Eye Gossip

Have you ever played the game “Gossip?”  Isn’t it amazing how the person at the start of the circle can whisper something to the one next to him/her, and by the time it reaches the last person, it’s a totally different statement?  I love that game.

If you love it, too, then I think you’ll enjoy playing “Eye Gossip” at your next gathering of family or friends.  Simply find an unusual advertisement in a magazine, something with lots of strange things going on (actually find about six), tear them out, and make sure you have at least eight people present to play.  In this example, I “Photoshopped” several ads together to give you an idea of something odd that would produce tons of laughs, but I’m sure you can find plenty of strange ads on your own.

                                                                   

Divide your guests into two teams, then send two members of Team A into another room so that they can’t hear what’s being said in the room where you’re playing.  Snap one of the ads into a clipboard and give a different player from Team A one minute to study the ad.  Then turn the ad around toward the players on Team B to enjoy what’s about to be said and give the player who studied the ad one minute to describe everything he/she can remember to the remaining player on Team A. 
 

                                                                              
For instance, the player might say, "On the right side of the picture there are stalks of broccoli standing up in white cupcake baking cups with white icing on top of the broccoli and two white candles in the icing.  Above that are some chocolate chip cookies.  To the far left is the black silhouette of a bare tree with a black bird perched on one of the branches.  Below that is a small carving knife, then a yellow goose directly beneath the knife and a kettle beneath the knife to the right."  And so on and so forth.

After the minute is up, call in another player from Team A, and Player #2 describes the ad as he/she can best recall it to Player #3.  Then call in the final person, and Player #3 relays to Player #4 all that he can remember about the ad.

All the while, Team B is dying laughing at how the description has changed from one person to the next, some players leaving out important details and others adding details that aren’t even there!  That’s what makes the game hilarious.  To score, the final person, Player #4, has one minute to say everything he remembers about the ad, and each detail he gets correct is worth one point.

Play three rounds per team, and high score wins.  Your guests will love it!