Nouns in a Bag

A party game where teams take turns trying to guess nouns or phrases being described in increasingly limited fashion by a teammate. At the beginning of the game each player writes five nouns or phrases on a slip of paper, which are all then shuffled into a bag. Players are divided into two teams, and one team is chosen to start. It is recommended the starting team alternate between rounds to reduce the starting advantage. The first round is timed for 1 minute. The active team chooses someone to draw nouns from the bag, while the rest of the team tries to guess the noun. During this round the active player may say anything they like, as long as they do not say the words on the paper. Each correct guess is worth a point. Then, with all the drawn papers left out of the bag, the second team does the same. The second round is timed for 2 minutes, and is played as the first round, except instead of speaking the active player may only perform charades. The third round is timed for 1 minute, and is identical to the previous two except now the active player may only say one word.