Ten games
Pen & paper
Raid the kitchen drawer. A few pens and some scrap paper go a long way.
- Wordplay
Categories
best bit: defending a wildly creative answer to a very skeptical table
Everyone gets the same letter and races to name a band, a city, a TV show and more. Only unique answers score.
- Wordplay
Consequences
best bit: a story where your boss meets a raccoon at the DMV
Write a line of a story, fold it over and pass it on. Nobody sees the rest until it's read out loud.
- Outsmart
Dots and Boxes
best bit: one line that hands you seven boxes in a row
Take turns drawing lines between dots. Close a box to claim it and go again. Most boxes wins.
- Wordplay
Fictionary
best bit: your made-up definition getting more votes than the real one
Someone reads out a real word nobody knows. Everyone writes a fake definition, then guesses which one is real.
- Draw & act
Fishbowl
best bit: by round 3, one eyebrow wiggle means Dolly Parton
Two teams guess names pulled from a bowl: first by describing, then with one word, then acting them out.
- Draw & act
Pictionary
best bit: guessing “Titanic” from one boat and a very sad stick figure
One teammate draws a secret word, no letters allowed, while the rest of the team races to guess it.
- Outsmart
Salvo
best bit: watching their face fall right before they say “hit”
Hide your fleet on a secret grid and call out shots to sink your opponent's ships before they sink yours.
- Draw & act
Telephone Pictionary
best bit: watching “a cat running for mayor” turn into “tax fraud”
Write a phrase and pass it left. The next person draws it, the next guesses the drawing, and on it goes.
- Outsmart
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
best bit: discovering tic-tac-toe can actually be hard
Nine games of tic-tac-toe inside one big one. Where you play decides where your opponent has to play next.
- Wordplay
Who Am I?
best bit: asking “am I a real person?” with Shrek stuck to your head
Everyone has a famous name stuck to their forehead. Ask yes-or-no questions to work out who you are.