guessing games

  • Wink Murder

    Before the game begins, one person is selected to be the murderer, unknown to any of the other players. The murderer’s job is to kill as many of the other players as possible by making direct eye contact and then winking at them. A player who is winked at must wait five seconds, and then…

  • Who Am I?

    Each player has a post-it note stuck to their forehead with the name of a famous person or character written upon it. They must ask questions of the others players in order to deduce who they are, but the others may only answer “yes” or “no”. For example; “Am I a woman?”“Am I fictional?”“Am I…

  • Charades

    One person is chosen to begin, and they must think of a word or phrase to try and act out for the other players. In modern charades the phrase is often the name of a film, book, TV show or computer game, although it can also be the name of an object, or a quote…

  • Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

    One person thinks of an object and commits it to memory without telling what it is. The other players take it in turns to ask questions. The person thinking of the object can only reply with the words ‘yes’ or ‘no’. For example; “Is it an animal?”‘Yes.’“Is it a mammal?”‘No.’“Is it a fish?” And so…