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…
Category: Stationary
Stationary games are fun games that have everyone seated in one place, usually in a circle. They are not as tiring or energetic as Active games, but they can be just as hilarious or just as fun!
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…
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…
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…
Bang / The Gun Name Game
To avoid getting shot, learn and remember names of the people in a group! Bang! or (The Gun Name Game) is a game of name-recall that works perfectly amongst strangers as an introductions game, but is also a game of reactions that can be played in groups of people that already know each other. Younger boys…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tall Tales “Suddenly” Story
Spin fantastic yarns — amazing stories — with this engaging group activity. Each person will tell three sentences of a story and end with the word “suddenly…” The next person will then have to pick up the story and add three sentences of their own. Tall Tales encourages the players to think on their feet and…