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This is a good game for all ages of people who can read/write. You’ll want a group of at least 6 people.

Supplies: Pens and paper for everyone

Game Instructions: You’ll have to brainstorm a bunch of questions before you begin this game.

Here are some ideas:

-If you returned to college today, what would be your new major?

-What was the best Christmas gift you received this year?

-If you could be a superhero, who would you be?

-What is the best movie ever made?

-If you could only eat one food for a whole month, what would it be?

-If you had to move outside of the country next month, where would you go?

-What is your favorite book?

-You’re stranded on an island with one person and one object of your choice. Who is the person and what is the object?

-What’s your favorite packaged snack?

-If you were a cartoon character, who would you be?

-What is something your friends know about you but your parents don’t?

Once you have your questions, divide your group into two teams. Read one question aloud. Everyone writes their answer on a slip of paper. The only rule for answers is that they have to be truthful. This doesn’t mean you have to write an obvious answer, but it does have to be true. After everyone has an answer, a person from Team A reads each of their group’s answers to the other team. The object of the game is to match the person to their answer. Teams earn points for each correct match. After Team B guesses and points are awarded, Team B reads their answers and Team A tries to match the correct person to each answer. It will sound something like this: “We think Joe said Brazil, Pete said Ecuador, Sally said New Zealand, and Grandpa said Tahiti.” The other team will respond with, “That’s two points for you. You got Joe and Pete but you missed the other two.”

We really love this game. You learn so much about each other!

 

This is a good game for all ages of people who can read/write. You’ll want a group of 4-18 people.

Supplies: Pens and paper for everyone

Game Instructions: In this game, each person is asked to make up a category or fill-in-the-blank for the others to answer. It’s like Scattergories but the goal is to match the other players, not to get an original answer. Examples: Snow__________, Name a color, Tooth_________, Name a song sung by Elvis Presley, Name a Disney princess.

Players number their papers according to how many categories will be given. Then the group goes around the circle, giving their categories and everyone filling in their answers. After everyone has written all of their answers, the group again goes around asking each person to share their answers. Everyone gets a point for each match. If five people answered, “Snow Man”, they each get five points. If only one person said, “Snow White”, that person gets one point. The person with the most points wins the game.

 

This game is great for a group of 3-12 players.

Supplies: Paper and pens

Game Instructions:

A haiku is a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables. The third line has 5 syllables.  In the Haiku Game, each person has a piece of paper and a pen. They make up the first line of a haiku (5 syllables) and write it on their paper. They then fold the paper so the next person cannot see what they wrote. They pass it to the person on their left and that person adds line two of the haiku (7 syllables). That person fold the paper and passes it again for the third person to write the final 5 syllable line.  Then, everyone unfolds their papers and takes turns reading the haiku in front of them.