Another surrealist game from Alastair Brotchie. This one involves the random creation of definitions.
What is...?
Each player writes a question on this pattern: "What is ----?" (e.g., "What is solidarity?")
The players each fold down their papers so the questions are concealed and pass their papers to the next player who writes a definition on this pattern: "It is ----" (e.g., "It is a scream in the night." or "It is the final resting place of our dreams.")
The first technique is from Alastair Brotchie's collection of surrealist games. The second is a variation on the first. Like all such games, it is important to play them freely, without concern about "making a good one" or being clever. If the players feel free, the results can sometimes be remarkable. We are used to trying to work together rationally, these games ask us to work together irrationally, creatively.
If/Would
In pairs or a group: each person writes the first clause of a sentence, beginning with "If", on this pattern:
