Play Taskmaster games (silly British humor in low-stakes competition)

What is Taskmaster?

Taskmaster is a British comedy panel* game show where comedians play silly made-up games in a low-stakes competition. It first aired in 2015 and there are now eighteen seasons of the British one and twelve international versions!

You can watch full episodes of seasons 1 through 18 for fee on Youtube!!!! https://www.youtube.com/@Taskmaster/playlists

Here are the tasks from the first episode:

1. Eat as much watermelon as possible.
2. Paint the best picture of a horse while riding a horse
3. Completely empty a bathtub without removing the plug or tipping or damaging the bath.
4. Assemble a tent, enter the tent, put on a onesie in the tent, then emerge from the tent wearing the onesie.

Click here to watch season 1 episode 1 on Youtube.

*wtf is a panel show? In this context, panel means "a group of people gathered to participate for something." Panel shows are uncommon in the US but very popular in England.

What will this event be?

We will play some games from the TV show and/or the official book ("220 Extraordinary Tasks for Ordinary People" by Alex Horne).

Most games will call upon your skills of persuasion, strategy, art, language, and/or dexterity. At least one game is random chance just to mix it up a little. Some will be played with/against your teammates and some with/against the Taskmaster.

Here are some examples of the tasks we might play at the event:

• Sit down, then stand up after exactly 60 seconds.
• Instruct your teammates to draw the specified thing using only the words "circle", "square", "line", "up", "down", "big", "small", etc.
• Have the longest conversation with your teammates consisting of only questions.
• Toss a coin and get as many heads in a row as possible.
• Make the longest continuous noise from your body.
• Take unique pictures of three things with the biggest total size.
• Mouth a ten-word sentence to the Taskmaster.
• Hide a sheet of paper somewhere visible on a flat surface in the room.

We can keep score but there will not be any prizes - the point is to play funny games.

If you've come to a previous Offbeat Fun Taskmaster event, you can still come to this event. We have more fresh tasks for you!

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