Pick a Number
The host keeps a secret list of small, harmless tasks. Each member picks a number without knowing the task behind it, and then has to do it. The surprise is the fun.
- Players
- 3 or more
- Time
- 15 minutes
- You need
- Nothing
- Ages
- 10 and above
- Type
- WhatsApp group games
How to play
- Post the starting message and ask every member to choose a number from 1 to 20.
- When a member replies with a number, post the task for that number.
- The member completes the task in the group: a photo, a voice note or a message.
- A member who cannot do a task may swap it for another number, once.
Ready message to start the game
Game time! Pick any number from 1 to 20 and reply with it.
Each number hides a small, fun task. No backing out!
Tasks for the numbers 1 to 20
- Send a photo of the view from your nearest window.
- Sing two lines of your favourite song in a voice note.
- Tell the group one thing you learned this week.
- Send a photo of your tea or coffee cup right now.
- Type the alphabet backwards as fast as you can.
- Say a tongue twister three times in a voice note.
- Share your most used emoji and explain why.
- Describe your day using only five emojis.
- Share a childhood nickname.
- Send the oldest photo of a place (not a person) from your gallery.
- Write a four-line poem about the person who messaged before you. Keep it kind.
- Tell the group your favourite dish and who cooks it best.
- Send a voice note of your best animal sound.
- Share one good habit you want to start.
- Draw the group admin on paper in one minute and send the photo.
- Tell a clean joke.
- Praise three members of the group, one line each.
- Recommend one song everyone should hear today. Only the name.
- Send a photo of something yellow near you.
- Share the last thing that made you laugh.
Tips and variations
- Read the list first and remove any task that would not suit your group.
- Never include tasks about money, private photos or teasing somebody. Fun should be fun for everyone.
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- Would You Rather 10 to 20 minutes
- This or That 5 to 10 minutes
- Unscramble the Word 10 minutes
- Story Chain 15 to 30 minutes
- Photo Scavenger Hunt 15 to 20 minutes
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