Guess Who?

1 Game Overview

Guess Who? is a two-player deduction game where each player picks a mystery character and takes turns asking yes/no questions to narrow down who the opponent's person is. Flip down faces that don't match the answers until only one remains.

A perfect introduction to logical deduction and process of elimination for kids.

2 What You Need

• 2 game boards, each with 24 character faces on flipdown panels
• 2 sets of character cards (one per player)

3 Setup

1. Each player takes a game board and sits facing their opponent.
2. Each player secretly draws one character card from their shuffled deck without showing the other player.
3. That is your mystery person for this round.
4. Youngest player asks the first question.

4 How to Play

1. On your turn, ask one yes/no question about your opponent's mystery character: "Does your person have glasses?" "Is your person a woman?" "Does your person have a hat?"
2. Your opponent answers honestly: "Yes" or "No."
3. Flip down all faces on your board that don't match the answer. (If they said "No, my person doesn't have glasses," flip down all characters with glasses.)
4. Your opponent then takes their turn and asks you a question.
5. Continue until one player thinks they know the answer.

5 Winning

The first player to correctly identify their opponent's mystery character wins the round. Play best of 3 or 5 rounds for a full game.

6 Tips

• Ask binary questions that split the board. "Does your person have hair?" (eliminates all bald characters) is better than "Does your person have blue eyes?" (eliminates fewer).
• Gender first. Asking "Is your person a man/woman?" immediately eliminates roughly half the board.
• Track remaining faces. Keep mental count - when you have 2-3 faces left, guess rather than wasting a question.
• Don't ask color questions about mixed features. "Does your person have blonde hair?" only eliminates a small subset. Go for more universal features first.