What we’re playin’ this week is a game called, “One Arm, Two Arm, None.” This is one of our group’s favorite games…mine too due to the super easy setup, the amount of fun in the room, and the interaction it encourages.

One Arm, Two Arm, None is an elimination game that starts with the entire group and ends up with one winner. The game randomly choses a character with either one arm up, two arms up, or no arms up. the people in your group who match the image are out.  This means you have a 66% change of staying in the game.  You can switch the rules and say you have to match the image to stay in, this make it a little tougher.  The cool thing about playing it the second way is that the person who wins would have guessed right 100% of the time.  Check out this video of the game below, and head over to crowdcontrolgames.com to read this suggested rules and pick up your copy of  “One Arm, Two Arm, None” before your next gathering.

What we’re playin’ this week is something form The Challenge! For under $20 this is a great game pack, quick, easy setup, easy to understand and play. I really like all the games in the Simply store but but I was surprised at how awesome The Challenge is…this may be my favorite Simply game pack!

The Challenge is described as, “20 video-based contests that will engage and entertain your students. The concept is simple: Your group will watch the premise and setup for each game and guess the outcome or results—and then watch it all unfold!”

Tonight, in addition to adding to our atmospher of fun, this game will help us collect better attendance.  We will put together a simple registration card (Name, Grade, Address, Phone) with a blank box where our students can place their guess of the outcome.  We will give away one prize for the closest answer, we will collect the cards and randomly draw one for another prize. If you don’t have some junk in your office to give away go to a dollar store and spend $20 on some fun, cheap prizes.
Click on this link for 10% off and search the Simply Store for The Challenge, you will not regret this purchase.  Check out the videos below to see a challenge in action.