My Vacation
My Vacation is a storytelling game in which a performer recounts an imaginary holiday using audience suggestions for destinations, mishaps, and encounters. The storyteller must weave each new detail into a coherent and entertaining narrative. The game exercises spontaneous narrative construction and audience interaction.
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The Improv Archive. (2026). My Vacation. Retrieved September 28, 2026, from https://improvarchive.org/games/my-vacation
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