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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Spotlight: A fun and uplifting group game

This game was an answer to prayer.  It is called "Spotlight".  It's kind of like "I spy" mixed with the grateful game.  The person who goes first secretly chooses someone in the group and starts giving hints.  Each hint is something that they like about the person (e.g. "I like that this person ...").  As soon as someone is confident they know who it is, they declare their guess.  If they're wrong, they can't guess anymore (that is to avoid just listing everyone's names as guesses).  If they are right, they get to choose whose turn it is next. 

The beauty of the game is that the whole time they are comments that are positive about someone in the group.  To make it not obvious who they are about, the hints often apply to multiple people which spreads the love even more.  When someone guesses, even if it is wrong, it is affirming positive things about someone in the group.  In order to play the game more and more, different hints are needed which involves identifying more and more positive things about members of the group.

This game is simple and beautiful, not to mention fun to play.