Party games
Fishbowl Party Game
Three rounds, one bowl of prompts: describe it, act it, then say one word.
- Players
- 6–20
- Time
- 30–45 min
- What you need
- Paper, a bowl, and a timer
Why it works as a party game
Fishbowl is the party game you play when the group wants more than one format. The third round is fast because everyone already heard the answers.
How to play
- Everyone writes three prompts, folds them, and drops them in the bowl.
- Round one: teams describe the prompt with no proper names from the slip. One minute per turn.
- Round two: act the same prompts out, charades rules.
- Round three: say a single word. The bowl is now full of shared memory, so the round flies.
Hosting tips
- Names of people in the room are the best slips. Movie titles are the worst.
- Keep the same teams all three rounds so grudges can develop properly.
- Shake the bowl between rounds so the last team does not draw its own slips.
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