The Secret Handshake by Victoria Collins-Hood

Remember this is something meant to be played while you’re in a party or an event and people are already going around and talking to others.

The time will set the pace of the game, you can do something short (like let’s meet in 15 minutes) or something that lasts several hours. If you’re in a house you could set something like a specific corner of a certain room, if you’re in a bigger space you have more freedom. They write down a place to meet on one and a time on the other. Then each captain picks two papers from their society. They have to write down their name, the name of their secret society and the secret handshake (on each piece of paper they got). Get as many pieces of paper as players in the game (not counting the captains) and give half of them to each captain. It’s something your members will use to identify each other. Even if each of them belongs to one society, they will be playing a neutral role in the game, more like judges.Įach captain must come up with a name and a secret handshake for their society, it doesn’t have to be a literal handshake, it could be a password or a sign. You can vote who gets to play the role or pick two random players for it. To start the game you need two captains (or founders of secret societies). “Secret Handshake' has two teams (or secret societies) communicating in secret while the other group tries to trick them into revealing their secret handshake. You can set the game length to be short or last a whole day.

You should play this at a party or an event while everybody is doing other things (going around and talking to others). Last time the rules were updated 17/11/18 Feel free to run it and then send me your feedback or invite me over and I'll host it.

The Secret Handshake by Victoria Collins-Hood