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Further games...
There are games which cannot be allocated to a specific group or which do not have enough game ideas to warrant a separate category.
Games without winners or losers
Stay firm
The members of team A now tries to make the members of team B laugh.
- Widest smile, most evil grin
Which member of the group can pull the widest smile?
Ghosts
The ghosts now try to stand behind a child for 10 seconds without being noticed.
- Opposites -Similarities
The group should split into pairs of opposites.
- The split second answer
Simple question must be answered within 2 seconds.
- The sculptor and his shapes
The sculptor must make shapes from the rest of the group members by putting them into position.
- Everything in slow motion
A scene is played in slow motion.
Evolution
In this game the aim is to develop through the stages of evolution from egg to chicken, dinosaur, monkey to human being.
The blind and the seeing
A player must sneak past two blind peoples.
- The ticking alarm clock
An alarm clock is hidden in the room, which the blindfolded player must locate.
- The hunt for understanding
The player is the middle tries to steal one of the free seats.
Frank, Johnny and Walter
A running game.
- Drawing phrases on the back
A picture is drawn on the back of the next person in the line (with the finger) who then draws it on the next person’s back.
Skipping rope
A rope is swung around in a circle and the others must jump other the rope.
- Frogs
The frogs in the middle now grab their ankles and both try to find the way out.
- Without direction
All players close their eyes and only make movements according to the instructions of the group leader.
- Blind Rope shapes
The blindfolded group must make the shapes which are called out.
- Pole ballet or the wandering stick
On the signal, everyone lets go of their stick to the right and catches the stick on the left.
- I have never done that before! But I have!
This is a funny game with brilliant claims.
- Hula hula
All of them dance at the same time and all of the hoops are moving.
Risk
If the balloon bursts, they must perform the task.
The group feeding
The neighbours feed each other.
Word and language games
- Auntie Cathy
This game is similar to the suitcase game but with a different dialogue and the relevant action.
- Composite words
Who can name some words which have animals in them?
- ABC
Find words which must be kept in word families.
- A duck - with two legs – jumps into the water - plop!
A concentration game
- Fight for attention
Tell the group something about a theme for 2 minutes.
- Toothless
Try to answer the questions without showing the teeth.
- Questions and answers 1
The answer to the question may not contain a certain letter.
- Questions and answers 2
A question is always replied with the answer of the question posed before.
- Can the group count to 100?
The group takes turn to count to 100. If a number comes which can be divided through 6 or has a 6 in it, the player says ''oops''.
- Hello, I am Anton from Ansbach!
Everyone introduces themselves with name, town, place of birth, job, parent’s names etc.
- Languages jumble?
The members of the group have one syllable to say. A volunteer must now guess which word they are saying.
- Alphabetical memory
The players who forget what objects have been named or get mixed up are out of the game.
- Forbidden words
It's not allowed to answer with ''forbidden'' words.
- Long sentence
The first person begins the sentence with a word, which his neighbour repeats and adds another word.
- Fastest Counter
A game for all of those who are good at mental arithmetic.
- Even Faster Counter
A game for all of those who are good at mental arithmetic and need a better challenge.
- Building words
Make new words out of one word.
- Can you write your name?
Swing your leg in a circle and try to write your name.
- Draw a Christmas tree
Place a book on your head and hold it in place with one hand. Place a sheet of paper on the book and start to draw with the other hand.
- Folding picture
The result will look funny.
- There is an answer to every question - but sometimes not the right one!
Just like the folding pictures questions are written down, the paper is folded and then an answer is written down.
- Placing and replacing
Make by changing of two letters a new word.
- Animalistic
Use the last letter to call out a new animal beginning with this letter.
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