Gift exchange
White Elephant / Yankee Swap
Turn order, steals, freezes and the final swap, all run for you.
- Players4–60
- AgesAll ages
- DevicesOne device or phones
- Time30–60 min
- Noiselively
- You needgifts
How to play
- The app draws a random turn order.
- On your turn: unwrap a gift from the pile, or steal one that has been opened.
- If your gift is stolen, you go again straight away: unwrap or steal a different gift. No stealing straight back.
- A gift freezes after 3 steals (the host can change the limit).
- When every gift is open, the first player may swap with any gift that is not frozen.
- Names can be edited, late arrivals added and any move undone, at any point.
What the app does for you
The app draws the turn order, tracks who holds which gift and how many times each one has been stolen, and enforces the house rules you pick. Names can be changed and late arrivals added mid-game, and every move can be undone.
Play it on one device passed round the room, or have everyone join with their own phone using the code on the TV.