Who am I? (Game)
The game Who am I? (also called slip of paper in front of the head and board in front of the head ) is a guessing game in which the other players embody a certain person (or also animal, object etc.) and try to find out who or what they represent through clever, deductive questions. It is often played at parties or other social gatherings such as children's birthdays etc.
preparation
All you need are pens, pieces of paper and tape. Each player writes a piece of paper with a well-known name (e.g. " Helmut Kohl ", " Winnetou " or " Bruce Willis ") and attaches it to the forehead of another player (gluing, fastening with a headband, etc.) without the latter learns the information. If everyone has such information, which is only visible to the other players, the game begins.
course
A player now begins to ask the other questions about himself, which they can answer with yes or no. The game often includes questions such as: “ Am I female / male? "," Am I an athlete / presenter / actor / singer / u. a.? "," Am I still alive? "And" Do I live in Germany / in the USA / u. a.? ". The aim is to guess your own identity as quickly as possible through deductive questions. If a question is answered with no, it is the turn of the next player, clockwise, to ask questions to find out who he is.
The end of the game is either reached when everyone has guessed who they are or, if the group is too big, the first or the first three have guessed who they are. Since there are several variants of this game, the group should agree on a variant beforehand.
Commercial exploitation
Some game authors embedded the game idea in commercial games. The author Robert Abbott invented the game Egghead (English: What's That On My Head? ) In 1963 , which was also marketed under different names in Germany from 1974. In 1986 the game Code 777, developed by Alex Randolph , appeared with the same gameplay, here a number combination had to be guessed.
A free browser game called Akinator based on the game was also released. Here the player has to think of a person who the Akinator then has to guess based on an algorithm with the help of questions.
literature
In Knaur's game book from 1953, the game is mentioned as a variation under the same name. There, two people are selected within the playgroup, sent from the room, given names by the playgroup, invited in again, initially individually, and given the name of the opponent, and then asked to find out who they are for the amusement of the audience.
Adaptation
In the film Inglourious Basterds , the director Tarantino lets his actors play this game in the tavern sequence.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johanna Preetorius: Knaurs Spielbuch , Th. Knaur successor, Munich publishing house 1953, page 239/240