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Zombie Name Game
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
One player moves zombie-slow toward someone, arms out. Before being reached, that person has to call another player's name, which redirects the zombie. Fail to call in time and you become the zombie.
Hold with care
- Being slowly approached by someone with their arms out is a mild pursuit, and the slowness is what makes it bearable — speeding it up changes the game
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- attention-training
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- improvencyclopedia.org/games/Zombie_Name_Game.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
In this directory via Improv Encyclopedia
Related: Cross Circle (alternative-to)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31