GUESSTURES STRATEGY
However, there are basic guidelines to be adhered to while miming the words, which slightly differ from our stress-free pastime Dumbcharades. You cannot speak (which applies for both the games), but you have to mouth words only related to the actual word. For instance, if the real word is ‘steam’, the player can mouth ‘hot’. You can point out to objects or people in the room to crack the actual word, which again is unacceptable in Dumbcharades. The other key while playing is that the actor not only has to get his teammates to guess what’s on the current card accurately, but he must also grab the card out of the timer before it is devoured.
Guesstures has indeed changed the game scenario. Good, quick pantomiming is still the in thing that requires constant and instant thinking. So it does serve as refreshment for the mind by activating the dormant mental faculties. There are no codified strategies to emerge victorious in this game. It is very subjective, as an individual’s personality traits or skills vary from one another and hence each person reacts or acts differently to the word in the ‘limelight’.
Post Script: The reliance should not be only on the actor. It should be a symbiotic relationship where the teammates should also be equally efficient guessers.
