Chiddi Udd Kaa Udd

Five party games that need nothing but the phone in the middle of the table — and, if you want it, everybody else's phone too. It starts with the playground game. Everyone puts a finger on their own ring, a word is called out, and the whole table answers at once: lift your finger for yes, keep it down for no. The slow and the twitchy go red. The app opens with that game told as an illustrated story, so nobody has to be taught the rules out loud. FIVE GAMES • Chiddi Udd — the classic. A word is called and the table decides: does it fly? Seven question packs and about 1,400 words, each with the name it is actually called by at home • Quick Draw — no words at all. Hold still through a pause that is never the same length twice, and the slowest finger off the glass is out. Move early and you are out before it starts • Colour Call — every ring is dealt a new colour each round and one colour…