| Heart, Gun, Bomb is one of the newest and funnest | | | | is fair. |
| ESL Games in the world. This game is specifically for | | | | In Gun, Heart, Bomb |
| ESL teachers that want to help their students learn | | | | -- a Gun can shoot one hit point off the opposing |
| faster and have fun at the same time. | | | | teams player. |
| Heart, Gun, Bomb can be played solely on the | | | | -- a Heart can give one extra hit point to someone on |
| blackboard but I will explain to you how to play a | | | | that players team. |
| variation of this game using cards. | | | | -- a Bomb will blow up and destroy one hit point off |
| The rules to play Heart, Gun, Bomb are as follows: | | | | from who ever picked it. |
| Divide the class into two teams. | | | | The game is over when one team has no more hit |
| Write all of the students names under their team name | | | | points; thus the other team would win. |
| and give each student three hit points. | | | | To play this game with cards the ESL teacher would |
| Team 1 | | | | first write on the whiteboard: |
| Barry OOO | | | | A = 4 guns |
| Sally OOO | | | | K = 3 guns |
| Mitch OOO | | | | Q = 3 hearts |
| Susan OOO | | | | J = 1 gun and 1 heart |
| Bill OOO | | | | 10 = 3 bombs |
| Team 2 | | | | 9 = 2 bombs |
| Susan C. OOO | | | | 8 = 1 bomb |
| Jerry OOO | | | | 7 = pick another card |
| Sean OOO | | | | 6 = pick two cards |
| Amy OOO | | | | 5 = 2 guns |
| Jill OOO | | | | 4 = 1 gun |
| Next, draw a grid on the board with the number 1 - 10 | | | | 3 = 2 hearts |
| on to the top; and write the letters A - J on the very | | | | 2 = Miss your Turn |
| far left side. Now the students will be able to choose | | | | When it is a student turn to pick a box on the grid; he |
| which box they want to pick. | | | | she will pick the box and then pick a card from the top |
| Then ask every student to stand up; after they | | | | of the deck. Whatever number he/she gets -- the |
| answer an English question they can sit down. After | | | | teacher will write the gun/heart/bomb in the box. |
| every student has answered an English question. | | | | Play until there is a winner. And of course this is only a |
| One player from team 1 gets to pick a box then it | | | | guide line. Feel free to be creative and add new items, |
| always switches to the other team; so that the game | | | | twists or feel free to change what each card means. |