Guess the Value

Type of Game: interactive/competitive                            

Number of Players: 2 - 8

Description: In this game players will compete to see how many values they can guess in sixty seconds. There are multiple ways to play this game. Choose your version from the options below.

Additional Materials: A timer
Instructions for individual competition:

1. Determine a playing order

2. The first player hold the deck of values cards and faces the group

   1. One at a time, the player turns a card over and holds it against their forehead so that the value is visible to the group but not to themself.

   2. The group calls out words or phrases describing the value, but not saying the name of the value while the player tries to guess the value they are holding up.

   3. When the player guesses the value they are holding, they turn another card.

   4. Repeat until 60 seconds are up.

3. The next player in the playing order takes the deck of values cards and has their turn

4. Repeat until each player has had a turn or until the values cards are all finished

5. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins. 

Instructions for group competition:

1. Organize all players into two teams.

   1. Determining which team will go first, and set a playing order within the teams. 

2. The first player on the first team takes the deck of values cards and faces their team

   1. One at a time, the player turns a card over so that they can see it but their team cannot.

   2. The player then gives clues (words, phrases, or physical movements) while their teammates try to guess the value. The player cannot say the name of the value

   3. When a team member guesses the value, the player turns another card.

   4. Repeat until 30 seconds are up. A member of the second team can keep time.

   5. At the end of the turn the player keeps the value cards that their team guessed correctly.

3. Pass the rest of the deck  to the first player on the second team for them to take their turn.

4. Continue passing the deck between teams until all of the value cards have been claimed.

5. Each team counts their cards and the team with the most wins.

Alternate instructions for group competition:
In this version, play 3 rounds with the same teams, following instructions for group competition.

1. In round 1 the player giving clues uses any words or phrases (aside from the value itself).

2. In round 2 the player giving clues can only use one word (not the value itself)  as their clue

3. In round 3 the player giving clues can only use physical movement as their clue