Gotcha!
- Players: 6 or more
- Duration: 5 - 10 min
- Free to play
How to play
Everyone stands in a circle. Each player holds their left palm flat and open toward their left neighbor, and rests their right index finger on the open palm of their right neighbor. On the leader's "Gotcha!", every player tries to do two things at once: snatch their own finger away to safety while snapping their left hand closed to trap their neighbor's finger. The double task short-circuits everyone's brain. Play best of five, then reverse hands to remix the difficulty.
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