Party Games
Informal parties can be real fun and relaxing, with the inclusion of games.
Choose a theme for your party, deciding on what to play or what to do
during the evening. Do all necessary preparations for the games in advance.
The party ideas listed below are all very simple and common ones; the next time you
have a party, try including any of these ideas and see the difference !!
- Board Games like Carrom, Connoisseur,Resume,
Superlative, Diamonds, Tag.
- Board games are usually suitable when there are less number of guests.
- Card Games like Poker, Rummy, Bridge, Uno, Blackjack,
All Fives, Chase The Ace, Fan Tan, Go Fish, Hearts, Spades, Jass,
Looking For Friends, Bluff, Slippery Sam, Spoons, Smear
- Dice Games like Bunko
- Dumb Charades
- Dance on paper
- Create a variation in your dance party. The couples should dance on a piece of newspaper.
Anyone who steps out of the paper, is considered out. Start dancing on a full sheet of paper,
pausing the music and folding the paper at intervals. Towards the end, you will be left with
a paper folded many times and couples literally trying to balance themselves on one leg.
- Karaoke
- The unprofessionals can really be off-tune !!
- Ladies Only Evening
- Let the men baby sit the kids, while the ladies get together. Include
recipe exchanges and quizes on cooking, food and kitchen. Enjoy the inevitable gossip too !
- Lotto / Bingo / Housie / Tambola
- Whatever you call it, this game is fun. Keep cardboards and pencils ready.
You can even play with poker chips and settle the cash at the end of the game.
- Made For Each Other
- Check out how well the husbands and wives know each other.
Ask the husbands a set of questions about their wife's likes and dislikes, viz.
favorite holiday, color, perfume or anything else and ask the wives
questions about their husbands. Make the couples
write down their answers to each question and for each couple compare the answers of the husband
and the wife. Have fun seeing the number of mismatches.
- Movie
- Murder Mystery
- Host your own murder mystery dinner party and have an evening of fun!
Hosts and their guests assume the roles of six to
eight suspicious characters and solve the mystery with the help of a clever narrator.
Murder mystery games come with a complete party planner, invitations, costume, menu suggestions
and clues.
- Musical Chairs
- Passing the parcel
- Prepare a set of whacky punishments to be given.
- Pictionary
- Truth or Dare
- Each person has to decide whether he would give a true answer to
the question asked or would dare to do the punishment given.
Other Game Sites :
Free Board Games by Emmor Ray Sperry
Bunko Rules
Card Games
BlackJack and the Complete Guide to Casino Games, Bingo and Lottery