Wonderful guesses . . . the name of the game is "Empire".
And Ana Marie, this is how you play:
One person is the "Listmaker" with a paper and pen.
Everyone else comes up with a name for themselves ("The Lone Ranger", "Laura Ingalls Wilder", "Hillary Clinton", or "John Knox"). Ideally you want to choose a name that people won't associate with you. Girls can choose guys names, and guys can choose girl names. You can pick fictional characters, people from the Bible, history, or real people you know (like "Peter Serven").
Once you've chosen a name, DON'T tell anyone--just whisper it to the Listmaker. He will add your name to the growing list, adding 1 or 2 "False names" which don't match up with anyone who is playing.
The Listmaker reads through the list twice (changing the order both times) and then you start the game.
Here is an example of what a list might look like (Note: this would be an extremely short game! But you'll get the idea): Rebecca-R. J. Rushdoony Nathan-Augustine of Hippo Beth-Joel Salatin Peter-John Knox False-Mary Pride False-Elmer Fudd
Now of course, no one except the Listmaker (let's say it's Ben) knows who is who. Ben would read the names aloud (RJ Rushdoony, Augustine of Hippo, etc) then choose someone to begin.
Nathan: "Peter, are you Elmer Fudd?"
Peter: "No".
Peter (knowing that Beth is reading a book by Joel Salatin): "Beth, are you Joel Salatin?"
Beth: "Yes!"
Now, Beth moves over and joins Peter's "Empire". They are on a team, with Peter as the Emperor. Peter whispers his his "name" to Beth and the two collaborate as to what everyone else's names are.
Peter's Empire: "Rebecca, are YOU Elmer Fudd?"
etc. etc.
The game continues with people joining other people's teams until there is only one person left.
One other note. If Nathan guessed that Peter was "John Knox", he would get both Beth AND Peter on his team.
Of course, the false names add a little extra confusion to the mix. If it is a larger group (more than 12 people, I might just have 1 false name). If it is a huge group (30 plus, I might have no false names--it's hard enough as it is to remember all the names!).
I can certainly see why this has become your new favorite game so quickly. Plenty to keep one off balance, especially with the "false" names added to the list. I suppose the real challenge would come in trying to decide whether someone's new "name" is a total fabrication, somehow related to them or their current projects (as Beth's book was), or a phantom deliberately fabricated to put others off the trail..... a perfect diversion for after a rollicking game of volleyball and a hearty supper.... and far better than most of the recent "group games" I've run across of late.
10 comments:
You are trying to prevent Deaf people from lip reading you all.
Smile!
Mike & Carol Brabo
Is it Telephone/Gossip? Where you whisper a phrase around a group and see how it changes? Just a guess. :)
Telephone? that would be the Roach family!!! :)
Running Pictionary? If not, you alll should try it,,,,,,loads of fun!
Hannah DeL
EMPIRE!!!!
Love you, Servens.
~ Jean Marie
Fambrough
I'd say it's Empire 2. I've never heard of it before but there's a clue in/on the picture that would lead me to that conclusion;)
Enjoyed the pictures!! "COLORADO" Great place with some wonderful people!! Looks like....fun,fun,fun.
Joshua
I would love to learn what game it is and how it is played!
Wonderful guesses . . . the name of the game is "Empire".
And Ana Marie, this is how you play:
One person is the "Listmaker" with a paper and pen.
Everyone else comes up with a name for themselves ("The Lone Ranger", "Laura Ingalls Wilder", "Hillary Clinton", or "John Knox"). Ideally you want to choose a name that people won't associate with you. Girls can choose guys names, and guys can choose girl names. You can pick fictional characters, people from the Bible, history, or real people you know (like "Peter Serven").
Once you've chosen a name, DON'T tell anyone--just whisper it to the Listmaker. He will add your name to the growing list, adding 1 or 2 "False names" which don't match up with anyone who is playing.
The Listmaker reads through the list twice (changing the order both times) and then you start the game.
Here is an example of what a list might look like (Note: this would be an extremely short game! But you'll get the idea):
Rebecca-R. J. Rushdoony
Nathan-Augustine of Hippo
Beth-Joel Salatin
Peter-John Knox
False-Mary Pride
False-Elmer Fudd
Now of course, no one except the Listmaker (let's say it's Ben) knows who is who. Ben would read the names aloud (RJ Rushdoony, Augustine of Hippo, etc) then choose someone to begin.
Nathan: "Peter, are you Elmer Fudd?"
Peter: "No".
Peter (knowing that Beth is reading a book by Joel Salatin): "Beth, are you Joel Salatin?"
Beth: "Yes!"
Now, Beth moves over and joins Peter's "Empire". They are on a team, with Peter as the Emperor. Peter whispers his his "name" to Beth and the two collaborate as to what everyone else's names are.
Peter's Empire: "Rebecca, are YOU Elmer Fudd?"
etc. etc.
The game continues with people joining other people's teams until there is only one person left.
One other note. If Nathan guessed that Peter was "John Knox", he would get both Beth AND Peter on his team.
Of course, the false names add a little extra confusion to the mix. If it is a larger group (more than 12 people, I might just have 1 false name). If it is a huge group (30 plus, I might have no false names--it's hard enough as it is to remember all the names!).
And that, my friends, is how you play Empire. : )
P. S. Excellent HTML cracking skills, Joshua!
Thanks for the explanation, Rebecca! Now I'll have to watch for an opportunity to suggest playing it. :-)
I can certainly see why this has become your new favorite game so quickly. Plenty to keep one off balance, especially with the "false" names added to the list. I suppose the real challenge would come in trying to decide whether someone's new "name" is a total fabrication, somehow related to them or their current projects (as Beth's book was), or a phantom deliberately fabricated to put others off the trail..... a perfect diversion for after a rollicking game of volleyball and a hearty supper.... and far better than most of the recent "group games" I've run across of late.
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