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Exercises for Games & Playful Challenges

Structured games with rules, scoring, or a puzzle to solve, from word games to team challenges, give a group a shared playful task with a clear win condition, where playing the game is the point rather than debriefing it afterward. Use these when you want light competition or problem-solving fun rather than open discussion.

Explore exercises grouped by theme. Read each run sheet to check the task, group size and setting before choosing.

264 exercises

Don't Touch Me

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Izzat You?

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Match & Out

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

T Puzzle: UWT Four-Piece Version

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Pass Through

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Positive-Negative Storytelling

Collaborative Story Building · 5 to 15 minutes

Snowball Toss

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Superiority

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Marshmallow Challenge

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Twice Around the Block

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Palm Tree

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Group Pictionary Relay

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

A What?

Circle Dialogue · 15 to 30 minutes

Two Truths and a Dream

Personal Disclosure · 5 to 15 minutes

Block Party

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Airplane Metaphor Game

General Collaboration Exercise · 60+ minutes

Deportment Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Treasure Hunt

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Human Knot

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Asteroids

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Acronyms

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Dress Me Ups

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Whole Product Game

Circle Dialogue · 30 to 60 minutes

Hot Box

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Octopus Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Turn Over A New Leaf

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Celebrity Dodgeball

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

99 Seconds Rapid Panel

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Uniquities Puzzle

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Paper Frisbee

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Magic Shoes

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Zhwoop

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Swat Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Mrs O'Grady

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Marshmallow River

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Think Ball

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Curiosity Ping Pong

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

County Fair: UWT Clue Set

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Getting Into Teams

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

G-H-O-S-T

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Zip Zap

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Madagascar Rescue

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Traffic Jam

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Marshmallow Challenge

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Co-Creating Stories: Chapters

Personal Disclosure · 15 to 30 minutes

Playground Shuffleboard

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

The Man in the Moon

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Mad Chefs

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Count the Beans

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Forehead Blackjack

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Helium Stick

Adventure Initiative · 5 to 15 minutes

Flip Over Ten

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Tweener

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Caught Ya Peekin'

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Finding Nemo

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Fidget Ladder

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Human Boggle

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Human Machines

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Taboo

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Comets

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Don't Break The Ice

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Striker

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

In the Manner of the Word

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Nerves of Steel

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

The Splits

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Switch

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Psychic Handshake

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Jockeys

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Chopsticks

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Rhyme or Reason

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Who Is It?

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Who Am I?

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Pressure Cooker

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Four Pointer

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Paper Bag Pick Up

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Four Up

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Popsicle Push-Up

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Alphabet Equations

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Team Scavenger Hunt

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Up the Challenge

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Arrowheads Puzzle: UWT Seven-Piece Version

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Pick and Choose

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Veggie Veggie

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Wordles Visual Word Puzzles

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Up Nelson

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Concept Taboo

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Key Punch

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Watch Your Step

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Verbal Number Exchange

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

The Grid

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Giants, Wizards, and Elves

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

King Frog

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Knot My Problem

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

BF Skinner Clapping Game

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Nonsense Numbers

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Need a Shoelace

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Twelve Bits: UWT Code Puzzle

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Porthole

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

BlueStarOpoly

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Ga-Ga

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Take Two

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Paper Golf

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Paper Airplanes

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

One Word Puzzle

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Lemonade

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Throw and Catch

Coordination Challenge · 5 to 15 minutes

Robbing the Nest

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

One Up, One Down

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

The Maze

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

NUF Test

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Tic Tac Toe Relay

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Water World

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Four-Letter Word

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

52 Card Pick-Up

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Name That List

Name Learning · 5 to 15 minutes

Jump In Jump Out

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Fire In The Hole

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Mastermind Relay

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Online Scavenger Hunt

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Group Juggle

Coordination Challenge · 5 to 15 minutes

Number Shuffle

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Four Square

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Finger Snaps

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Polar Bears and Ice Holes

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Triangle Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Great Egg Drop

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Two By Four

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Basketball Court Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Mystery Aeroplane: UWT Dart Version

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Shipwreck

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Blizzard

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Rock-Paper-Scissors: Five Lives

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Detective

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Loop de Loop

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Treasure Hunt

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Whose Words Are Next?

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Word Circles

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Nitro Crossing

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Rope House

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Create a Game

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Be Prepared

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Ha Ha Ha Game

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Team Puzzle

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Mission Critical: UWT Time Review

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Phones and Faxes

Applied Improv · 5 to 15 minutes

Trolleys

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Charade Line

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Wink Murder

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Chocolate Circle

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Communicate This and Stick It Here: UWT Puzzle Version

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

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