Space Jump
A scene builds layer by layer as players freeze the action and jump in with a new character and location. Then each layer is peeled back in reverse until the original scene is restored.
About
Space Jump (also known as Freeze Tag's structured cousin) creates a telescoping series of scenes, each triggered by a frozen physical position from the previous one. The challenge is that each new player must justify the existing frozen physicality while establishing a completely new world. Then the whole structure must be unwound in reverse order.
How to Play
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Two players begin a scene. At a strong physical moment, the facilitator calls 'Freeze!'
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A third player enters, taps one of the frozen players out and immediately begins a new scene in a completely different location - justifying the physical position they have inherited.
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This process continues until all players are onstage, each layer of scene frozen below the new one.
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Once all players are in, the facilitator calls 'Unwind.' Each layer is peeled back in reverse: the most recent scene is finished, then frozen, and the previous players resume where they left off.
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The original two players are the last to resume and conclude the first scene.
Variations
- -Narrative Space Jump: rather than location changes, each new layer explores a different time period of the same story.