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Category Archives: Improv Games

Game Library: “Status Swap”

The latest addition to the imrpoivdr.com Game Library, “Status Swap,” provides a playful mechanism for exploring change in our characters and relationships.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 19, 2021August 8, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Change, Status, Status SwapLeave a comment on Game Library: “Status Swap”

Game Library: “Stop! Think!”

If your text and subtext are often one and the same, perhaps you could benefit from taking a moment to “Stop! Think!”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 12, 2021August 17, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Cartooning, Exercises, Short-Form, Showing, Stop! Think!, Subtext2 Comments on Game Library: “Stop! Think!”

Game Library: “Environmental Freeze Tag”

The ImprovDr Game Library continues to expand with “Environmental Freeze Tag,” a lesser-known warm-up that creates expansive and dynamic locations.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 5, 2021June 26, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Caller, Characterization, Environmental Freeze Tag, Exercises, Freeze, Justification, Physicality, Staging, Warm-up, WhereLeave a comment on Game Library: “Environmental Freeze Tag”

Game Library: “Song Cue”

This addition to the Game Library is a musical improv mainstay, “Song Cue.” That sounds like a blog…

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 29, 2021June 28, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Caller, Music, Musicality, Song, Song Cue, Sounds Like a Song, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Song Cue”

Game Library: “Perspectives”

I’ve found that most players really enjoy the central conceit of “Perspectives” that explores a given moment through the eyes of four different characters. And it’s a handy dandy tool for exploring callbacks too!

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 22, 2021March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Callback, Narrative, Narrative Collage, Perspectives, POV, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Perspectives”

Game Library: “Most Scenes in a Minute”

“Most Scenes in a Minute” can help you practice that elusive skill of pitching strong scenic buttons. And it’s a whirlwind of fun as well!

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 15, 2021September 2, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Button, Caller, Decider, Exercises, Fast-Paced, Most Scenes in a Minute, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Most Scenes in a Minute”

Game Library: “Emotions”

“Emotions” provides a dynamic rollercoaster variant that also supports strong character and scene work.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 8, 2021June 18, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Bulletproof, Caller, Chameleon, Change, Emotional Rollercoaster, Emotions, Rollercoaster1 Comment on Game Library: “Emotions”

Game Library: “Speak in Turn”

Here’s the latest addition to the imrpoivdr.com Game Library, “Speak in Turn.” This short-form game helps players share the spotlight.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 1, 2021July 26, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Bulldozing, Sharing Focus, Speak in TurnLeave a comment on Game Library: “Speak in Turn”

Game Library: “Fortunately/Unfortunately”

Fortunately this exercise can help your storytelling skills. Unfortunately this exercise can thwart your characters’ lives…

Posted byimprovdrDecember 25, 2020February 19, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Breaking the Routine, Exercises, Fortunately/Unfortunately, Problem, Solution, Storytelling, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Fortunately/Unfortunately”

Game Library: “Rule Breaker”

Here’s a joyously chaotic exercise called “Rule Breaker” that reveals the import of foundational improv strategies.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 18, 2020April 21, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Blocking, Breaking the Rules, Exercises, Improv, Improv Strategies, Improv Terms, Improv Vocabulary, Improvisation, Rule Breaker, RulesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Rule Breaker”

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