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Centerpiece This game is similar to Revolver, but with five players. Four players, A, B, C, and D each pick one corner of the stage, and player E stands in the center. The host gets a suggestion for a scene from the audience and assigns it to players A, B, and E on the front of the stage. The host then says “rotate right” and everyone rotates clockwise on the stage. Then the host gets another suggestion and players B, C, and E have a separate, new scene together. Rotate right again, new suggestion, and players C, D, and E have a separate scene together. Rotate right one more time, new suggestion, and players D, A, and E have a separate scene together. Throughout the game, the host will be rotating between these four scenes by either calling “rotate right,” known as clockwise, or “rotate left,” known as counterclockwise. Each time the scenes are revisited after rotating, the players can pick up right where they left off or go hours, months, or years into the future. Player E has to remember all of the scenes, in addition to their characters in each scene. https://lnkd.in/ekm2XYDM #improvgames #improvtips #shortformimprov

QUICK SCENES This game is based on quick 1-3 line scenes. Players stand in a line on the back of the stage and a suggestion is taken from the audience. Two players at a time will step forward and have a 1-3 line scene inspired by the suggestion, returning to their spot when they are done. Once the suggestion has run its course, someone from the line will step forward and ask for a new suggestion to inspire more quick scenes. This process continues until the game reaches a high point. https://lnkd.in/ekm2XYDM #improvgames #improvtips #shortformimprov

CENTERPIECE This game is similar to Revolver, but with five players. Four players, A, B, C, and D each pick one corner of the stage, and player E stands in the center. The host gets a suggestion for a scene from the audience and assigns it to players A, B, and E on the front of the stage. The host then says “rotate right” and everyone rotates clockwise on the stage. Then the host gets another suggestion and players B, C, and E have a separate, new scene together. Rotate right again, new suggestion, and players C, D, and E have a separate scene together. Rotate right one more time, new suggestion, and players D, A, and E have a separate scene together. Throughout the game, the host will be rotating between these four scenes by either calling “rotate right,” known as clockwise, or “rotate left,” known as counterclockwise. Each time the scenes are revisited after rotating, the players can pick up right where they left off or go hours, months, or years into the future. Player E has to remember all of the scenes, in addition to their characters in each scene. https://lnkd.in/ekm2XYDM #improvgames #improvtips #shortformimprov

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SIT, STAND, LIE DOWN Three players start on stage in this scene game. They always have to either be sitting, standing, or lying down. The catch is, there can never be more than one person in any of these three positions. For example, if a player sits, then the player that was previously sitting either needs to stand up or lie down. In addition, any player that moves needs to justify why they did in a way that makes sense in the scene. https://lnkd.in/ekm2XYDM #improvgames #improvtips #shortformimprov

Alphabet This scene game consists of 26 lines of dialogue. Two players start on stage and the host gets a suggestion for the scene, in addition to a letter to start the dialogue with. For example, if the letter picked was “L” then the next letter would be “M” and so on through the alphabet. Players take turns alternating between the letters. When a player gets to the letter “Z,” then they loop back to the letter “A.” If a player uses the wrong letter, takes too long, uses a weird word, or doesn’t help the scene move forward, then they are replaced by a player waiting in the line off stage. The host can change the scene and pick a new letter after a player is replaced. https://lnkd.in/ekm2XYDM #improvgames #improvtips #shortformimprov

🌐 https://lnkd.in/dbjBV4gq 🎮 Flip, Match, and Groove! I've created this interactive memory game with a Spotify twist. A simple and fun memory game built as a personal project. Check out the video explanation below! The next step would be to add a leader board. #MadeWithVue #React #PersonalProject #GameDevelopment #MemoryGame #WebDev #SpotifyIntegration

Catch Phrase Three people start on stage for this scene game. The host asks the audience for two simple statements and two simple questions. Examples of sentences could be “Why are we stuck here?” and “Look behind you!” One statement and one question are given to two players, and they can ONLY use these catch phrases during the scene. They are allowed to change the inflection and punctuation, but they can’t change the order of the words. The third player has to try and have a normal scene and can say whatever they want. https://lnkd.in/ekm2XYDM #improvgames #improvtips #shortformimprov

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