The Emoji Game Of Pantomime

Rules for Emoji-Mime™

An Emoji Game of Pantomime

THE OBJECTIVE

The objective is to identify the name of as many emoji required, by guessing the name of the emoji that a performer acts out / pantomimes (mimes) by means of their facial expressions and body movements, to advance their team’s pawn to the Finish square AND identify the mime being performed first.

GAME GEAR

• Gameboard

• 252 Emoji-Mime game cards

• Game Cards box

• 60 second sand timer

• 1 game die

• 4 pawns

• 1 red bag for game pieces

• Game Rules booklet

SELECT TEAMS

Separate the players into teams of 2 to 4 players each. Teams can have an uneven number of players if it’s not possible to distribute players evenly to all the teams. If more players than 4 per team are going to play, add more players to each team. The more players available per team, the more fun you’ll have playing the game.

GAME ARRANGEMENT

Place the gameboard, sand timer, and die on a table or the floor so all players can reach the game gear. Lift off the top of the box of game cards. Remove the game card that contains information about the game. Shuffle the remaining 251 game cards and then place the cards on their side in the card box, with the blue backs of the cards facing the players. This enables performing players to easily select a game card when it’s their turn. Each team selects a

They select a performer who draws a game card and picks any emoji on the game card to mime except the Smiley & People emoji on the green stripe. (See page 2, Emoji-Mime Game Cards.) The performer turns over the timer and mimes the emoji. All players try to guess the name of the emoji being mimed. The team that guesses the emoji first wins and immediately rolls the die, moves their pawn the corresponding number of squares on the gameboard, and then begins another turn. If players of opposing teams shout out the correct name of the emoji at