Icebreakers · Get to know each other
Nerve Meter
How much would you hate it? 0 is easy, 10 is never.
- ~10 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- Free
- Teens and up
What it feels like
A spider in the bath. Karaoke, first, sober. A sky dive. Zero means easy. Ten means never, not for any money. Tonight, the room finds out just how brave it really is.
How to play
- Take a private turn each and place yourself from 0 to 10 on a spectrum.
- One at a time, the rest of the room agrees on where that person landed.
- Reveal the number, then ask them why.
Scoring: Exact scores 2 group points, and 2 for the person who was that easy to read. One off scores 1.
You'll get prompts like
- “Speaking to a crowd of 500”
- “Holding a spider”
What you need
3 to 10 people and one phone, tablet or laptop to pass around — or everyone on their own phone in a room. Nothing to download, no accounts. The best lines can be sealed into your group's Almanac and come back in later games.
