exercise · all tools
Terminator
Two pairs: one asks, one answers — except that the askers may only speak as 'we' ('We notice that you scratch your head whenever you're asked about your family. What's happening for you in that moment?'), and the person asked stays silent while their partner answers for them, intuiting rather than inventing. Five to seven minutes a round, everyone through every role. Similar to Translator and Watermelon, the manual says, and both profound and hilarious if taken seriously.
Practical
- Time
- 40 min
- Group
- 4–∞ · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- perspective-taking, feedback-mirroring, dialogic-encounter
- 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
Mike Blas, for an Austin circling lab — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
status: checked · added 2026-08-31