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Guess Who?

Ask yes-or-no questions to identify your opponent's character.

Age 6–9 15 min Medium

Game description

Players choose a mystery character and take turns asking questions about visible features. The game practices classification, deduction, language, and turn-taking.
Generator: make your own guessing boardsPick pictures from the bank or upload your own, and print a board for each player and secret cards.

Game pieces

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  1. Two character boards – Board game for kids
  2. Mystery character cards – Board game for kids

How to Play

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  1. 1Each player stands up all the characters on their board – Board game for kids
  2. 2Each player takes one character card, looks at it secretly and… – Board game for kids
  3. 3On your turn, ask one question that can only be answered yes or no… – Board game for kids
  4. 4Based on the answer, flip down every character that no longer fits… – Board game for kids
  5. 5When you think you know, guess the character's name instead of… – Board game for kids

Question cards

For children who find it hard to ask: the child points to a card and asks "Does your character have...?" You can print and cut them out.

Blond? Brown? Black? Red? White hair? – Board game for kids
Blond? Brown? Black? Red? White hair?
Long hair? Short hair? No hair at all? – Board game for kids
Long hair? Short hair? No hair at all?
Blue eyes? Brown? Green? – Board game for kids
Blue eyes? Brown? Green?
Glasses? A hat? Earrings? – Board game for kids
Glasses? A hat? Earrings?
A mustache? A beard? – Board game for kids
A mustache? A beard?
A boy or a girl? – Board game for kids
A boy or a girl?

Make It Easier

  • Start every question with the same fixed phrase: "Does your character have...?" The child only adds one word.
  • Question cards with pictures: glasses, hat, beard, blond hair, red hair. The child picks a card and asks about it.
  • The adult asks first and says out loud why: "I'm asking about glasses because some characters have them and some don't."
  • At first the child can point to something on a character and ask "Does yours have this?" Then move on to words.
  • Play with fewer characters (8 to 10) with differences that are easy to see.
  • After each answer, stop and say it together: "No? Then flip down everyone with glasses."

Make It More Challenging

Try to solve the mystery using as few questions as possible.

Skills Practiced

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