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House, Creature, Flood

Also known as: Orkanleken

Depth · what it can open○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharednone

Players build a house around one player who is the creature inside it. On 'house' the house rebuilds itself around the same creature; on 'flood' everybody scatters and finds another position.

Hold with care
  • Building a structure around another person means enclosing them, briefly and repeatedly

Practical

Time
min
Group
? · large-group
Settings
in-person
Mechanisms
behavioral-rehearsal, creative-expression
Change scope
state · repeatable

Instructions

Where
improvencyclopedia.org/games/House,_Creature,_Flood.html Improv Encyclopedia, open
Availability
Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Unattributed; compiled by Improv Encyclopedia — Improvisational theatre

In this directory via Improv Encyclopedia · Teater Mila — Övningar

status: checked · added 2026-08-31