Paper Telephone
Mind Games Outdoor Indoor Couch Games
- Players: 6 – 14
- Duration: 20 - 30 min
- Average cost: $0.5
How to play
Every player writes a phrase at the top of a paper — "a giraffe learning to skateboard" — and passes it left. The next player draws the phrase, folds the writing out of sight, and passes it on. The next sees only the drawing and writes what they think it shows, folds the drawing away, and passes again. Alternate drawing and describing until each paper returns home, then unfold and read the full mutation chain aloud. The reveal is reliably the loudest ten minutes of any game night.
What you'll need
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