Charades Generator

How to play

In charades, one player acts out a word or phrase in silence and their team tries to name it before time runs out. This generator hands the actor a prompt, runs the clock and keeps score, so all you need is a room and a few brave volunteers.

1. Pick a Category, a Level, the timer and how many teams are playing.
2. Set Prompt to Hide until I tap and hand the phone or laptop to the first actor.
3. The actor peeks at the prompt, presses Start the timer and performs it in total silence.
4. If their team gets it before the clock hits zero, press +1 for that team.
5. Press Next team and Next prompt, then hand over to the next actor.

Controls

• Category: Mixed, Films and shows, Actions, Animals, Jobs, Sports, At home, School or Everyday life. Level: Kids, Easy or Hard.
• Next prompt (or the space bar) deals a new one and resets the clock.
• Present shows the prompt large, with the timer and scores below it. Close or Esc leaves it.
• Start the timer, Pause and Reset, with 30 s, 60 s or 90 s turns.
• +1 scores a team, Next team passes the turn and New game clears the board.

Tips

• One device is enough: with Hide until I tap on, each new prompt stays covered until the actor taps it.
• The timer is silent. At zero it just shows Time's up, so ask one guesser to watch it.
• Next prompt resets the clock too, so agree first whether a skip gets a full new turn.
• Films and shows prompts are genres and story types, not real movies, so guessers don't need to know any particular film.
• Scores only live in this tab, and a reload sets them back to zero.

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