Give yourself a point icebreaker games need one reader and a room that can count. Each statement names its own value: 1 point for everyday things, 3 for uncommon ones and 5 for rare ones.
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How to play a round
Press Next card and read the statement out. Everyone it fits adds the points on fingers or on paper, and nobody has to say which ones they scored. The deck pauses after twelve statements: the highest total wins the round. Ask one high scorer for the story behind a 5.
Six sets, three values
The sets are This morning, Food, Places, School and work, Talents and odd skills, and Kind things. Easy cards are worth 1, Medium 3 and Hard 5. The values are the editors' guess at how rare a thing is, not a measurement.
Start a new group on This morning, where everybody scores something.
Kind things makes a good last round: the winner is whoever helped the most people lately.
Questions and answers
How do you play the give yourself a point game?
A leader reads statements that begin Give yourself 1, 3 or 5 points if. Players add the points for every statement that is true of them. After a set number of statements, the highest total wins.
What are good give yourself a point statements?
Ones that most of a room can score at least once: Give yourself 1 point if you can whistle. Give yourself 3 points if you have been inside a cave. Give yourself 5 points if you have walked behind a waterfall.
Is the game suitable for a class?
It was written for one. No statement asks about family, money, health, bodies, faith or where anyone comes from, and nobody has to say which points they scored.
Give yourself 1 point if you arrived here ahead of time today.
Give yourself 1 point if you chose today's socks on purpose.
Give yourself 1 point if you drank a glass of water before anything else today.
Give yourself 1 point if you forgot nothing on your way out of the door today.
Give yourself 1 point if you have already thanked someone today.
Give yourself 1 point if you heard a bird before you heard a person today.
Give yourself 1 point if you knew what day it was the moment you woke up.
Give yourself 1 point if you opened a window this morning.
Give yourself 1 point if you remembered your water bottle today.
Give yourself 1 point if your bag was ready by the door before bedtime last night.
Give yourself 3 points if you fed a pet or watered a plant before you fed yourself today.
Give yourself 3 points if you had time to sit and do nothing before you left home today.
Give yourself 3 points if you have a song from this morning still in your head.
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This morning, continued
Give yourself 3 points if you left your room tidier than you found it this morning.
Give yourself 3 points if you made breakfast for someone else today.
Give yourself 3 points if you read something on paper before you looked at a screen today.
Give yourself 3 points if you took a different way here than usual.
Give yourself 3 points if you walked or rode a bike to get here.
Give yourself 3 points if you were out of bed within a minute of waking today.
Give yourself 3 points if you wrote something by hand before you left home today.
Give yourself 5 points if you cooked on a stove today before most people were awake.
Give yourself 5 points if you discovered a forgotten object in a coat or a bag today.
Give yourself 5 points if you have not looked at a screen yet today.
Give yourself 5 points if you helped someone find something they had lost this morning.
Give yourself 5 points if you ironed something today.
Give yourself 5 points if you saw a wild animal bigger than a cat on your way here.
Give yourself 5 points if you saw the moon this morning.
Give yourself 5 points if you went for a run, a ride or a swim before breakfast today.
Give yourself 5 points if you were awake before everyone else in your home today.
Give yourself 5 points if you wrote in a diary or a journal this morning.
Food 30
Give yourself 1 point if you always drink from the same mug at home.
Give yourself 1 point if you ate lunch at the same hour every day this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have eaten a vegetable today.
Give yourself 1 point if you have eaten pasta this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have eaten soup this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have had a second helping of something this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you know what you are having for dinner tonight.
Give yourself 1 point if you like the middle of the bread better than the crust.
Give yourself 1 point if you like your toast dark.
Give yourself 1 point if you put something other than ketchup on fries.
Give yourself 3 points if you can eat spaghetti without a single splash.
Give yourself 3 points if you can name six pasta shapes without stopping.
Give yourself 3 points if you can tell three herbs apart by smell.
Give yourself 3 points if you have cooked a dish that took more than two hours.
Give yourself 3 points if you have eaten a food whose name you cannot spell.
Give yourself 3 points if you have eaten dessert first on purpose.
Give yourself 3 points if you have flipped a pancake in the air and caught it in the pan.
Give yourself 3 points if you have followed a recipe written in another language.
