Charades in Zim

the final round

Q: what happens when you have a dozen guys and gals who get together on a whim for Saturday evening?

A: a nourishing meal of spaghetti bolognaise, two rounds of coffee and tea, and a lively game of charades.

If you want to play your own game of multi-level charades here’s how:

You’ll need 1) a group of friends, 2) three small papers for each person, 3) a bowl, 4) a timer (30 seconds), 5) a board/sofa/table to crouch behind for the final round

1) have each person write down  three famous people/places/events on three separate scraps of paper

2) collect all papers in a bowl

3) count off into two teams (1,2,1,2,1,2…) [teams will remain intermingled, but all participants need to know which team they’re on]

4) one of the team members is elected to start round one by pulling a paper from the bowl. The timer is started. The leading teamie must describe the word on the paper (without using that word, of course) to his teammates. As soon as one of the teamies calls out the correct word, the leading teamie grabs another paper and starts describing it. This continues until “time” is called (30 seconds).

5) the bowl is passed to the left, and the opposing team’s leading teamie repeats the process listed in Step 4

6) the plays continue until all the papers have been pulled and won from the bowl. The teams tally points and proceed to round two, putting all the papers back into the bowl.

7) for round two, the leading teamie must act out the word on the paper (without saying anything). The bowl continues around the room as before. When all the papers are won, the teams again tally their scores.

8) by this time, everyone should be quite familiar with the words on the papers. For the third round, the leading teamie is only allowed to speak ONE word as the clue to his team to get them to say the word on each scrap of paper. Score is tallied as with the previous rounds.

9) the final round is fingers only! The leading teamie goes behind a sofa, board, or other large item and must communicate the word on each scrap of paper by using only his hands. Plays continue around the room as before.

10) when all the papers are won after round #4, total game points can be calculated.