Norse Pantheon: The Game
From the MW Archive, a game classic:
Get in a group of six to ten people. Put in a hat slips of paper with the following names:
BALDER: The dying god
HEIMDALL: The Watcher, keeper of the rainbow road between Midgard and Asgard
ODIN: King of the gods
THOR: The god of thunder
LOKI: The trickster
HELA: Goddess of the underworld
FRIGG: The mother goddess
FREY: God of fertility
ULL: God of archery
Then all but one person in the group draws a name out of the hat. When each person has been assinged a god, each one in the group should start acting like said god. (Heimdall should never sleep (I previously said he only had one eye, but I'm now told he had two), Thor either can be harsh or heroic, depending on whether you're being the classical or Marvel version, but whatever the case, he summons lightning from the sky, Odin orders everyone around, Loki...tricks, Frigg gives birth, possibly with the help of Frey, etc.)
The one person who didn't draw a name must try to guess which person is which god. There should be a time limit (it doesn't matter how long) on how long that person can guess. If time runs out before all the people are guessed, then someone has to should "Ragnarok!" and the game starts over again.
BONUS GAME: I made the number of gods nine for a specific reason. Everyone knows that Norse mythological figures loved baseball, so if you have a group large enough, draw the nine names and form a team of Norse gods (you can play against the Olympians, but they leaned more toward air hockey). The only rule is that Balder has to be catcher.
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