Hey Tania, thanks for leaving a comment! I’ve never heard of Wink Murderer so I’ll have to look that one up. The “killed” are out of the game. The “saved” get to keep playing in more rounds. Everyone learns who was killed and who was saved before the murder story is told. The story is made up by you, on the spot, it’s called improv and it’s a lot of fun. I like the idea of changing the game up and trying different things.

for Mafia, as I’ve played this with students before, similar to wink murderer…but more challenging. what happens to the “killed” and “saved”? Do they know? or when Mafia and Detective point to them, they don’t know? If only those two know, how do Townspeople know what kind of story to make up? It would be neat to challenge the detective to figure out who these two were.

Hey Nicole! That is a great question! Students line up to participate. So after the emotion has circulated around the car, the hitchhiker makes up an excuse about why they have to go and a new hitchhiker with a new emotion is picked up. It’s a lot of fun:)

Thanks for these awesome ideas. I am a bit confused as how Hitchhiker works. So once the “hitchhiker” has got in the car, and the others have adopted the emotion of the hitchhiker, what happens next?? Is there a winner? Do others from the class get involved?

Thanks!
Nicole