Same or Different

Given a prompt, can everyone in your group say the same or different response?

Objective: In this game, you all are working together to pass as many rounds as possible.

Gameplay:

  • Note that this game can be played with as many people as you’d like, but the sweet spot is anywhere between 4 - 8.
  • Let’s say there are 10 rounds of gameplay, though you all can play for as long as you’d like
  • In each round, a category will be given with many possible answers, e.g. Say a CS class at UC Berkeley. Then, everyone will put their thumb up or down if, as a group, they want to go for sameness or uniqueness, respectively.
    • Uniqueness: Every player gives a unique, valid response to the prompt.
    • Sameness: Every player must give the same, valid response to the prompt.
  • The majority vote will go through.
  • Then, each player will write their answer down, or remember it by honor. If the group went for sameness, reveal at the same time. Otherwise, reveal one by one.
    • If you want to play as honestly as possible, revealing should be the only time you talk!
  • For a given round, if the uniqueness or sameness is fulfilled, then you pass the round.
  • Finally, unlike most cooperative games, you don’t really need a convention, i.e. a strategy the team players follow, to play this game, but if your team wants to make a rough one, feel free!

Sample Prompts:

Here are some prompts to get you started, but try coming up with your own!

Mild:

  • Say a US state
  • Say a pro sports team
  • Say a president
  • Say a sport
  • Say a country

Medium:

  • Sequence of prompts:
    • Say someone here
    • Say someone here that isn’t yourself
    • Say someone here that isn’t yourself and is different from the previous person you said
  • Say someone you
  • If “N” is the number of people here, say a number between 1 and N.
  • Say an smartphone social media app.
  • Say a palindrome, i.e. a word that reads the same forward and backward.
  • Say a country in Africa

Hot:

  • Say a fruit that starts with p.
  • Say a secondary/primary color.
  • Say a sport with fewer than 7 letters.
  • Say a TV show with a one syllable title.
  • Say a women’s facial makeup product
  • Say a video game console