⌛ Speed Meeting

What you need

Equipment: A timer. Arrange players in two equal lines facing each other, about an arm's length apart. If there is an odd number, the adult joins a line.

How to play Speed Meeting

1. Explain the goal: you have one minute to find out as much as you can about the person opposite you.
2. Read out the opening question for the round, for example "What is the funniest thing that happened to you this week?"
3. Start the timer. Each pair talks for one minute, about 30 seconds each.
4. When the minute is up, call "Move!" Only one line moves, one step to the right.
5. The player at the end of the moving line walks around to the other end, so everyone has a new partner.
6. Give a new question and start a new minute. Play 6 to 8 rounds.
7. For the last round, use: "Tell me something nobody here knows about you."

Scoring and wrapping up

To finish: Bring everyone back into one circle. Each player shares one interesting thing they learned about someone else and points to that person. The whole group hears about everyone, which turns quick chats into real connection.

By age

• Ages 8-9: shorten the rounds to 40 seconds and give a simple either-or question each time.
• Ages 10-14: let pairs ask their own follow-up questions once the main one is answered.

Variations

• Big group: use two double lines side by side, or form an inner and outer circle where the inner circle turns one step each round.
• Capy twist: on Capy's signal, partners must find three things they have in common before the minute ends.
• Find the match: write the answers on cards afterward and let the group guess who said what.

Tips for the adult in charge

• After 4 or 5 rounds, pause and ask: "Who found out something surprising?"
• Keep the questions light at first. Save the more personal ones for later rounds, and always allow a pass.

🖨️ Printable speed meeting question cards

Read one card out at the start of each round, or hand a few to each pair.

• What is the funniest thing that happened to you this week?
• If you could have any pet, what would it be?
• What food could you eat every day?
• Which superpower would you choose and why?
• Where would you go if you could travel anywhere?
• What is something you are really good at?
• What makes you laugh every time?
• What would you do with a free day and no rules?
• Which book, film or show do you love right now?
• What is the best present you have ever received?
• If you invented a holiday, what would people celebrate?
• What job would you like to try for one day?
• What is your favorite thing to do outdoors?
• Would you rather visit the past or the future?
• What is a skill you want to learn?
• What is the best thing about your town?
• If you were an animal, which one would you be?
• What song always makes you want to dance?
• What is the bravest thing you have done?
• Tell me something nobody here knows about you.