Sandwiches : A New Improv Game

D.
1 min readAug 20, 2017

My attempt to recapture the glory of Sausages.

The inspiration for the game. Honestly.

How To Play:

Two players start a scene. Each player finishes the last word of the other person’s sentence, before starting their own lines. Players can speak multiple lines, in which case they only leave the very last word of the last line hanging.

Why I Hope It Works:

The song in Frozen (and a classic line from Arrested Development) shows the comedy behind the thinking: if the sentence ends unexpectedly, it’s a punchline moment. Every line in the scene now becomes a punchline.

This works best if players heighten and puts extra emphasis on the last word, making it incredibly important, so whatever word comes out becomes super critical.

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