The Pie and Prize Logic Game

Pie and prize is a fun deductive reasoning exercise that promotes collaboration and focus in rotational leadership.

In advance, download the puzzle clues and print each of the 13 clues on separate slips of paper. Gather your group and ask them to sit or stand a small distance away from one another.

Download The Clues of Pie and Prize to Print

Distribute one clue (small slip of paper) to each person. Instruct each person that they may read their clue out loud to others, but they must never show or display it to anyone.

Announce that the group now has all of the information it will need to solve the problem. Explain that the focus of this problem-solving activity is on a fictitious pie-baking competition.

Your group’s task is to identify which person baked which pie and what prize did each pie win? Allow 30 to 40 minutes for your group to solve the puzzle.

Remind your group that the solution is found within the clues.

Invite your group to reflect on their decision-making process.

Moment of Reflection

• Describe what first happened once the task was described to your group?
• At what point did the task or problem start to become clear? How?
• How did individuals support one another during the process?
• Did you feel that you and your data were fully appreciated or acknowledged during the exercise?
• Was there a significant moment when the solution was becoming obvious?
• What advice would you give another group trying to solve the same problem?
• How might this activity teach us a lesson about making decisions?

The topics of this publication: interactions, argumentation, strategy, teamwork, collaboration, adaptation