Black Magic
- Players: 6 – 20
- Duration: 10 - 15 min
- Free to play
How to play
A two-person trick disguised as mind-reading. The "psychic" leaves the room while the group picks any object in sight. On returning, their secret partner points to objects one by one — "Is it the lamp? The red cushion? The clock?" — and the psychic calmly identifies the chosen one. The code: the chosen object always comes immediately after something black. The group's job is to figure out the trick, and the pair's job is to survive round after round of increasingly paranoid scrutiny.
What you'll need
- Small household objects to point at
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