A psychological game where mind games are fun. A world of deception that gets everyone excited.

The board game “For Sale” (Hagetaka no Eji)}

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It’s a game where you enjoy the mind games of choosing which score to go after and with what number: if you play a number from your hand that’s higher than everyone else’s, you claim the points currently on the table.

However, some of the score cards that appear on the table are negative, so you avoid those by playing low numbers—this push-and-pull makes the bluffing even more intense.

It’s also crucial that your hand size is limited and that if played cards tie, no one gets the points.

Keep an eye on what remains in both your hand and your opponent’s as you steer the game to your advantage.

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Mind Control Game

In situations where people are asked to choose what they like, it may seem as though they’re making their own choices, but it’s possible they’re actually being guided by the preceding context.

This piece uses that kind of psychological steering to have someone make a free choice and then correctly name what they chose.

The participant is asked to do simple addition in sequence: from “2+1” to “3+3,” then “6+6,” “12+12,” and “16+16.” After that, you ask, “Pick a number between 12 and 5 that you like,” and once they answer, the setup is complete.

It’s said here that people are psychologically inclined to choose 7, so if you name 7, you can segue into explaining that there’s a psychological tendency for this to happen.

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Ten Times Quiz

[10-try quiz of 15 questions] Get all correct and you’re a 10-try master!

It’s a game where you have someone repeat a specific short word 10 times and then ask a simple quiz question to see if they can answer it correctly.

The repeated word nudges them toward the wrong answer, and the challenge is whether they notice the misdirection and give the right answer.

Even if you spot the trick, clearly pronouncing the word makes it hard to break away from it—that’s what makes the game so exciting.

The questioner chooses what to have the player say, and the respondent sees how far they can distance themselves from what they just pronounced; that back-and-forth is what makes the game fun.

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Psychological Warfare: Old Maid

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Old Maid is a basic playing-card game in which you draw cards while trying to avoid ending up with the Joker.

This variant limits the cards used and the number of players to heighten the psychological mind games.

In regular Old Maid you can freely shuffle your hand as you play, but by also restricting how many times you can shuffle, it adds a new layer of strategy about where certain cards are likely to be.

If you actively incorporate conversation, elements of bluffing come into play as well, making the game even more exciting—highly recommended.

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The card game “The Culprit Is Dancing”

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It’s a game where you talk with each other while using various gimmick cards to guess who holds the “Culprit” card.

Players are dealt character cards and gimmick cards, then play their gimmick cards in turn, deducing the culprit based on everyone’s actions.

If you have the Culprit card, use your gimmicks and words skillfully to avoid being found out.

The cards used change depending on the number of participants, adding variety to the strategy, so it’s a board game you can enjoy in many different ways.

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Word Wolf

Naniwa Danshi [We’re not good at probing each other 💦] Challenge Word Wolf!

Word Wolf is a game where you try to identify the single participant who has a different answer from everyone else.

At the start, no one knows who that person is—not even the one who has the odd answer.

Everyone talks to figure out who the odd one out is, and also whether they themselves might be that person.

If you realize during the conversation that you are the odd one, one strategy is to align your story with everyone else so they don’t notice.

In the end, if the group correctly identifies the odd one, everyone else wins.

If the odd one deceives everyone until the end, that person wins.

Enjoy the psychological battle as you probe each other!

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Change Janken

Who won the mind game in the VS Change Rock-Paper-Scissors?

Change Janken is a fun game that adds its own rules to regular rock-paper-scissors.

Up to the point where you play rock-paper-scissors as usual, it’s the same, but then you place a board between you so you can’t see your opponent’s hand.

After repeatedly telling each other what hand you’ll throw—or being told by the other— you remove the board and determine the winner.

You can enjoy the psychological battle by saying “I’m going to play paper” and then actually throwing scissors, or by really throwing paper as you said.

As you repeat the game many times, it becomes hard to tell what’s true and what’s a bluff, which is part of the fun.

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