Blender
8. Vacuum cleaner
9. Microwave oven
10. Washing machine

Category 3: Comic Heroes/Heroines
11. Spider-Man
12. Wonder Woman
13. Batman
14. The Incredible Hulk
15. Superman

## Sources and adaptation

Observed on Playmeo, where it is attributed to Mark Collard.

Retained the original relay structure, team sizes, and the signature FFEACH thematic categories from Playmeo. Standardized the introduction script, aligned the non-verbal rules across steps, detailed remote breakout mechanics with main-room verification, added a concrete master prompt list, and provided structured debrief questions.

[Playmeo](https://www.playmeo.com/activities/fun-large-group-games/ffeach/)

[Playmeo](https://www.playmeo.com/activities/fun-large-group-games/ffeach)

Current run sheet: https://unitedwetransform.com/exercises/interactive-guessing-game-for-non-verbal-communication-ffeach/