How to Play Guggenheim

Guggenheim is a fun game that can keeps kids busy while helping them to study for tests, build memory and practice math skills. You only need a pencil for each player, paper and your brain to play the game.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 or more players
• Paper for each player
• Pencil for each player

1. Instruct each player to draw a grid on a piece of paper with 5 rows down and 5 rows across. On the top and left side of the grid, make a thinner row and column to label them.

2. Choose a five letter word for your grid and write the letters in the thin columns at the left side of the grid by writing 1 letter in each box. All players should have the same word.

3. Pick categories for the game and have all players write them in the thin row at the top of the grid. Some examples of categories can be Television Shows, Actors, Countries, Songs, Movies, Animals, Plants, Sports Teams, Politicians or Car Models. Create any category you like and make sure all the players have the same categories.

4. Fill in the first row with as many answers as you can for each category depending upon the letter written in the column to the left. For example, if your 5-letter word is "START," and the first category is "Male Names," you would put as many boys' names (Steve, Stewart, Sean) as you could think of that start with an "S" in the first box and so forth for each category.

5. Go down the rows in the same manner, filling in all the boxes according to the letter at the left in each row. For example, because your next letter is "T," all the answers on the second row should begin with "T." In your next row after that, all your answers should begin with "A."

6. Ask someone to watch the clock and stop all players at the end of a predetermined timeframe. This should be anywhere from 15 minutes to a half hour. When the time is up, go through each category and have everyone say the answers they came up with.

7. Score 10 points for each answer you give that no one else has. If there are only 2 players, scratch off any duplicate answers. If there are 3 or more players, score 5 points if 2 players have the same answer and scratch off any answers that are repeated more than twice.

8. Add up all your points. Highest score wins.