Give yourself 3 points if you have made bread, rolls or pizza dough from scratch.
Give yourself 3 points if you met a new fruit this year and liked it.
Give yourself 5 points if you ate something this month that you picked or dug up yourself.
Give yourself 5 points if you have churned ice cream at home.
Give yourself 5 points if you have collected eggs from under a hen.
Give yourself 5 points if you have cooked from a recipe in someone's handwriting.
Give yourself 5 points if you have eaten a dish cooked in a pit or a clay oven.
Give yourself 5 points if you have eaten a flower.
Give yourself 5 points if you have ground your own flour or pressed your own juice.
Give yourself 5 points if you have invented a sandwich and given it a name.
Give yourself 5 points if you have pulled noodles or rolled pasta by hand.
Give yourself 5 points if you have won a prize for something you baked or cooked.
Places 30
Give yourself 1 point if you have been in a room with more than a hundred people.
Give yourself 1 point if you have been inside a museum.
Give yourself 1 point if you have been to a library this month.
Give yourself 1 point if you have been to a park this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have crossed a bridge today.
Give yourself 1 point if you have ridden a bus this month.
Give yourself 1 point if you have ridden in an elevator this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have sat in the very back row of something.
Give yourself 1 point if you have stood on a beach.
Give yourself 1 point if you have visited a farm.
Give yourself 3 points if you have been backstage at a theater.
Give yourself 3 points if you have been inside a cave.
Give yourself 3 points if you have been on an island.
Give yourself 3 points if you have climbed a tower with more than a hundred steps.
Give yourself 3 points if you have found your way out of a maze.
Give yourself 3 points if you have looked out from above the twentieth floor.
Give yourself 3 points if you have slept in a hammock.
Give yourself 3 points if you have stood in snow deeper than your knees.
Give yourself 3 points if you have stood inside a building over five hundred years old.
Give yourself 3 points if you have watched a sunrise from a hill or a rooftop.
Give yourself 5 points if you have been in a desert.
Give yourself 5 points if you have been inside a castle.
Give yourself 5 points if you have been inside a lighthouse.
Give yourself 5 points if you have been underground in a mine.
Give yourself 5 points if you have reached a mountain top on foot.
Give yourself 5 points if you have sat in the driver's seat of a bus, a tractor or a tram.
Give yourself 5 points if you have spent a night on the water.
Give yourself 5 points if you have stood on a ship's deck out of sight of land.
Give yourself 5 points if you have stood where no building was in sight.
Give yourself 5 points if you have walked behind a waterfall.
School and work 30
Give yourself 1 point if you are carrying something to read.
Give yourself 1 point if you finished something yesterday that was due today.
Give yourself 1 point if you have a favorite pen.
Give yourself 1 point if you have answered a question out loud today.
Give yourself 1 point if you have looked up what a word means this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have refilled a stapler, a printer or a pen this month.
Give yourself 1 point if you have sharpened a pencil this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have used a ruler, a stapler or scissors this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you have worked in a group this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you wrote today's date on something.
Give yourself 3 points if you can spell the last name of the person leading this game.
Give yourself 3 points if you have explained something to a whole room this year.
Give yourself 3 points if you have fixed a jammed printer, stapler or zipper for someone.
Give yourself 3 points if you have given a presentation this month.
Give yourself 3 points if you have handed something in early this month.
Give yourself 3 points if you have kept the same notebook going for more than a year.
Give yourself 3 points if you have not been late once this month.
Give yourself 3 points if you have organized an event, a trip or a party for a group.
Give yourself 3 points if you have read a whole book this month that nobody assigned.
Give yourself 3 points if you stumped the room with a question this week.
Give yourself 5 points if you can sing a song in a language you do not speak.
Give yourself 5 points if you have come first in a spelling, math or quiz contest.
Give yourself 5 points if you have founded a club or a team that still meets.
Give yourself 5 points if you have gone a whole week without forgetting anything.
Give yourself 5 points if you have had your writing printed in a newspaper or a yearbook.
Give yourself 5 points if you have invented a shortcut that other people now use.
Give yourself 5 points if you have led a team of a dozen or more.
Give yourself 5 points if you have never lost a library book.
Give yourself 5 points if you have read a book of more than five hundred pages this year.
Give yourself 5 points if you have written more than ten pages by hand in one sitting.
