Epidemic
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Epidemic
| Type: | communication game |
| Number of players: | about 5 to 20 |
| Location: | everywhere |
| Equipment: | none |
| Duration: | 1-2 minutes per round |
| Preparation: | none |
Epidemic is a simple game without any preparation or required equipment. It is a variation of chinese whispers.
Equipment
You don't need any equipment for that game.
Procedure
The players are standing (or sitting) in a circle. All players are facing towards the center, looking on the floor. On player is selected to to make a grimace.
His neighbour on the right looks at this grimace. Then, he tries to mimic it and shows it again to his right neighbour. Similar to chinese whispers, the grimace will change over time. When all participants have seen and mimiced the grimace, the initial one and the resulting one are compared to each other.
