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Anybody Else?
Chairs in a circle, one fewer than people; whoever stands in the middle says something true — left-handed, uneasy about their height, attracted to someone in this room — and asks 'anybody else?', and everyone for whom it is true crosses to a new seat. Playful or deep depending entirely on how the facilitator frames it with their own first example.
- Standing up is the disclosure; the manual asks people to lean into their edge while honouring themselves, and the facilitator's demonstration sets how far that goes
- Involves rushing between chairs — the Go! and I Feel You variations remove the scramble and suit both vulnerable topics and people who cannot dash
Practical
- Time
- 10-20 min
- Group
- 6–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- dialogic-encounter, somatic-awareness
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- authrev.org/ar-games-manual — Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
- Availability
- In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)
Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Authentic World, with variations by the Austin Love Juggernaut — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Variations in the manual: Go!, I Feel You (stand, look around, sit — with an optional deeper cut), Stembody Else, and Nobody Else.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31