Get to Know You

Everyone shares two truths and one lie about themselves, and the group tries to guess which statement is the lie.

Everyone picks an animal starting with their initial plus an action to match, then passes around the circle name-and-action style.

A cumulative circle game where each person recites every animal name before them, then adds their own.

Participants fill an appointment card by booking time slots with others, then visit each appointment throughout the night to answer questions.

Each suit is assigned a get-to-know-you question. Draw a card and answer whatever it lands on.

A musical-chairs-style game where the person in the centre calls out a true statement about themselves and everyone it applies to must swap seats.

Everyone designs a shield representing their family, then shares what they've drawn with the group.

Participants mingle to find people who match facts on their sheet, collecting signatures until someone fills every box.

A whole team stands on one bed sheet and has to turn it over without anyone stepping off.

Baby photos of the leaders go up one at a time and the whole group points at whoever they think it is before the answer is revealed.

Everyone grabs hands across a circle to form a giant knot, then the group must untangle without letting go.

Players pass a phrase around the circle while hiding their teeth. Show them and you're out.

A cumulative memory chain where everyone brings an object starting with their own initial and recites everything brought before them.

Pairs must quickly form the correct pose when the leader calls out 'Knights', 'Horses' or 'Cavaliers'. Slowest or wrong pair is out.

Two players face off either side of a sheet. When it drops, first to say the other's name wins.

A rhythm-based name game. Say your own name on the knees, someone else's on the claps, and don't break the beat.

A simple circle game where everyone says their name in turn, then races to see how fast the whole group can get through it.

Everyone chooses a postcard that says something about them, then explains their choice to the group.

Teams score personal-trivia questions like holes of golf. The fewer attempts it takes to reach three points, the better.

Everyone sculpts something that captures an aspect of their personality, then shares it with the group.

Everyone writes two one-word memories, sticks them to their palms, and mingles to find the stories behind other people's words.

A memory game where participants accumulate facts from multiple partners across three rounds. Can you remember all nine facts?

Everyone contributes one shoe to a pile, grabs somebody else's, then tracks down the owner to interview them.

Without speaking, teams race to line themselves up in order of height, birthday or alphabetical first name.

Speed dating without the dating. Three minutes per pair, then one circle shuffles along and everyone starts fresh with someone new.

The group builds a web of string across the circle, connecting everyone who shares each fact called out.

Participants tear off toilet paper squares without knowing why, then must share one fact about themselves for each square they took.