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Charades

Split into two teams. One player gets a secret title from the other team and acts it out with no talking at all, while their own team races to guess it before the timer runs out. Then the other team takes a turn.

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Split into two teams.

Set up · 2 of 2

Each team quietly comes up with a few titles for the other team to act out: movies, books, songs and TV shows everyone has heard of.

How to play · 1 of 5

Get your title

One player from Team A walks over to Team B, who whisper a title to them.

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Show the category

Face your team and mime the kind of title: crank an old film camera for a movie, open your hands like a book, sing silently for a song.

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Count the words

Hold up fingers for how many words are in the title. To act out a single word, hold up fingers for which word it is first.

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Act it out

Start a two-minute timer. Act out the title with no words, no sounds and no mouthing. Nod hard and point when someone gets close.

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Switch

Guessed it, or out of time? Team B sends someone to Team A for a title. Keep alternating until everyone has had a turn.

How to win

Every title guessed in time is a point. The team with the most points wins.