User:Hkharrat/sandbox

Bowls (game):

Bowls is a simple party game invented in Edmonton, Alberta that requires only paper, a few pencils and a bowl to play.

Origins:

Bowls was invented in Edmonton, Alberta by Haitham Kharrat and co-creator, Ben Chu in Ben's basement in 2008.

'Rules:

1) Teams should be formed that are minimum 3 people. The game works best with 2-3 teams. There are 3 rounds.

2) Each player writes 3 different words or phrases on 3 different sheets of paper. For example one can write "couch" or "Say hello to my little friend".

3) After each player has written their words/phrases, the sheets are each folded and placed into a bowl.

4) Round 1: In the first round, one person from Team A starts with the bowl. He/she pulls a sheet of paper out of the bowl and has 30 seconds to get his/her teammates to guess the word by describing it without saying the word or any word in the phrase, and without giving rhymes or language translations of the word. For example, if the word is "cheese" one can say "it's a dairy product, eaten with crackers" but cannot say "a dairy that rhymes with 'peas' " or "it's fromage in English". After the word is guessed by Team A, the word is kept aside for that team and the player continues pulling out words and trying to get his/her team to guess the words until the time has expired. When the 30 seconds has elapsed, the bowl goes to Team B. This continues until all the words/phrases have been guessed. Players are encouraged to pay attention to all the clues guessed in Round 1.

5) Round 2: The number of clues guessed in the first round are tallied for each team. The sheets of paper are then folded and put back into the bowl. This round starts off with the next team that was due to play (if the team that last played had remaining time from the 30 seconds, they get to finish off that time). In this round, clues are pulled out of the bowl and the player can only use one word to spark the memory of his/her teammates to guessing the word. For example, if the word is cheese, one can say "dairy" or "cracker" - whatever that person thinks will most jog the memory. However, if the team is stuck and cannot remember, no passing is allowed and the player can only keep repeating the same word. Again, 30 seconds per player and the bowl goes from team to team until all the clues are done.

6) Round 3: The points are tallied and put back into the bowl. The third round is simply acting. Each team has 30 seconds to act out as many words as possible. Again, the bowl goes back and forth between each team after each 30 seconds.

7) After Round 3 the tally from each round is added together and the team with the most points wins.

Variations:

Some people have added different rounds after the original three. Some include: - acting under a sheet - acting with just the face - making sound effects

Though the original bowls contained only the 3 rounds originally outlined, additional rounds are encouraged.