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TINY GAMES
This pdf con
tains a sele
ction of Tin
y Games to
accompany
our Kicksta
rter campa
ign, which i
s live from
22 March to
13 April. Ti
ny Games i
s an app th
at gets you
playing th
e
perfect gam
e with your
friends: whe
rever you a
re, whoever
you're with
, whatever y
ou're doing
.
From the k
itchen to the
car, to the
park, to the
pub (or ba
r);
we've been
designing T
iny Games f
or every sit
uation, and
here's a bun
ch for you t
o play RIGH
T NOW...
Keep your
eyes peeled
on our Kick
starter pag
e for more
updates a
s we'll be p
laying a ne
w Tiny Gam
e every da
y
during the
campaign.
(Just in cas
e you forgo
t - 22 Marc
h to 13 April
).
We hope yo
u have fun
playing thes
e Tiny Gam
es, and if yo
u
do, why no
t help us br
ing hundred
s more to t
he world by
backing ou
r Kickstarte
r!
www.hidean
dseek.net/t
inygames
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You'll need two knives, two f
orks, and two spoons each,
a piece of bread, and a toas
ter.
Place the bread in the toaste
r and set it toasting.
Now, play Rock Paper Sciss
ors, except:
KNIFE cuts FORK
FORK stabs SPOON
SPOON scoops KNIFE
If you win a ro
und, you keep those utensils
.
You can reuse
any utensils, whether you s
tarted with them, or won the
m in the game.
You can't play a utensil if yo
u don't have one in your sta
sh.
The winner is the player with
the most utensils when the t
oast pops up,
and gets to keep the toast.
One of you is the Tea Keeper. You turn the three mugs
upsidedown, and secretly put the teabag beneath one of them.The
other gets to point at a mug three times, and ask: 'Is there a
teabag under this mug?'. The Tea Keeper has to respond and over the
three questions they have to
tell the truth twice, but lie once. After the three questions,
the Questioner turns over one mug. If it's got a teabag, they win
(and the Tea Keeper makes them a nice mug of tea). If it doesn't,
they lose and get nothing but a mug of hot water.If you'd like,
play a few times and keep track. The person with the highest score
overall gets
the tea at the end.
A game for two people, three mugs and a teabag.
TEA CARD MONTE
A game for two people feelin
g hungry and competitive.
KNIFE FORK SPOON
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Take a look around the room
, where could you hide?
Player one should whisper th
eir potential hiding place to
player two.
If player two agrees they cou
ld hide behind the door, then
they should say to the others
'Yes, I believe
you can hide behind the door
'.
Player two now has to whispe
r a hiding place that's not be
en used before to player thre
e, and so on.
Keep going round until some
one whispers a hiding place t
hat's improbable. If you don
't think they
can hide in the microwave, ch
allenge them and say 'I don't
think you can hide there'.
All the players who don't kno
w where the hiding place is s
hould leave the room and co
me back
once the player has attempt
ed to hide in the space they c
laimed they could hide in.
If, when they come back into
the room, they can't see wh
ere the player is hiding with
in 5 seconds,
that player wins the game.
If it's quite obvious as all the
y could fit in the microwave w
as their foot, that
player is out.
To start with, agree on an object or a landmark eg. the Eiffel
Tower, say,
or a teacup; anything you like.On the count of three, both call
out a comparative adjective a word like 'bigger' or 'fluffier'
or
'uglier' or 'meaner', anything you like. You now have to race to
think of something that is both of those things, when compared to
your
beginning object. For example, something that is bigger and
fluffier than a teacup. Whoever thinks of something first gets a
point.Now play again, using this new object as your starting point,
and picking two new adjectives,
and so on.
The first player to five points is the winner.
A conversation game for two superlative players.
FLUFFIER THAN A TEACUP
A game for three or more sn
eaky players.I CAN HIDE TH
ERE
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To begin the game, both pla
yers pick a twig.
Hold your twig with two hand
s so that it crosses over with
the other player's twig
Then on the count of three, b
oth pull your twig towards y
ou!
If your twig snaps, you lose.
But don't worry, just find ano
ther twig and play again...
Sit around a table and secretly write down the name of the
person whose drink you want to end
up with, and the name of the person who should end up with your
drink. Set a timer for 30 seconds and start playing.Moving
clockwise around the table, take it in turns to dictate where the
glasses should move
to, with the following commands:PASS LEFT Everyone passes their
drink to the leftPASS RIGHT Everyone passes their drink to the
rightSWAP [NAME OF PLAYER] You swap your drink with the named
player
When the timer rings, stop playing. You get a point if you end
up with the drink you chose, andanother if your drink ends up with
the right person. The first player to five points wins.
A game for four drinking buddies.
THE GLASS BEER GAME
A battle of wits and twigs fo
r two players.TWICKERS
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Hide&Seek
started the
UKs rst p
ervasive ga
mes
festival on
Londons S
outh Bank
in 2007, an
d since
then have
produced a
variety o
f award-wi
nning
real-world
and digital
play expe
riences for
a wide
range of br
ands, instit
utions and
audiences.
We continu
e to produc
e a range o
f events for
public
spaces w
eve had 12
,000 peop
le playing
in the
streets of
Edinburgh
on New Ye
ars Day, m
ade a
building c
ome alive
with play fo
r Gat Lyr
ique in
Paris, and
placed 9
9 Tiny Ga
mes right
across
London. We
also suppo
rt the work
of other m
akers
through t
he Sandp
it (a thr
iving netwo
rk of
games-ma
kers) and
the Hide&S
eek Weeken
der (an
annual fes
tival of play
ing in publi
c).
Hide&Seek
is about
its people
. The stud
io is
comprised
of people w
ho combin
e a passion
for and
a depth of
understand
ing of gam
e design w
ith a
willingness
to look bey
ond the bou
ndaries of e
xisting
game form
s. We valu
e collabor
ation, co-c
reation
and partne
rship, and
pride ours
elves on be
ing able
to work in a
ny context.
Our values
are built ar
ound the b
elief that p
lay as a
theme, a w
ay of being
, and desig
n tool is in
tegral to
understand
ing how cu
lture will d
evelop in t
he 21st
century.
www.hidean
dseek.net
