Get to know each other · Countdown · the new year's eve pack
Whose Year Was It?
The best day, the first time, the song of the year. Guess whose year it was.
- ~15 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the Countdown pack
- Ages 10+
Whose Year Was It? is one of the ten games in Countdown, a pack bought once and kept by your group.
What it feels like
Twelve months, and everyone in this room lived a different one. Before the clock runs out, the year comes back with no names on it. Here's how it works. In a private turn, you each answer two prompts, and nobody else looks. The answers come up one at a time with no name on them, and you say out loud who you think wrote each one. Then we reveal it. Every right guess scores two. If fewer than half of you guess yours, you score three for staying a mystery.
How to play
- Take a private turn each and answer two prompts. Nobody else looks.
- The answers come up one at a time, with no name on them. Say out loud who wrote it.
- Reveal, and see who read the room.
Scoring: 2 points for each right guess. If fewer than half of you guess yours, you score 3 for staying a mystery.
You'll get prompts like
- “The best day of your year”
- “Something you did this year for the first time”
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.
