Office Break Games

Team challenges

Paperclip chain relay

Teams link paperclips into a chain against the clock, one player at a time. Longest chain wins; the whole drawer gets emptied.

Players
4–20, in teams
Time
5–10 min

What you need

  • A box of paperclips per team
  • A phone timer

How to play

  1. Give each team a pile of paperclips.
  2. One player per team adds clips for 30 seconds, then hands the chain on.
  3. Keep rotating until the two minutes (or five) are up.
  4. Stretch the chains along the floor; the longest wins.

Office tip: Count dropped clips as a penalty if the chains end up the same length.

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