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HIDE × CLUE

Hot-and-Cold Hunt

Hide one common object and guide the search using only temperature clues.Classics & remixes · JoyRiders rules edition
classic gamehidingsearchsocial play
PLAYERStwo people / group
TIME3–18 min
ENERGYlow / medium
PLACEindoors / outdoors / anywhere
SETUP1 min
COMMUNITYNot yet rated

HOW TO PLAY

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YOU’LL NEEDOne common object
  1. 1One player hides the object within agreed boundaries while everyone else looks away.
  2. 2Searchers move independently while the hider guides everyone with colder, warmer, hot, and burning—no pointing or direction words.
  3. 3The round ends when a searcher touches the hidden object. That finder becomes the next hider and may invent one bonus clue word.
  4. 4Continue until everyone has hidden once, then name the fastest find or simply begin a new cycle.

REMIX THE RULES

Complete twists.

Four-word thermometerThe guide may say only glacier, cold, warm, or volcano and may give one clue every five seconds. Searchers cannot ask questions or request another clue early. The first player to touch the hidden object wins and becomes the next guide; a two-minute limit ends an impossible round.
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