VamPyroX
bloody phreak from hell
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I recently played the White Elephant Game with my family and family friends from church. Have any of you ever played it? It's a really interesting and fun game. Basically, you follow these simple rules:
- draw numbers
- go in order from number drawn
- 1st person takes a gift from the pile in the middle
- 2nd person has the option of "stealing" the 1st person's gift or taking a gift from the pile in the middle
- 3rd person has the option of "stealing" the 2nd or 1st person's gift, or taking a gift from the pile in the middle
- 4th person has the option... etc
- after a gift is "stolen", that person whose gift was "stolen" also has the option of "stealing" from someone else or taking a gift from the pile in the middle
- a gift cannot be "stolen" back in the same turn
- for instance, #2 "steals" from #8, #8 cannot "steal" back from #2 until during another turn
- a gift can only be "stolen" 3 times
- after the last person gets his/her gift, the 1st person goes again
- it's usually best if you get about 3 or 4 times the number of guests playing... in gifts
- for instance, 15 guests equals 45 to 60 gifts
- the gifts can range from cute gifts, gag gifts, candles, stuffed animals/dolls, $1 gifts, toys, or anything cheap and fun to share
