[Noisebridge-discuss] What's a non-trivial equipmentless game?

[Ever Falling]

people watching. create elaborate and detailed stories about people you see
on the street. bonus 'points' for integrating more than one personal story
together even if they're not interacting.

2010/1/13 Ben Kovitz <bkovitz at indiana.edu>

> This is a bit like charades but IMO way more fun.
>
> "Adverb"
>
> One person, the Guesser, leaves the room. The others choose an adverb.
> The Guesser returns, thinks of an activity, names one or more others,
> and says, "Do X in the manner of the word." The others act out the
> activity in the manner if the adverb, and the Guesser takes a guess at
> the adverb. If wrong, the Guesser suggests another activity, and so on
> until the Guesser guesses right. One guess per scene. When the Guesser
> gets it right, pick someone else to be the Guesser for the next round.
> (It's a noncompetitive game.)
>
> For example, one time I played this, the adverb was "flamboyantly".
> The Guesser picked me and one other person and said, "Change a tire in
> the manner of the word."
>
> One time, I was the Guesser, and the others decided to give me a hard
> word: "multiculturally." Yes, even words that abstract can be acted
> out and guessed.
>
> A tip: Make no effort to be funny. There will be much laughter no
> matter what you do, but it's best to act out each activity in the most
> direct and serious way you can.
>
> Also, use no props, even if good ones are handy. Just mime everything
> (except chairs). This keeps it a game of intellect and imagination.
>
>  http://greenlightwiki.com/improv/adverb
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2010, at 12:54 AM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:
>
> > Other than
> > a) 20 questions and equivalent "guess what I'm thinking" games, and
> > b) free association
> >
> > … what are non-trivial equipmentless games suitable for 2+ person play
> > by intelligent people?
> >
> > - Sai
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