Connect the Words

Preparation:

• no preparation needed
• no props needed

Teams and Groups:

• this is an individual game; everyone is a group by themselves
  
• this game is best played by a group of 5-10 people
  

Rules and How-to:

1. let all players stand in one big circle
   
2. decide who starts first by paper-rock-scissors
3. the first player decides on what word to start with, and connect it to another related word
   
4. the next player take the word from the last player to another related words
5. words should not repeat
6. go around the circle until somebody stumbles
7. every turn takes 4 beats
   1 - 'previous word'
   2 - 'connects to'
   3 - 'related word'
   4 - thinking time
   
8. there is no additional 'thinking time' (no pause)
   
9. words do not need to rhyme; they only need to relate
   

Starting the Game:

• one - two - three - four
  start with names, connect the words!
  
• ps: you can use any phrase to introduce the start of the game

Example:

• plates connect to food
• food connects to pizza
• pizza connects to hockey
• hockey connects to skating
• skating connects to ...