Spoons

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spoons card gameThis game is called Spoons but also called Donkey.

It's a fun card game for groups of any size (up to around 12 people).

Everyone sits around in a circle - in the middle of the circle is a bunch of spoons within easy reach of everyone in the circle. There should be one less spoon than the number of people in the group.

Shuffle a deck of cards and deal four cards to each person. People can look at their cards (but should keep them secret from other people.

When you are ready to begin, each person discards one card from their deck, passes it face down to the person on their left, and collects the card passed from the person on their right.

When a player has four of the same type of card (eg 4 Kings or 4 number nine's), they take a spoon from the centre of the table. As soon as someone takes a spoon, everyone else can take a spoon and whomever is left without a spoon loses the game, and is assigned a letter "D". If they lose again in the future, the next letter they receive is "O" (until they spell DONKEY in which case they are eliminated from the game. (you'll also need to remove one of the spoons so there's always one less than the size of the group).

If a person wins, they can be obvious or subtle taking a spoon (sometimes the game continues for 30 seconds before anyone realises!)

 

 

 

 



Features
  • Free / Low Cost
  • Night
Objectives
  • Ice breaker
Space
  • Indoor
  • Small area
Age
  • Primary or Elementary School
  • Teens (Age 12-15)
  • Teens (Age 16-18)
  • Young Adults

Group Size
  • Small Groups (1-9 people)

Duration
  • Medium (11-29 mins)
  • Short (1-10 minutes)
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