Charades

🕒 Duration: 10–20 minutes
👥 Players: 4+
🎯 Best for: Ice breaking, boosting energy, team bonding, acting and guessing fun

🎲 How to Play

Charades is a fast-paced guessing game where one player silently acts out a word or phrase, and the rest of their team must guess what it is before time runs out.

  1. Split the group into two teams (or play in a circle for smaller groups).

  2. One player draws or is given a word or phrase (can be a person, movie, action, animal, etc.).

  3. That player acts it out silently – no speaking or sound effects allowed!

  4. Their team has 60–90 seconds to guess correctly.

  5. If they guess it, they earn a point. Then it’s the other team’s turn.

  6. Keep playing until everyone has had a chance to act or a set number of rounds.

💬 Example Categories

  • 🎬 Movies & TV Shows

  • 🐾 Animals

  • 🧹 Everyday Actions

  • 🌍 Places

  • 🎵 Songs or Singers

  • 👑 Famous People

➡️ You can also theme it to your group (e.g., only sports, office-related, holiday themes, etc.).

🧠 Why It Works

  • Super engaging and energizing

  • Builds communication and teamwork

  • Gets people moving and laughing

  • Easily adaptable for different ages or group sizes

  • Perfect for classrooms, retreats, and warm-ups

📎 Materials Needed

  • A list of prompts (write your own or use a charades app)

  • A timer or stopwatch
    (Optional: A whiteboard to track points)

🎯 Tip for Remote Play: Use breakout rooms and private chat to assign words. The player acts on webcam while others guess in the main room!