Botticelli is a strategic question game similar to other guessing games like 20 Questions. One player takes on the role of a famous person whom all players know reasonably well (when this game was conceived Sandro Botticelli, the Italian renaissance painter of The Birth of Venus, must have satisfied this requirements, hence the name of… Continue reading Botticelli
Category: Small Group
Icebreakers for small groups. Have a small group of 3-5 people? These games will work especially well.
The Energy Game (Hands of Power)
The Energy Game is a drama class warm-up exercise. One player starts by making a sound and a motion, such as a raising fist and growling, or spreading out their arms and roaring. In turn, each player amplifies the energy of this action, as it gets louder and louder around the group. Play the Energy Game… Continue reading The Energy Game (Hands of Power)
Word Association Game
Thinking is all about making connections in the brain. Reveal something about how you and your friends think using this simple Word Association game of making connections between words! Play Word Association with a small group of two to eight players. It works nicely as a conversation starter, a car game, or as a drinking… Continue reading Word Association Game
Bango Card Game
Bango brings some of the atmosphere of the Bingo Hall to the family table. It is a very simple card game that can be played with children of almost any age. Play for counters, coins, or candy in a game of pure luck, where the toddlers can have the thrill of claiming victory over their… Continue reading Bango Card Game
Fake Artist
Can you work out what is going on in another person’s mind just from a single line they have drawn? All players in this game are handed the same piece of secret information on slips of paper: a codeword. All players… except one. One player is given a blank slip of paper, and they are… Continue reading Fake Artist
Spoons
Spoons is a game of speed, silliness, and having a sharp eye. It’s engaging, fast paced, and intense! The first thing you need to play Spoons is a pack of playing cards. The second thing you need is… spoons. To be precise, you will need one less spoon than the number of players who will… Continue reading Spoons
1000 Blank White Cards
1000 Blank White Cards is a unique and hilarious game that involves zaniness and creativity. Each person is handed ten blank white cards. These are the cards this game will be played with — but first, you have to write something on them to create interesting rules. In other words, you have to decide the… Continue reading 1000 Blank White Cards
Sticker Ninja
What is Sticker Ninja? Well, it’s a game that requires stealth, agility, deception and the use of a hidden weapon to stick your opponents. Sticker Stalker makes for a nice, casual side-game at walk-around events where all guests are standing up and moving from group to group. Play it with any number of players —… Continue reading Sticker Ninja
Sequence
This is a team-building game of communication and pictures. Every member of the group will need to describe the picture they are given, and then as a group they must put the pictures in the correct order. The pictures for this game could come from children’s books, or comic books, and you can pick the… Continue reading Sequence
Hot Potato Camera
Hot Potato Camera is like Russian roulette with selfies. Not as fatal as the original game — but still pretty embarrassing — the loser will end up getting a naturally terrible photo that will have everyone laughing. This game will work with a regular camera as well. You just need to know how to use the timer… Continue reading Hot Potato Camera