Cyclist or Pokémon
The leader reads out a name and the group decides whether it belongs to a professional cyclist or a Pokémon. Hands on head for cyclist, hands on hips for Pokémon.
- Players
- 5–100
- Ages
- 10+
- Time
- 10 min
- Prep
- Low
- Equipment
- None
What to bring
- Laptop (to run the slideshow, optional)
- Projector (or a large screen, optional)
Before the session
- Write a list of 12 names, half cyclists and half Pokémon, mixing obvious ones with tricky ones
- Optionally build a slideshow with the name on one slide and the answer on the next
How to play
Read out one name at a time and make everyone commit before you reveal: hands on head for cyclist, hands on hips for Pokémon. Anyone who gets it wrong sits down, or play purely for laughs with nobody out. Cyclists that sound like Pokémon: Remco, Vollering, Mollema, Kopecky, Pidcock, Benoot. Pokémon that sound like cyclists: Breloom, Skorupi, Gallade, Carracosta, Ampharos, Florges. Alternate the two so the group cannot settle into a pattern.
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