Games pitched at older groups
These need a bit of maturity, reading, abstract thinking or self-control, so they are set at eleven and up. They are also the ones least likely to get the 'this is for little kids' response from a teenage group.
- Up Front Games
Carrot in a Box
Two boxes, one carrot. One player knows where it is, the other has to read their bluff and decide whether to swap.
- Up Front Games
Cheese or Font
The leader reads out a name and the group decides whether it is a cheese or a font. Hands on head for cheese, hands on hips for font.
- Drama Games
Conscience Alley
One person walks down an alley of peers acting as good and bad conscience, advising on a tough decision.
- Memory Verse Games
Dart Relay
Teams throw darts at balloons to collect hidden memory verse puzzle pieces, then race to reassemble the verse.
- Drama Games
Monologuing
A participant takes on a character and delivers a solo speech based on a situation that character has experienced.
- Wide Games
Murder Mystery
An elaborate evening game where teams interrogate leader-characters to solve a mystery acted out at the start of the night.
- Get to Know You
Personal Trivia Golf
Teams score personal-trivia questions like holes of golf. The fewer attempts it takes to reach three points, the better.
- Drama Games
Role Playing
Everyone takes on a character within a given situation and discusses a topic from that character's perspective with a partner.
- Drama Games
Role Walk
Like Role Playing, but participants walk around finding new partners each time to discuss the topic in character.
- Memory Verse Games
SMS Memory
A mid-week challenge for older groups: everyone sends the memory verse to the group chat at a set random time, and closest to the mark wins.
- Drama Games
Space Jump
An improv game where actors are added one at a time, each creating a new scenario based on the frozen pose of the previous actor.
- Get to Know You
Speed Friending
Speed dating without the dating. Three minutes per pair, then one circle shuffles along and everyone starts fresh with someone new.
- Up Front Games
Taylor Swift or Proverbs
The leader reads a quote and the group decides whether it is a Taylor Swift lyric or a verse from Proverbs. Hands on head for Proverbs, hands on hips for Taylor.
- Camp Games
The Game
An ongoing game where the sole rule is: if you think about The Game, you lose.
- Drama Games
The Question Game
Two players must have an entire conversation using only questions. Answer with a statement and you're out.