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Icebreaker
Common Ground Sprint
Find something you all share, faster than the other team.
Small teams race to find things they have in common — but anything another team shares too gets cancelled out.
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- Players
- 6–20
- Takes about
- 20 minutes
- Where
- Inside
- You'll need
- Nothing needed
How to play
- 1
Split into groups of three or four.
- 2
Each group has three minutes to find five things every member has in common — 'we're all human' doesn't count.
- 3
Groups read out their list; anything another group also shares is cancelled.
- 4
Play three rounds with new groups.
How it's scored
One point per uncancelled common ground. Most points over three rounds wins.
What you need
Nothing at all.
A taste of the cards
- Something you all dislike
- A food you'd all order
- A place you've all been
5 cards in the deck — PlayMe deals them out as you play.
Tips for the host
- • Mix the groups each round so people meet everyone.
- • The cancelling rule is what makes it a competition.
Everyone in? Let's play.
You'll get the rules, the cards, a timer and a scoreboard — no account needed.
Let's play