Charades

Choose prompts suitable for the ages, cultures, and comfort levels of the group. Avoid sexually explicit, hateful, humiliating, or needlessly graphic material.

Players should agree before the game whether the actor must remain within a designated area. A marked boundary is optional; if one is used, stepping beyond it should normally result in a warning rather than loss of the prompt unless repeated violations create an unfair advantage.

A guess may be accepted when it has the same clear meaning as the written prompt and differs only in an insignificant article, singular or plural form, or ordinary contraction. Distinct titles, proper names, sequels, and numbered installments should be identified accurately.

Free-for-all: One actor performs while every other player guesses; the first correct guesser becomes the next actor or earns a point.; Speed Charades: A team solves as many prompts as possible during one longer turn, usually two or three minutes.; Reverse Charades: The whole team acts simultaneou...

The turn ends immediately when the full prompt is guessed and accepted, when time expires, or when the actor concedes. A partial answer does not count unless it contains every essential part of the prompt.

Cheating, insulting an actor, mocking a guesser, or repeatedly ignoring agreed limits harms fair play. The group should first give a clear warning.

The moderator's decision is final for the current turn. Without a moderator, the non-acting team decides routine questions, but a disputed point should be canceled if the players cannot reach a quick majority decision.

Eligible guessers may make unlimited spoken guesses during the active turn. Guessers do not need to wait to be called on, and incorrect guesses carry no penalty unless a special scoring variation says otherwise.