Playformation
Energizer · Focuser

Zip Zap Zop

Fast, loud and impossible to do while distracted.

6 minutes · Circle, 8–30

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How to facilitate it

  1. Pass the energy across the circle with a clap and eye contact: Zip, then Zap, then Zop.
  2. Speed it up.
  3. Celebrate mistakes with a Failure Bow.

Credit & lineage

Traditional theatre game. UT Austin documents a version with source credit to Michael Rohd.

Rohd is credited for the documented source; sole invention of the wider game is not claimed. The Failure Bow extension is credited to Matt Smith.

The linked reference is not a blanket reuse license for its text.

UT Austin: Zip Zap Zop, source citation Michael Rohd ↗

Matt Smith: Failure Bow extension ↗

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