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The Needle

Say one thing. Find out how differently eight people hear it.

2–12 players · 15 min · best with five or six

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One of you sees a narrow band hidden on a dial and says one short phrase. Everybody else turns their own needle to where they think you meant. 2 to 8 people, about 15 minutes.

The best pure-discussion game there is, and the argument is the fun rather than an obstacle to it. It hands the quiet ones a turn by construction: everybody turns a needle every round, and the reveal makes everybody explain themselves at once.

The deck is written here — sixty-six spectrums chosen to be fair to somebody whose English is their third language and safe to deal to a table you did not pick. Physical, measurable things rather than opinions about people.

A round

DealOne phraseEveryone turns a needleReveal

On the sheet

+4Each guesser — your needle lands inside the band
+3Each guesser — you are within a band of it
+2Each guesser — you are within two
+2 to +4Whoever wrote the phrase — matching the closest needle at the table
How to play The Needle
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