1. Catchphrase
What you need: Words to guess (either written down on strips of paper) and a timer.
How to play: The point of the game is to get your team members to guess the target word by explaining the word to them out loud. The trick is, you can’t say the word (or any variant of the word) or you lose the round.
So to start, prepare a bunch of words or phrases on slips of paper (see below for some pre-made printable word lists, or use my online word generator). You could divide these into categories (famous people, foods, sports, household items, animals) or just mix them all together.
Put your papers into a bowl or hat and then situate all your players. Divide everyone up into two teams and have everyone sit in a circle, alternating members from each team (if you can find a way to divide teams like boys versus girls, then it’s good because it’s very easy to remember who’s on your team).
Choose one player, like Marty, to start. Marty takes the bowl of words, draws one, and immediately starts to describe it while at the same time someone starts the timer (for as much time as you all choose). As soon as Marty starts describing, his team members can start shouting out guesses (while the opposing team stays silent/watches the timer). Marty can say anything as long as it’s not the word written on the paper or any variant of the word. (The opposing team members sitting next to Marty can look over his shoulder and make sure he doesn’t say any words he’s not allowed to.)
Say Marty’s first word is baseball bat.
“A long wooden thing you use to play a sport!”
However, he could not say:
“A long wooden thing you use to play baseball!”
Or even:
“A long wooden thing you use to hit a ball!”
Because he can’t say any variant of anything written on the slip of paper. Marty could get creative, though, and say something like:
“The mammal that has wings and is black and flies around at night eating insects!”
“Okay, that same word, but used to describe something long and wooden you use in a sport!”
As Marty’s team members guess, he can provide feedback and keep talking, as long as he doesn’t say any word on the paper.
Speed is definitely the key, because Marty’s goal is to get through as many words as he can before the timer runs out. Each word his team guesses correctly gets them a point. When the timer runs out, pass the bowl to the next person in the circle, and they get a turn to draw words and describe them while their team guesses. Play moves like this around the circle, with lots of describing and shouting out answers involved. It’s a lot of fun.
The team with the most points in the end wins. You can have players just save their papers until the end to count points, or have someone write down the score after each round, for those players who like to know they’re winning (or not).
Strategies: Since speed is so important in this game, the faster you can give hints that will help your team members guess, the better. Well-known phrases or song lyrics are great, for instance. For example, if the word were snowman, instead of saying: “Something kids build in the winter that’s in the shape of a human…” you could just shout: “Frosty the…” and everyone would (hopefully) immediately shout “Snowman!”
Variations: You can choose to allow or prohibit skipping words (say if you draw one that’s just way too hard to describe or a word you don’t know the definition of). If you’re playing with younger players, maybe skipping passing is a good idea. But if you’re hardcore, maybe it’s not.
Also, you could play with a shorter time limit (maybe 10 seconds or so) and let each player describe only one word per turn. If they guess it, great; the turn ends, the team gets a point, and it’s the next players turn. If they don’t, too bad; no points for them that round. Just experiment to find out the best time limit for your group.
Contoh kata yang dapat kita gunakan:
Animals:
panda housecat moth
moose water buffalo caterpillar
albatross duck mouse
salamander Canadian goose rat
aardvark joey robin
horse koala black bear
hippopotamus camel cougar
giraffe bald eagle crocodile
dog bird penguin
pony bat otter
porcupine dolphin hamster
chameleon swordfish groundhog
cricket clownfish gila monster
leopard rabbit buffalo
shark stallion wombat
kitten reindeer wolf
dragon blue whale hyena
unicorn tuna platypus
basset hound shrimp skunk
bulldog ladybug beaver
Catchphrase Words: Animals
puppy weasel owl
chipmunk lamb tiger
doe ewe pelican
ape sheep dog partridge
hedgehog cow spider
turtle alligator seahorse
sea turtle llama hive
lion armadillo herd
gopher three-toed sloth elk
fox guinea pig sea lion
donkey frog crow
zebra toad worm
panther chinchilla flock
chimpanzee calf school of fish
warthog cub seagull
parakeet chicken human
toucan deer lobster
prairie dog dove walrus
komodo dragon jellyfish crab
tortoise duckling wasp
squirrel wildebeest catfish
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