Name the Monster
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Description
This is a Game. It is in the following categories:
How it Works
Play in pairs, one word at a time (see Word at a Time Scene ). Choose a location (e.g. walk in the forest). Players must meet a monster, give it a name, and run away from it.
The 'monster' can be anything: an evil witch, a dragon, a frog with a machine gun, a smelly French cheese, anything.
Variations
Take this game a bit further, and ask the players not to run away from the monster, but do something. Fight it, beat it, get eaten (and continue in the monster's stomach or in heaven/hell), make friends with it, tame it, capture it, ride it, whatever.
Notes
The real goal of the exercise is to get used to explicitly naming the problem (the 'monster' in this case).
Use this game e.g. in combination with Little Voice , to teach players to actually name whatever is talking to them.