Hobbies And Interests
Charades Game
Add an action word twist to a traditional game of charades for an amusing activity. Players are broken into teams of at least two people. The first player picks a word, such as, "jogging," and acts it out. The remaining team members have one minute to guess the right word.
Definition Game
A word game focused on definitions of obscure words works for teams or individual players. One player takes a card and states the chosen word. The player then reads or makes up the definition of the word. Other players then decide whether the definition is correct and gain one point each if they're right. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Hangman Game
A classic hangman game requires a pencil, a piece of paper and two players. The first player makes a dash on the paper to represent each letter in the chosen word. The second player guesses letters until the dashes contain enough letters that the chosen word can be guessed. If the second player guesses the wrong letter, part of the hangman is drawn.
The amount of wrong answers a player can give in a hangman game is easy to alter. A hard game gives six chances, one each for the head, body, arms and legs. An easy game gives 12 chances, one each for the head, body, arms, hands, legs, feet and eyes.
Telephone Game
Three or more players must sit in a circle to play the telephone word game. The first player whispers a short phrase to the second player. The players keep whispering the phrase around the circle and back to the first player. The last player announced what they think the phrase is and the first player announces the true phrase. The game results in funny phrase twists, such as turning, "I like cheese," into, "Ike peas."
Word Chain Game
A word chain game gets players thinking about letters, spelling and vocabulary. The first player chooses a random word, such as, "carrots." The second player must repeat the word and add a new word that starts with the last letter in the previous word, such as "sandwich." The third player repeats the previous two words and adds another. The game keep going until the word chain becomes too long to remember.
Word Scramble Games
Word scramble games require a printed list of words with writing space next to each one. The writing space allows players to see how many different words they can create using only the letters from one word on the list. For example, "manic," could become man, can and main.