Time Bomb
I learned this game at the 2005 OCA Conference, at the "No Equipment, No Planning Time, No Problem" session facilitated by Matt Barr.
Ask each player in the group to individually choose one other person in the group to be a "bomb" and another, different person to be their "shield". Ask them to keep their choices secret. Tell the players that their "bomb" is about to explode any minute and the only way to survive the blast is to hide behind their "shield". Each player then needs to try and keep their "shield" between themselves and their "bomb", and since each player has made different choices, you will end up with a room full of excited folks desperately trying to keep behind their shields, who are also always on the move to keep behind their own shields!
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