Each one chooses a trade for himself, the action of which he is to pantomime when the person who has been sent out of the room is called back in. This person is to guess what trades are being represented, and the first one whose trade she guesses correctly is the one to go out the next time.
At the entrance of this one, who has been outside the room, all begin pantomiming their trades at the same time. No one is to tell anyone else what trade he has chosen so that the same trade can be used over and over until it is guessed.
Transitions.
A very good quiet game for small groups is one in which transitions between words are made. For example, let the word “ship” be the starting word. From ship we wish to evolve the word “boat,” changing only one letter at a time. The transition might be as follows: Ship, shop, shot, soot, boot, boat.
Other very simple ones are the transitions between man and boy, boot and shoe, bed and cot, hog and pig, fun and joy, dry and wet.
Initials.
Each guest is given a sheet of paper and a pencil. He is to answer the questions written out on the paper, using only such words in his answers as begin with his initials. After about five minutes the papers are collected, mixed up and passed around again, and each one in turn is to read the paper he holds.
The questions run as follows:
1. What is your name?
2. Your occupation?