Shades
3–10 players · 15 min · best with five or six
One word. Four hundred and eighty colours. Go.
Guessing games for a team
None of these can be worked out from what is in front of you. The only route to the answer is a colleague — what they meant, what they are acting, or what the rest of the room put.
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Most of Us
3–12 players · 15 min · best with five or six
Nobody can revise for this one.
The Needle
2–12 players · 15 min · best with five or six
Say one thing. Find out how differently eight people hear it.
Charades
3–8 players · 15 min · best with five
One person acts. Everybody else types.
Napkin
3–8 players · 15 min · best with five
One person draws. Everybody else types.
Down the Line
3–8 players · 15 min · best with six
Everybody draws at once. Nothing survives the trip.
Ask a Hundred
3–8 players · 10 min · best with five
One guess each, against a board that was written before you sat down.
Hands Up
3–12 players · 10 min · best with six
Everybody answers at once. The points are for knowing how it would land.
Near Enough
3–8 players · 15 min · best with five or six
You do not have to be right. You have to back whoever is.
Straight Face
3–8 players · 15 min · best with five or six
One of these answers is real. The rest are people you work with.
Daydream
3–8 players · 15 min · best with five or six
Six strange pictures each, and one line that has to be half understood.