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House, Creature, Flood
Also known as: Orkanleken
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
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