Playing conversation games is such a classic way to entertain— be it a group at a party or bored kids at home. I am always in hunt of some conversation games that perfectly fit as a conversation ice breaker with my li’l one as also is an all time hit at any gathering of friends and family. Here are some classic conversation games which can be played with family and friends anytime anywhere without almost any items.

Chinese Whispers or Telephone

Here everyone sits in a line or a circle and the first person whispers a message to the next person in line, in his ears. The second one whispers the same message into the next person’s ears and so on. When the message reaches the last person, he announces the message. The fun part happens here, since the message gets significantly distorted during the process. The group is sure to have to a good laugh.

Two Things

In this game, one player gives two statements, one is true and one is false. The other player has to guess which is true and which is false. It can be a good way to also exchange interesting facts specially with children.

20 Questions

One person thinks of something in a room and the others have to guess it in 20 questions or less. The person who has thought of, can only answer in a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’. The questions can be like “Is it made of a metal?” or “Is it as big as a ball?” or “ Is it rectangular in shape?” This is even more interesting if you divide the players in 2 teams.

I Spy

The game traditionally starts with a phrase called “I spy with my little eye something”, and then a description is added like made of plastic, like a cylinder, or white in color. The other players guess the item. The person who gusses it becomes the spy.

Just a Minute

This one is a classic and an all time favorite game. In this game, each person is given a topic one at a time and he has to speak on it for 1 minute. This game is a great help in improving speech skills. Preparation time can also be given to players. Some of the topics that can be taken with kids include:

Animals have rights too.

My favorite foods

What is the best time of day for you?

What do you think you would do when you grow up?

My favorite animal

Should kids be beaten for doing wrong

My favorite movie

The most memorable time of my life

My most favorite subject at school

The funniest incident of my life

The person who inspires me

Something I want to learn

The time I laughed the hardest

Fun activities I do with my family

If I were invisible

If I had the power to change something

Three wishes I would make

My favorite food

Something I like to wear the most

The worst food I’ve ever had

The most difficult thing in this world

Your favorite holiday

Early rise and early sleep or late rise and late sleep

What is the best thing of being… years old

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

The Name Game

This game is good to stimulate kids’ thinking while also improving their vocabulary. It requires simple preparation and is fun to play anytime anywhere.

1. Take slips of paper and write all 26 letters and keep them in one bowl.

2. Think about different categories (as narrow or as broad as you’d like them to be) like girls name, countries, vegetables, animals etc. and write them on slips and keep them in another bowl.

3. Take 5 slips and write numbers from 5 to 10.

Now at every turn, each player is required to pick slips from each bowl. If a player picks slips with letter ‘B’, category ‘Vegetable Names’ and time ‘7’ then the person will take 7 vegetable names with the letter B.

Simon Says

In this game, one person becomes the Simon and designates activities to the rest of the players. Rest of the players have to obey the commands. The catch is that they have to obey only those commands that begin with the phrase “Simon Says”. If any player follows the command that doesn’t have the phrase “Simon Says”, will be out of the game. The person who stays till the end becomes the next Simon.

Some interesting command ideas for Simon Says:

Simon says scratch like a monkey

Simon says rub your tummy and pat your head

Simon says to be a king

Simon says crawl like a baby

Simon says pretend to clean the house

Simon says bite your lip

Simon says cry like a baby

Simon says act like a spiderman

Simon says start singing

Simon says walk on your knees

Simon says cuddle your favorite person in the room

Simon says slap yourself

Simon says yawn like a hippopotamus

Simon says do a ball dance

Simon says do a yoga pose

Simon says wink with your left eye

Make Me Laugh

Well, this is the game we all have played at some point (at least heard of if not played). One person gets a turn to make the other players laugh. Whoever laughs first is the looser. So try your tricks, crack jokes, make silly faces or ask funny questions.

Chubby Bunny Challenge

All you need in this game is a partner and a whole bowl of marshmellows. Both the partners start with taking one marshmellow in mouth and say “Chubby Bunny”. If you can say it clearly then you move to another round wherein you add another marshmellow and say “Chubby Bunny” again. The challenge continues until the players say the words clearly or without losing the marshmellow out of their mouth. The one who is not able to continue this loses to the other person.

The Alphabet Game

The object of this game is to have some authentic conversation going on. Here a person starts the conversation with the letter ‘A’ for instance Airballon rides are fun, the second person in the row will say a sentence with the letter ‘B’ for instance But they are scary too!

Have a happy time playing!