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More Crowd Breaker Games

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Real Identity This is a great "get to know ya" and a memory game. Everybody is in a circle. Everyone takes a turn saying their name and something about them (example, "Hi, I'm John and I play football"). The next person needs to say the previous person's name and item of interest before saying their own (example, "He's John, he plays football and I'm Mary and I torture small animals."). As this game moves on, people need to remember more and more information. With bigger groups you can have them only repeat the names to save time.

Song Endurance This game is very simple and can be played with two or more teams. Sometimes this is fun to do with guys against girls. Pick a song theme (at Christmas choose Christmas songs, with a younger or more ignorant group you don't even need a theme- any song can be open game) and let the singing begin.

The object of this game is to keep coming up with songs longer than the other team or teams. One team starts and sings a line of one song. Then the other team has 5 seconds to start singing a line of another song. Then the other team has 5 seconds to sing a line from yet another song . . . Teams may discuss and plan out which song to sing while the other teams are singing.

The first team to repeat a song, sing a song that doesn't fit that category or just not sing within 5 seconds is the loser. If more than two teams play, sit losing teams out until one team finally prevails.

Two Truths and a Lie A good game for small group interaction. The object is to reveal unknown things about yourself to the group in a fun atmosphere.

A person states three things about himself. Two must be true and one a lie. For example: "I was born in South Africa. I have a green card. I have a dog named Bubba."

The others in the group try to guess which statement is the lie. If a player guesses correctly, they earn a point. If no one guesses correctly, the individual earns five points. Each person should get a chance to share.

Count To 10 As a group _ individually! Only one person can say one number at a time until the group has collectively counted to ten. If two or more say a number at the same time the group must start all over again. MUCH HARDER than it sounds. May take a few days to even count to five!

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