MANIFEST

MANIFEST is a business charades game in three rounds. Teams act out business ideas, race to name business jargon, then draw and question their way to the answer in the final.

Round 1, Concept in Action: each team gets 2 chits, one at a time, each with a brand, app, technology, product, company, person or concept from business. One member acts and the team guesses, with 60 seconds for each chit. The actor may not speak, mouth words, write, use letters or numbers, point at objects or use props. Chits cannot be passed or swapped, and only the answer the judge accepts counts. A correct answer scores 10 points. The top 8 teams go through, and a sudden-death charade breaks a tie.

Round 2, Business Jargons: a business statement, situation, image or video appears. Teams have 30 seconds to press the buzzer, and the first team to buzz gets 10 seconds to answer, with no passing. A correct answer scores 100 points, a correct answer after a clue scores 70, and a wrong or missing answer after a buzz loses 25. A clue adds 15 seconds and cannot be taken back. If no team buzzes in 30 seconds, the question closes. Only the exact business term counts. The top 4 teams go through, and a tie-breaker question settles a tie.

Round 3, The Business Canon, stage 1, Business Pictionary: one member draws and the team guesses in 60 seconds. Drawings only: no letters, words, numbers, initials, abbreviations, gestures, sounds or written clues, and nothing that spells out the answer. The team gives one final answer, and a question does not pass to another team.

Round 3, stage 2, Yes/No Challenge: one member reads a chit with a business term, brand or person. The team asks that member up to 25 questions, answered only with yes or no, and has 3 minutes to find the answer. The team gets at most 3 guesses, and a fourth guess does not count even if it is right. Team members may talk among themselves. Electronic devices are not allowed.