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On Your Turn
How to Win
The first team to reach 10 points is the winner. To adjust adjust for time and interest, teams can choose a total winning score before starting the game.
Daruma Head
Daruma Head revolves around knowledge of data and facts. Multiple-Choice Trivia! cards ask a question and present four possible multiple choice answers. Outright Trivia! cards present a question that the player's team must answer outright, and True/False Trivia! cards require the player's team to evaluate a statement to determine whether it is true or false.
Creative Nekko
Creative Nekko involves three creative challenges. Pictionary cards require one player to draw on a piece of paper while the other team member(s) attempt to guess the word or phrase. Origami cards are the same as Pictionary but instead of drawing, you’re folding paper into a sculpture. Telephone Pictionary cards require team members to each caption and draw the answer and the last team player guesses the word or phrase.
Performer
Performer is themed around acting out clues with a vague hint such as in Charades, or acting and speaking like a famous person or fictional character but without using proper names (Celebrity Acting).
Wordsmith
Wordsmith is themed around words, phrases, and acronyms. Guess the Phrase cards require teams to correctly guess what the Japanese phrase means in English. Guess the Acronym cards require teams to correctly guess what the acronym stands for. Guess the Gairaigo cards require teams to correctly guess what the Japanese word means in English.
You Choose
Your team picks the color! Remember red is knowledge and trivia, blue is creative, dark blue is performing, and yellow is words and phrases. Good luck!
Blind Pictionary: To win this challenge your team must guess what you're drawing within the allotted time. But there's a catch! You must close your eyes while you draw.
Origami: To win this challenge your team must guess what you're folding within the alloted time. As the artist, you may not speak or gesture.
Pictionary: To win this challenge your team must guess what you're drawing within the allotted time. As the artist, you may not speak or draw letters/symbols.
Guess the Phrase: To win this challenge, teams must correctly guess what the answer on this card means in English.
Guess the Acronym: To win this challenge, teams must correctly guess what the full name of the acronym on this card is.
Guess the Gairaigo: To win this challenge, teams must correctly guess what the gairaigo (Japanese words originating or based on foreign-language, generally Western) on this card means in English.
Multiple-Choice Trivia: To win this challenge, teams must choose the correct answer from four possible multiple-choice questions.
True-False Trivia: To win this challenge, teams must evaluate a statement to determine whether it is true or false and select the correct answer.
Outright Trivia: To win this challenge, teams are presented with a question that they must answer outright without receiving any hints or clues.
Charades: To win this challenge, get your teammates to guess what’s on the card by acting without making any sound.
Celebrity Acting: To win this challenge, get your teammates to guess what’s on the card by acting and speaking like a famous person or fictional character but without using proper names.
There are actual games in this issue. We've developed some original games with a little culture and a lot of fun. Grab the cousins or a group of friends and play together online (or in-person one day). Have fun!
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