Silent Games
Silent Games is an applied improv exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- We did it and it was awesome. I wish I have video running at all times but I am unfortunately neither Big Brother nor Tech Savvy. So here it is in text.
- We warmed up, like always, with Crazy 8s , making eye contact with each other person at least once.
- Establish rules of cause and effect through repetition
- And - if you’re ever lost in an improv woods - you can always go back to where you started and Reset
- Then we revisited our three typically language-leveraging Rubric Group Games.
- And finally we did a run of Silent Organic Games, remembering to:
- Build progressions out of heightening fellow players’ mime and emotions
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We did it and it was awesome. I wish I have video running at all times but I am unfortunately neither Big Brother nor Tech Savvy. So here it is in text.
And - if you’re ever lost in an improv woods - you can always go back to where you started and Reset
Then we revisited our three typically language-leveraging Rubric Group Games.
Build progressions out of heightening fellow players’ mime and emotions
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Silent Games. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: We did it and it was awesome. I wish I have video running at all times but I am unfortunately neither Big Brother nor Tech Savvy. So here it is in text.; And - if you’re ever lost in an improv woods - you can always go back to where you started and Reset; Then we revisited our three typically language-leveraging Rubric Group Games.; Build progressions out of heightening fellow players’ mime and emotions. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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