Reverse Adult Charades Game

Charades played backwards, which is a genuinely funnier mechanic than the original and considerably easier when everyone has had a drink. The group acts and one person guesses rather than the other way round.

Reversing the roles means the pressure sits on the group rather than on one person, which is what makes this work with people who would never volunteer to mime anything. Read the rules before the guests arrive so somebody knows them. It plays with a group rather than a couple, and it scales up rather than down. Keep the cards in the box so the set stays complete between parties. Four or more players is where it works, and it stays fun as the group grows. Nothing in the box requires alcohol, which is worth knowing for a mixed room.

Standard charades puts one person in front of a room and everyone else watching, which some people dread. Reversing it spreads the exposure across the whole group, and that single change is what gets everyone playing.

Ships from The Adult Shoppe in plain packaging with nothing on the outside that names what is inside.

• Type: Party game
• Format: Party card game for groups
• Care: Keep the box somewhere it will actually get picked up.

Reverse Adult Charades is a hilarious fun variation of the classic charades game we all grew up with.