What's in the Box?
Two volunteers face off across a box of strange objects, describing what they can see, and the other has to work out whether they are lying.
- Players
- 6–100
- Ages
- 9+
- Time
- 10 min
- Prep
- Some
- Equipment
- 2 items
What to bring
- 1 cardboard box (open on one side so only the holder can see in)
- Objects to hide (the more eclectic the better)
Before the session
- Make a box that one person can see into while the other cannot
- Gather a set of odd objects and keep them out of sight until the game starts
How to play
Based on Box of Lies from The Tonight Show. Sit two volunteers opposite each other with a box between them that only the person holding it can see into. One looks inside and describes the object, truthfully or not. The opponent decides whether they are lying, and scores a point for calling it right. Swap over and play a few rounds each. The stranger the objects the better. A Barbie doll set in red jelly is exactly the kind of thing that works.
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