How to play Charades

Act out a title without making a sound. Your team scores a point every time they guess it before the time runs out.

Form two teams. Each team writes film, book, song or TV titles on slips of paper and puts them in a bowl for the other team. Agree on a time limit per turn; two minutes is common.

• Film: crank an old movie camera.
• Book: open your hands like a book.
• Song: pretend to sing.
• Number of words: hold up that many fingers, then the finger for the word you are acting.
• Sounds like: cup a hand behind your ear.

Draw a slip, read it alone and start the timer. Act out the whole title or word by word. Nod or point at the guesser when they get close. You may not speak, mouth words or spell letters.

Teams take turns until every player has acted, or the slips run out. The team with the most correct guesses wins.