The rounds in Dumb Charades can be classified into the following types. Click to return Home!
Simple DC
This includes simple old world DC without much jazz and tension.
The actor picks a movie on a chit and acts and keeps picking chits till the time is exhausted
Variations:
Only Infinite.
2. Dumb Dumb and Dumber.
All 3 team members are actors and get two items to act, they have to act out these items via action only to the other two and even they have to respond by action only.The entire team gets about 90 secs to complete after which they have to venture the two guesses their teammates acted.The points are for each correct guess.
Movies and Personalities are recommended to be acted.
Only Infinite.
3. Mirror Round.
The guesser sits with his back to the actor and in front of the guesser is the mirror man.The acts to the mirror and the mirror has to exactly replicate his actions and not do any changes even if he comprehends the mwpe.
Both Infinite and Time Inverse.
4. Punchlines.
The round involves say a famous movie dialogue or punchlines like "i'll make him an offer he cannot refuse" from the Godfather or "you can't handle the truth" from A Few Good Men. Can also be famous lines from Books and quotes of people and so on.
Variations:
1. The Actor has to figure out the movies from the punchline and only act it.
2. The Actor can only act out the words of the punchlines and the guessers have to figure the movie out out.
Both Infinite and Time Inverse.
5. Events Round.
Important world events are acted out by the actor,such as the September 11 attacks, Hiroshima, first man on the moon etc.
Both Infinite and Time Inverse
6. Funny Sentences
Put two unlikely personalities doing some unexpected activity at some weird place. "The Dalai lama and Paris Hilton go skiing in the alps", "Rajnikant and Mother Teresa dance in the Sahara desert".
The team has to get all 4 objects and the correct grammatical tense right.Part points may be allowed.
Infinite is recommended as round is slightly difficult.
7. Link em
Basically multiple objects are acted by the actor and the guessers have to guess the objects being acted as well as a link that exists between the objects. Example- California, Muscles, Hercules in New York. The answer is Arnold Schwarzenegger, he's the governor of California, muscles duh! and his first movie was Hercules in New York. Tons of combinations can be made and this is one fun round.
Variations:
1. Can be mixed with Dumb Dumb and Dumber where each person gets one object and each person has to guess the link individually.
2. Can be mixed with almost any other DC round.
Infinite is recommended as round is slightly difficult.
8. Dumb and Blind.
The actor is blindfolded and the guessers are not allowed to speak. The Organizer whispers a couple of mwpe to act and the actor acts without seeing or hearing his teammates.The challenge is that the actor has to have confidence in his teammates with the aim of maximizing the number of correct guesses in limited time.
Fixed number of items should be given in say 60/90secs.
9. Tag em
In Tag em, one team member is sent outside the hall and the actor acts to a middle man who is not allowed to respond with actions or by talking.Then the outside guy is called by the middle man and the middle man acts.The outside guy is allowed to respond.The net time has to be fixed, so that the middle man must decide when to call in the outside guy without fully being sure he understood the first actor.
Single or maximum 2 mwpe only in 60 secs.
Techno DC
In this series, some level of technology is incorporated into the rounds.
1. Audio DC
The actor listens to soundtracks from a series of movies or some songs and has to act out the movie or band related to what he has heard.
Variations: The actor may be allowed to act out the name of the song and then the guessers can guess the band.
2. Movie Punchline DC
Similar to the above but the actor hears a famous dialogue or punchline from a movie.
3. Video DC
The actor views a video which is projected behind the guessers and acts out the band or song or movie or personality etc featured in the video.
Variations:
1. The actor is allowed to only act the movie name ie he has to know it.
2. The actor is allowed to only act out actions happening in the video and the guessers have to figure the answer out from it.
Weird DC
If you want the following rounds in your Event you probably are not be a nice person at all.
Involves one guessor facing the actor. BUT...the actor stands behind the 3rd teammate and puts his own arms from below the 3rd teammate's arms. The Actor's face is covered by the 3rd teammate and hence the 3rd teammate is only allowed to show facial expressions without moving his body. The actor uses only his hands to act out stuff.
Couple of mwpe' are recommended. in 60 or 90 secs.
2. Self Back Stab
Here the actor faces away from the guessers and acts words with his hands such that they must act within the area of his back only.
Easy words like match stick and key etc recommended.
Dramatic DC
Hybrid DC