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Five Stress Relief Games for Groups

June 20th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Stress relief games for groups are a good way to break the ice among a group of people that have met for the first time. Being nervous in such situations is completely normal and these kinds of games are often used in such situations. The last game is best used for a group of people that already know each other but are looking for a way to relax.Stress Relief Games for Groups #1: If I Were A…

The group sits or stands in a circle
Leader asks person next to them something like “If you were a CEO, what kind of company would it be?”
Person answers the question and then asks the person next to them a similar question like “If you were
president,what would be the first thing you would do?”
Continue until everyone has had a turn.

Stress Relief Games for Groups #2: Who Likes What?

Every gets some paper and a pen
Provide 5 set categories like “movies” or “jobs”
Each person writes down their favorite thing in each category
Leader collects slips of paper and reads them out loud
The group then tries to guess who wrote what is being read

Stress Relief Games for Groups #3: Liar, Liar

Each group member writes 3 statements about themselves, 2 are true and 1 is false
Others try to guess which is the lie

Stress Relief Games for Groups #4: Gossip

Requires 10 to 20 people
Leader whispers a long sentence into the ear of person next to them
That person then whispers the same phrase into the next person’s ear
This continues until all have participated
That last person then says out loud what they think they heard, which is then compared with the original sentence
The two sentences are likely to be completely different

Stress Relief Games for Groups #5: Ethics

This game is better when the group knows each other well. It’s a good way to let off steam and have some fun. It would not be a good idea to use this game with people that don’t know each other well.

One persons turns to another and presents an ethical dilemma, like “if you are asked by your partner at work to steal some copy paper, what would you do?”
The person answers the question and follows it with an explanation
Then the group votes on whether or not they believe the person would really react that way
If the group agrees that the person is lying then that person is thrown out of the game
Now another person becomes the subject

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