Nick, Programmerman
Celebrity round
Celebrity is a party game where everyone starts off by writing names of celebrities, historical figures, well-known characters, etc. onto slips of paper. All the slips are gathered into a bowl, then on a team's turn, one person calls out clues while the other people on that team try to guess. You can't say any of the words/names on the slip. The caller cannot pass, and an unanswered slip returns to the bowl at the end of the turn. Turns last one minute (this was the second half of a turn that started trying 30 seconds, which was too short, thus why it's so short).
Once the bowl is empty, play moves to the second round, where the caller can say only one word, plus any amount of gesturing. All of the slips are returned to the bowl to provide enough formality with the answers to keep the game moving quickly and not degrading fully into charades.
Finally was a third round, where the caller got one word and no gestures. We played that the second round only lasted two full turns (each team got two tries), and the third round only one full turn. This was to keep the game from taking all night.
Celebrity round
Celebrity is a party game where everyone starts off by writing names of celebrities, historical figures, well-known characters, etc. onto slips of paper. All the slips are gathered into a bowl, then on a team's turn, one person calls out clues while the other people on that team try to guess. You can't say any of the words/names on the slip. The caller cannot pass, and an unanswered slip returns to the bowl at the end of the turn. Turns last one minute (this was the second half of a turn that started trying 30 seconds, which was too short, thus why it's so short).
Once the bowl is empty, play moves to the second round, where the caller can say only one word, plus any amount of gesturing. All of the slips are returned to the bowl to provide enough formality with the answers to keep the game moving quickly and not degrading fully into charades.
Finally was a third round, where the caller got one word and no gestures. We played that the second round only lasted two full turns (each team got two tries), and the third round only one full turn. This was to keep the game from taking all night.