Presenter’s notes: This game will move at the pace you set, so it can be rapid-fire, or drawn out over an hour or so, depending on the mood you’re trying to set.
 
I host the game at several pubs, you can too, or play at home with your friends and family.
 
Simply download the Mix16 Play App, open it up and import the game you’ve purchased. It will automatically load and be ready for action!
 
The first image is a silent, static, logo image, that you would have on the screen in advance of the game. When you advance, it goes to an explanation of the scoring indicating the game is based on a team with 4 brains, etc. This is obviously up to you, you can choose to play this way or not. You may be playing at home with family members who are playing individually, and that’s just fine, ignore the brain count. Next is the slide with the sample playsheet. Explain the categories and the rules (No phones or electronic assistance of any kind).
 
After that, let the fun begin!
 
After the intro to each category, there is background music for 10 seconds as you read the question. What works for me is, I have music cued on an iPad wired to a speaker that I play between each question after the above-mentioned background music. I usually play that background music for 45 to 60 seconds to give teams time to discuss and come up with an answer. Again, this and the pacing of the game is entirely up to you.
 
For the Pictogram category, these are REBUS-style puzzles and require "thinking outside the box". Explain to your audience that the answer to each one of these is a common word or phase you'd hear or say every day. There are three sample questions at the beginning of this category so that people will get the idea and feel of the style of puzzle. The answers are Middle Aged, life in the fast lane" and "left for dead". These can be tough, so I often give teams as much as 3:00 mins to tackle each question.
 
In the pub situation, I gather up the completed papers at the end of the game and re-distribute them to opposing teams…so team 1 will mark team 2’s paper for example…
 
At the end, We gather the papers and arrange the scores from lowest to highest…announcing the winner at the end.