Prank Game – A fun trick game that everyone will enjoy
I remember it like it was yesterday. My sister had just come home from a long trip, and my family and I were all together playing as a family. Before my sister got home, we had all decided that we would prank my sister and play a trick on her that we had never played before.
So, we get the camera out, we get the lipstick, and we all try to keep a straight face. The game was called: “Inchypinchywinchy”. Yes, the name says it all! No skill is required in this game, it is not educational, intellectual, challenging or competitive in any way. You just have to try not to laugh and reveal the ‘secret’ to the victim. To this day, it remains one of the most fun and memorable games we’ve ever played as a family. It was just a trick/joke game, but it was great. Have fun playing, but make sure you’re playing with someone who doesn’t know what’s going on!
INCHYPINCHYWINCHY
# of players: 4 or more
Necessary objects: lipstick
Those who play will sit in a circle around the room. The person who has never played before will be called the victim. Next, the person sitting to the right of the victim will need a lipstick. As a preparation, this person will rub a small amount of lipstick on their finger and then hide the lipstick so that the victim cannot see (or smell) it. Everyone else will keep a straight face and will not laugh, look at the victim, or reveal anything. The game begins by having one person turn to the person to the left of them and, with their index finger, do something random in their neighbor’s face. As they do this, they should say, “inchypinchywinchy.” Some examples of some random motions one might make are: cheek pinching, nose rubbing, chin squeezing, earlobe pulling, drawing a line on the forehead, etc.
The only rule of the game is that the person making the random move and the person receiving it, neither can laugh at all (everyone else can when it’s not their turn). The random movement only needs to last a few seconds, but no person can laugh. If a player laughs, he gets a strike (3 strikes and one player is out of the game). It is important that the rule is followed so that the victim thinks that it is a real game (as strange as it may seem). But, obviously, you have to be more lenient with the victim so that they are not eliminated from the game. The game continues around the circle with each person making a random move to their neighbor on the left. (It may be helpful for others to play dumb and pretend this is a weird game for them too, so it’s not just the victim wondering what’s going on.)
Eventually it will be the turn of the person sitting to the right of the victim. Again, this person will have rubbed some lipstick on their fingers; therefore, as she performs her random move, the lipstick will be smeared on the victim’s face. (Everyone else can laugh, but the other players don’t want to over-laugh or imply that something is happening to the victim.) The person who rubs the lipstick on the victim must be very subtle and not let the victim see their finger with the lipstick on it.
After the victim has taken their turn, the game continues around the circle. Players will laugh and get hit, and some people may even be eliminated from the game. The game ends when everyone is tired of playing, or everyone goes out, or when the most likely happens: the victim finds out what is happening!
