Souped-Up Trucks
Oct. 8th, 2005 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebA friend of mine just got a new truck today, so he is having a truck-naming party. We are supposed to bring our creativity, and we may also bring food, drinks, and games.
I couldn't think of a truck-themed game, so I made one up. It's called Souped-Up Trucks!
Goal: Help others soup up their new trucks the best way possible for them.
For, oh, four to ten players, ages three and up.
Materials: Paper, writing implements.
Each player gets one piece of paper for each other player in the game and one writing implement.
Game play:
Phase 1: Each player thinks of some way to soup up each person's truck. This can be some real way (like monster tires or fuzzy dice) or an imaginary way (like the licorice dispenser from "Wayne's World" or Bat-accoutrements). You must think of a different way to soup up each player's truck. Try to think of something that person would love, even if everyone else in the room might hate it. Actually, try to think of something they will admit to loving in front of everyone else in the room. Describe each idea on the paper for the appropriate player. Feel free to wax eloquent about why they will love this gift.
Phase 2: Rank all of your fabulous new gifts. I recommend trying not to be biased by who gave you which item. But you could also explain, "I chose John's automatic ear puller because he's so hot."
Phase 3: Take turns describing your souped-up truck and how you rank each gift. Give one point for your least favorite, two points for your second least favorite, etc. While other people are explaining, keep track of how many points you're getting.
Winning: Whoever gets the most points wins.
Tie-breaker: In the event of a tie, each person writes down the best way they can think of to soup up a truck that will appeal to everyone who did not tie for first. Then those people vote. (In the event that everyone tied for first, everyone votes.) If there's still a tie, then you have multiple winners.
Keeping it fun: I recommend mixing up phases 1 and 2 so that that the quicker people can be thinking about how to rank their gifts so far while other people are still thinking of gifts. (Label each paper with a name so you can remember who you still have left.) If some people think they might have trouble thinking up things, let them play as part of a team with someone else. If someone turns out to have trouble thinking up things, other people can yell out some ideas. If someone wants the paper back that they gave you to fix it or swap it with someone else's, let them have it back. When all gifts have been given, whoever is ready to explain their rankings first should go first, etc. Tact is always useful. I suspect, though, that you won't have to worry about your three-year-old coming in last place on everyone's list.
If we actually play, I'll edit this to explain how it went, and I'll add some of the cooler ideas to the comments section (so you can play first without reading them if you want).
Edited to add--nothing. We watched episodes of Firefly. Maybe we'll play it at my next party.
I couldn't think of a truck-themed game, so I made one up. It's called Souped-Up Trucks!
Goal: Help others soup up their new trucks the best way possible for them.
For, oh, four to ten players, ages three and up.
Materials: Paper, writing implements.
Each player gets one piece of paper for each other player in the game and one writing implement.
Game play:
Phase 1: Each player thinks of some way to soup up each person's truck. This can be some real way (like monster tires or fuzzy dice) or an imaginary way (like the licorice dispenser from "Wayne's World" or Bat-accoutrements). You must think of a different way to soup up each player's truck. Try to think of something that person would love, even if everyone else in the room might hate it. Actually, try to think of something they will admit to loving in front of everyone else in the room. Describe each idea on the paper for the appropriate player. Feel free to wax eloquent about why they will love this gift.
Phase 2: Rank all of your fabulous new gifts. I recommend trying not to be biased by who gave you which item. But you could also explain, "I chose John's automatic ear puller because he's so hot."
Phase 3: Take turns describing your souped-up truck and how you rank each gift. Give one point for your least favorite, two points for your second least favorite, etc. While other people are explaining, keep track of how many points you're getting.
Winning: Whoever gets the most points wins.
Tie-breaker: In the event of a tie, each person writes down the best way they can think of to soup up a truck that will appeal to everyone who did not tie for first. Then those people vote. (In the event that everyone tied for first, everyone votes.) If there's still a tie, then you have multiple winners.
Keeping it fun: I recommend mixing up phases 1 and 2 so that that the quicker people can be thinking about how to rank their gifts so far while other people are still thinking of gifts. (Label each paper with a name so you can remember who you still have left.) If some people think they might have trouble thinking up things, let them play as part of a team with someone else. If someone turns out to have trouble thinking up things, other people can yell out some ideas. If someone wants the paper back that they gave you to fix it or swap it with someone else's, let them have it back. When all gifts have been given, whoever is ready to explain their rankings first should go first, etc. Tact is always useful. I suspect, though, that you won't have to worry about your three-year-old coming in last place on everyone's list.
If we actually play, I'll edit this to explain how it went, and I'll add some of the cooler ideas to the comments section (so you can play first without reading them if you want).
Edited to add--nothing. We watched episodes of Firefly. Maybe we'll play it at my next party.