Desert Island
- Players: 4 – 20
- Duration: 15 - 25 min
- Free to play
How to play
The scenario: you're stranded on a desert island and may bring only three items. Each player reveals their three choices and defends them — is a knife smarter than a satellite phone? Is a guitar a waste or the key to sanity? For a team-building twist, have small groups negotiate a single shared list of five items, forcing debate about what actually matters. There are no right answers; the reasoning people give quietly reveals how they think and what they value.
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