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Command Chain

Command Chain
Needs a room

Every command stays in. The chain gets longer until the room breaks.

One physical command goes up, and the room does it. Then a second, and the room does both in order. By the sixth the whole room is running a sequence nobody could have remembered on their own β€” which is exactly when it falls apart, loudly, and everybody is still doing it together.

Energy BoostMovementMemoryLaughterGroup Coordination
Use this when

The room has been sitting still and you want everyone on their feet doing the same thing inside thirty seconds, with no props and no explaining.

Props: None

Run this when…

If none of these is your room, pick another.
  1. A mid-afternoon slump in a seated room

  2. Straight after a long input session

  3. A large group where you need one instruction to reach everybody

The run-sheet

What you get once it’s yours. Open any of them to see how.

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Run it yourself

5 icebreakers free for 10 days. No card. Put it on the projector and step through it β€” nobody in the room has to set anything up.

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At a glance
6–200people
4–7minutes
Energyhigh
Where
Needs a room
Props
None
Big screen
Required
Teams
Individual only
What it builds
communicationcollaboration