PLAYERS 2 or more

TOOLS Sheets of paper, pencils

Each player draws a table on their sheet, where each column gets a
PREPARATION heading according to the subjects chosen (e.g., a boy’s name, a girl’s
name, an animal, a town, a book, an actor...). Each player has their
FOR THE GAME own table.

Letter Girl’s name Boy’s name Town Animal Verb Points

Total points:

 One of the players starts reading the alphabet in his/her mind, and the player
GAME next to him/her says “stop” at some point.
 Each player has to write down words in the columns in his/her table. The
words have to start with the letter that the person reading the alphabet had stopped at (e.g., the letter A: Andrew,
alpaca, etc.).
 The person who manages to write a word in each column with the chosen letter before others are finished says:
“Stop!” At this word, everyone else has to stop writing.
 The players are allowed to finish writing the word that they were in the course of writing when “stop” was said.
 Every word is read out, starting with the person who finished writing first.
 After that, the next player starts reading the alphabet in his/her mind, and the procedure is repeated.

o No letter can be used more than once.

RULES o It can be agreed on beforehand if certain difficult letters are left out or not.
o Generally, each correct answer gives 5 points. If no one else has the same answer, the player receives 10 points
for it.
o At the end of the game, all the points are counted. The player who received the most points is the winner.

Letter Girl’s name Boy’s name Town Animal Verb Points

A Anna Andrus Amsterdam alpaca activate 25
N Niina New York need 15
…
Total points: 40

Comenius project “Vintage games” Rapla Vesiroosi Gymnasium