Kheper Games Arts of Insanity Adult Party Game

The Arts of Insanity from Kheper Games is an adult party game for people who like charades but want ruder material and a reason to try harder. Cards combine into absurd, filthy scenes, and your team scores more for using a tougher way to get them across.

Character plus action

Each turn starts by putting a character card together with an action card. The pairing produces the scene your teammates have to guess, and because the two decks are shuffled independently, the combinations change every game. Some are mild, many aren't, which is where most of the laughter comes from.

Four ways to give clues in this adult party game

The clue-giver picks a method: describe it in words, act it out, draw it, or mime it in silence. Describing is the easy option and earns the fewest points. Drawing and miming are harder and pay more, so a team that's behind has a reason to gamble on a bad sketch. That choice is what sets it apart from a straight charades deck: you're constantly weighing a safe point against a risky bigger score.

Setting up a game night

Split into at least two teams so there's someone to guess and someone to compete against. Paper and a pen for the drawing rounds and a phone timer keep things moving. The content is explicit, so check that everyone at the table is up for it, and keep it to an adults-only crowd.

Specifications

• Brand: Kheper Games
• Type: team guessing game with character and action cards
• Clue methods: describe, act, draw, mime
• Players: teams (Kheper doesn't publish a player range for this title)
• Content: explicit, adults only

Prefer the classic format? See Kheper's Adult Charades, or browse all adult games.