Voice imitation party games

Why imitation games work

Imitation is the fastest way to make a group laugh: nobody needs to be good, and being bad is often funnier. You do not need cards, a board or a screen, just voices. The games below work at home, at a party, or online on a voice call.

Seven games to try

• Meme sound challenge: play a meme sound, everyone imitates it, the group votes. MimicBox does this for you with 100+ sounds, an automatic score and a podium. Start a room.
• Impression roulette: write celebrities on slips of paper, each player draws one and reads a random sentence in that voice.
• Accent relay: one sentence, passed around the circle, each player switches accent. Break character and you are out.
• Movie line showdown: two players get the same movie quote and perform it, the room picks a winner.
• Animal orchestra: each player is an animal, the host conducts a "song".
• Sound effect guess: one player imitates a video game sound, the others guess the game.
• Silent movie dubbing: mute a video clip, players improvise the voices.

Making it a competition

Votes are the simplest scoring: each player votes for the best impression, no voting for yourself. If you want something more objective, MimicBox compares the shape of every recording with the original, rhythm, melody and length, and gives a score out of 100 on top of the votes. The rules explain how the score is computed.