You will love this game, I swear! My sister taught it to us, and we play it all the time at church now. So, basically it's a game of truth. If you've played "I never", or "never have I ever", or any variation on that game, that's basically what this is! Except it's not a drinking game like "I never" is, so... yeah.
You start the game with ten fingers. You hold them all out, like you've just counted to ten. Whoever's starting the game starts by saying "I've never... [insert thing here]."
You can say anything you want. You can say you'v never kissed a boy, you can say you've never been a boy, you can say you've never been to China, whatever you want to say, you can say. The only rule is that is has to be true. For instance, I could say "I've never been a boy." That's true, because I've always been female. I COULDN'T say "I've never worn silver", because I wear a silver necklace almost every day.
I hope by this point you get the idea.
So, once the first person has gone, you go to the person next to them. We usually go counter-clockwise, but it doesn't really matter. Each person says something they've never done.
Now, here's why they call it "Ten Fingers". You start with all ten fingers extended, right? It's best if you put them where everyone can see them, because that just makes it more fun. Now, let's say I was playing with a couple of guys and I said, "I've never been a guy."
Well, for SOME members of that group, that statement is obviously NOT true [aka they HAVE been a guy!] So, if whatever the person says doesn't apply to you [you've done it/been it/been there/whatever when they haven't] you put down a finger. So if I said "I've never been a guy", every guy playing would have to put down a finger. If a blond guy said that he's never been a brunette, every person with brown hair [and all people who, at some point in time, had brown hair] has to put a finger down.
Eventually, you're going to run out of fingers. At that point, you're out of the game. Now, the point of this game is to get to know each other better, so it completely defeats the purpose to lie. Besides, it's fun! Especially if you start getting into embarrassing stuff - you can learn a lot about people that way. And I mean a lot. Of course, you'll learn some interesting things, some random things, and some things you never ever needed or wanted to know. But don't let that stop you.
Of course, if you get out but there are still people playing, you can keep track of how far you get in the negatives! I think our current record is negative eleven... she was also the first person out.
It really is a fun game, though. I think we have at least three inside jokes from that game. And we've only played it... actually, we play that game a lot! Nine times on three bus rides...
Anyhow, there is one more thing. In the game, it really is considered cheating if you go, "I've never had brown eyes or green eyes or blue eyes or...etc." Either stick to one thing, or just find a different way to put it. Example - I've never had eyes that are any color but gray. Try to keep it fun, instead of knocking everyone out at once. Of course, if you have to get someone out [and you happen to know some of their secrets], there's nothing that's stopping you from using dirt against them. I got Kate out once by saying I've never dated one guy she did; she got me out by saying she's never dated a cuban guy; Ali got out by someone saying they've never been cuban; the list goes on and on.
So the next time you have a bunch of people over, or you're on a long trip, try playing! You never know what kind of things you'll learn about people...