Bringing people together for social events can be a daunting task. Besides planning the food, drinks and music, it is about entertaining your guests. Playing games at birthday parties, bachelorette parties and graduation celebrations is an exciting way for guests to get to know each other, relax and have a good time. The types of games you choose to play will depend on both the guests and the purpose or theme of the event.
1) Board or Bar Games
There is a wide range of board games available for every taste and personality. Board games promote bonding and teamwork, and make convenient and enjoyable icebreakers at social events. Board games can be found for specific movies and TV shows, can be themed especially for sports or music fans, or aimed at a certain age group. The different types of board games include strategy, trivia, puzzles and roll-and-move games.
Another option is also bar games such as
- Pool
- Foosball
- Arcades
- Ping Pong Table
- Bar Dartboards
2) Murder Mystery
For more of a role-playing type of game, party hosts can put together a murder mystery. Before starting the game, create a list of characters. Each guest will be assigned a role to play when they arrive. Decide which character will be the murderer and draw up a list of clues that will help guests discover who is playing the murderer. Once the guests have arrived and received their character assignments, let them mingle for a while to get to know the other characters. Clues should be given to guests over the course of the game. Some clues should be revealed, while others should remain hidden. The "Reveal" clues should be mentioned casually in conversation with different guests at different times. Since each guest will hear a variety of different hints, each will come to their own conclusion about the case. "
3) Charades
Charades is a classic party game in which guests silently act out a scenario, object, movie title, place, phrase, famous person or action. In charades, party guests are divided into two teams and appoint an official, neutral timekeeper. The teams take turns nominating one of their players to act out the clues, while the rest of the team tries to guess the answer within a predetermined period of time. The team with the most solutions after a certain number of rounds wins. Clues should be written on slips of paper before the game begins.
4) Win, Lose or Draw
Before playing Win, Lose or Draw, the party host or the guests must write a certain number of items on separate sheets of paper and fold the papers so no one can see the words. Once the players have divided into teams, each team must nominate one individual to be the drawer. The drawer will choose a slip of paper and, within a certain time limit, try to draw the item on the paper. The drawer's teammates must guess what the drawing represents. The drawer cannot speak or use hand signals to provide clues to their team. The team with the most solutions after a certain number of rounds wins.