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Three Noses
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Players wander until a call goes up — 'three noses', '7 left big toes', 'five bellybuttons' — and have to form little clusters touching exactly those parts together. The source suggests repeating it until everyone is giggling.
Hold with care
- The source's own example list includes nipples; the caller decides what is asked for, and that choice is the whole safety question here
- Fast clustering means touching whoever is nearest, without negotiation
- The source recommends it for new groups precisely because it makes people touch early — which is exactly why some groups should not start here
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- somatic-awareness, behavioral-rehearsal
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- improvencyclopedia.org/games/Three_Noses.html — Improv Encyclopedia, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Unattributed; compiled by Improv Encyclopedia — Improvisational theatre
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status: checked · added 2026-08-31