Charades
Charades for the phone era. One player per round is the guesser. Everyone else sees the prompt on their own phone and mimes it. Guesser types guesses live. 60-second timer. First correct match wins the round.
What you're doing
Classic charades: one player is the guesser, everyone else acts out a prompt — a movie, a phrase, a feeling — for 60 seconds. The guesser shouts (or in this case, types) guesses. First exact match wins. PartyRush handles all the bookkeeping: shows the prompt privately to the actors, runs the synchronized timer, accepts the guesser's typed guesses, and confirms the correct match.
The phone makes this easier than physical charades because the prompt only appears on the actors' screens. The guesser can't accidentally peek.
How to play
- Guesser rotates each round. The app picks the order.
- Actors (everyone else) see the prompt on their own phones via a private flip card.
- 60-second synchronized timer starts.
- Actors mime in real life. No talking. No sound effects. Just movement.
- Guesser types guesses on their phone. The app live-checks for an exact match (case-insensitive).
- Correct guess = +1 to guesser, round ends. Timeout = no score.
Scoring
- Correct guess: guesser +1.
- Timeout: nobody scores.
- 4 rounds default — each round a different guesser.
Strategy
Guesser
- Type fast. Don't wait for the perfect guess. Wrong guesses tell the actors what they need to clarify.
- Watch the strongest mime. Stop dividing your attention between three people doing different things.
Actors
- Coordinate. One person breaks down the prompt into parts (e.g., "two words"), another mimes the first part.
- Exaggerate. The guesser is reading from across the room. Subtlety doesn't translate.
- Skip the impossible parts. If the prompt is "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," mime "Spider-Man" and let the rest follow.
When to pick this
Charades is the most physical game in PartyRush. Pick this in person, with everyone in the same room, when energy is up. Bad for video-call play. Best at 4-7 players where there's enough acting muscle but not chaos. Tournament Mode mixes this in as a high-energy palette cleanser.