Talents and odd skills 30
Give yourself 1 point if you can do a cartoon voice.
Give yourself 1 point if you can draw a star without lifting the pen.
Give yourself 1 point if you can hum a tune that everyone here would know.
Give yourself 1 point if you can read a clock with hands.
Give yourself 1 point if you can ride a bike.
Give yourself 1 point if you can shuffle a deck of cards.
Give yourself 1 point if you can skip a stone across water.
Give yourself 1 point if you can snap your fingers on both hands.
Give yourself 1 point if you can thread a needle on the first try.
Give yourself 1 point if you can whistle.
Give yourself 3 points if you can braid three strands without looking.
Give yourself 3 points if you can clap a rhythm that others can copy after one hearing.
Give yourself 3 points if you can do a cartwheel.
Give yourself 3 points if you can name ten trees or ten birds by sight.
Give yourself 3 points if you can name the months in reverse order in ten seconds.
Give yourself 3 points if you can play a tune on an instrument.
Give yourself 3 points if you can tie three different knots.
Give yourself 3 points if you can whistle loudly through your fingers.
Give yourself 3 points if you can write a full sentence in mirror writing.
Give yourself 3 points if you can write with both hands.
Give yourself 5 points if you can balance a broom upright on your palm for ten seconds.
Give yourself 5 points if you can do a magic trick that fools this room.
Give yourself 5 points if you can finger-spell your own name.
Give yourself 5 points if you can hold a handstand for five seconds.
Give yourself 5 points if you can play two instruments.
Give yourself 5 points if you can read a sentence written in another alphabet.
Give yourself 5 points if you can recite a poem of twenty lines from memory.
Give yourself 5 points if you can ride a unicycle or walk on stilts.
Give yourself 5 points if you can say a twelve-digit number back after hearing it once.
Give yourself 5 points if you can yodel, beatbox or throw your voice.
Kind things 30
Give yourself 1 point if you asked about someone's weekend and waited for the answer.
Give yourself 1 point if you held a door for someone today.
Give yourself 1 point if you lent a pen, a charger or an umbrella this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you let someone go ahead of you this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you pushed in a chair that was not yours today.
Give yourself 1 point if you put something back where it belongs today.
Give yourself 1 point if you saved a seat for someone this week.
Give yourself 1 point if you shared something today.
Give yourself 1 point if you told someone this week that they did a good job.
Give yourself 1 point if you waved to a neighbor on your way here.
Give yourself 3 points if you baked or cooked something this month just to give it away.
Give yourself 3 points if you called someone this month just to ask how they were.
Give yourself 3 points if you carried a bag or a box for someone this month.
Give yourself 3 points if you cleaned up a mess this week that you did not make.
Give yourself 3 points if you gave up your seat for someone this month.
Give yourself 3 points if you have looked after someone else's pet or plants.
Give yourself 3 points if you helped someone this week with work that was not yours.
Give yourself 3 points if you invited someone who was on their own to join in this week.
Give yourself 3 points if you returned something you found to its owner.
Give yourself 3 points if you taught someone a skill this month.
Give yourself 5 points if you gave away something that you still liked.
Give yourself 5 points if you gave up a free Saturday this year to help with something.
Give yourself 5 points if you have helped a neighbor move, dig or carry something heavy.
Give yourself 5 points if you have walked a lost visitor all the way to the right door.
Give yourself 5 points if you mended something for someone who was about to throw it out.
Give yourself 5 points if you organized a surprise for someone this year.
Give yourself 5 points if you remembered a birthday that everyone else forgot.
Give yourself 5 points if you spent a whole afternoon teaching someone younger than you.
Give yourself 5 points if you stayed late to help after everyone else had gone.
Give yourself 5 points if you wrote a letter to thank a teacher, a coach or a boss.
How this list was compiled: Own work: statements written by the Game Night Generator editors for this page on 2026-10-03, each beginning Give yourself and carrying its own value. No list was copied. The values are the editors' guess at how rare a thing is: 1 point for everyday things, 3 for uncommon ones, 5 for rare ones. They are not a measurement, and no survey was taken. No statement sorts people by family, money, health, body, faith or where they come from. A script compared every statement with every other list on this site, by exact text and by shared words, and statements that repeated one elsewhere were replaced. Licence: own work