The Art of Hosting:
How to Play “Fishbowl”
Here’s the scenario… you want to host your friends or family for a game night… but oh no, you don’t have any actual games! Fear not, our Content Strategist Scott is here to teach you a fun, crowd-pleasing and easy game.
What You’ll Need
- Paper
- Pens
- Carry-All Pouch
Set Up the Game
- Cut up scraps of paper so every player has 5-10 pieces each.
- Each player writes down a different “person, place or thing” on each of their slips of paper.
- Fold up everyone’s pieces and put them inside the carry-all pouch.
How to Play
Split up into two different teams (number of players per team doesn’t matter)
Round 1 – “Taboo” Rules
One person from Team A will be the caller and the rest of Team A will try to guess what’s written on each piece of paper.
The caller will have 30 seconds (adjust based on amount of clues or ability of people playing) to get their team to guess as many clues as they can.
The caller removes one slip of paper and has to get their team to guess without saying the word or any portion of the word written on the paper.
After the 30 seconds is up, Team A tallies their correct guesses and play passes to Team B.
Repeat the steps above until all papers have been guessed. Rotate callers throughout.
Round 2 – “Charades” Rules
Place all the clues back in the carry-all pouch. (The trick here is to remember the clues from Round 1 to help guess in Round 2.)
Play operates exactly as above, the only difference being now the caller has to act out the answers without speaking.
Repeat until all papers have been guessed.
Round 3 – “One Word” Rules
Place all the clues back in the carry-all pouch. (Let’s hope you were paying very close attention for the first two rounds…)
Play operates exactly as above, only now the caller can only use one word as their clue. (Hint – use inside jokes, accents or voice inflection to help get your team to guess. Everyone should’ve heard these answers twice now!)
Repeat until all papers have been guessed.
The team with the most correct guesses after three rounds WINS!
And that’s it—so easy right? And the best part of all is you can check out our full collection of party-approved decor and cozyness below.
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