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Because these games have flexible rules and little to no supplies, you can keep them casual and make them work for any event, whether it's a birthday party, a holiday celebration, or another gathering. Most can work for adults or kids, depending on what rules you play by. They're all great for families, too, so you have something to do after your gift exchange ideas and games besides gather around the TV. Pick a few party games that work for you and keep them in mind for any gathering. They're so easy to explain and play that you can whip them out at a moment's notice if the party's energy begins to fall, saving your celebration from a tired fade-out.

This one requires a little prep: You'll need a box of plastic wrap and a bag of candy, or an assortment of small, durable goodies. Packs of gum, dollar bills, lottery tickets, and the like all work. Pick one item to place at the center of your saran wrap ball. Wrap it thoroughly in plastic wrap, then add more items as your wrapped ball gets bigger, trapping them in layers of wrap.

To make the game more challenging, tear the wrap into smaller sheets as you go. Once you've used a whole roll of wrap or more, if desired , you're ready to play. Gather in a circle or around a table. Give one person the wrapped bundle; give the person next to them a pair of dice. The person with the saran wrap bundle must unravel as much of the ball as possible before the person with the dice rolls doubles.

Any prizes that fall out during your turn are yours to keep. Once the person with the dice rolls doubles, they pass the dice down and receive the bundle. Repeat until the ball is completely unwound. For alternative versions, have the person with the plastic wrap ball wear oven mitts, or set a timer for each turn instead of using dice. You'll need a stack of sticky notes and a pen.

Write a name of a well-known public figure or character on each note, then pass them around until everyone has one. Without looking, each person should stick their note on their forehead or back. Have everyone mingle, or sit in a circle and take turns asking yes or no questions to discover your assigned identity. Play until everyone has correctly guessed their identity, or pass out prizes to the people who guess correctly first. Pick one person to be "It" and send them from the room. With the people remaining, select a common trait: hair, articles of clothing, or body parts all work.

When the person returns, they'll ask someone, "How's yours? Itchy, thick, and stretchy all work for shirts, for example. Repeat until the person asking guesses the trait. This party game works best for close groups of friends or family members. Gather in a circle. Begin with one person asking, "Who's most likely to trip over their own feet? Count down from three performing a drumroll with your hands is encouraged and then have everyone point at who they think would be most likely to do said act.

Whoever has the most fingers pointed at them is out. Go around the circle asking "Who's most likely to…" until all but one person is out. You can skip the eliminations to make the game last longer. Sit in a circle. Begin with one person saying, "Never have I ever…" and finishing with something they have never done. Traveled to Africa, eaten escargot, and the like all work. If someone has done it, they must hold up one finger; if no one in the group has done it, the person saying "Never have I ever…" must hold up a finger.

Continue around the circle until one person has three fingers up: They're out. This party game can get as racy as you make it, so play carefully and set ground rules ahead of time if grandparents or other conservative guests are involved. Ask the person next to you, "Would you rather…" and include two challenging situations.

After their response, it's their turn to ask the person next to them. Continue until you can't think of any more scenarios. Okay, it's a popular party game for kids, but adults can get in on the fun, too. Set chairs or seat cushions in a circle, facing outward, with enough seating for everyone playing, minus one. Probably quite a while! This party game takes the classic game and turns it into tournament-style so it can be played with a group of people. It can even be played with an extra-large group of people, such as 30 and over.

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When the game starts all children begin to eat the cake using only their mouth and keeping their hands behind their back. Cameron has a piece of cake in front of him. The game starts and he works to eat the piece of cake using only his mouth. He is able to finish the entire piece before everyone else, so he wins.

Each person grabs a blank card and writes one thing they love and one thing they hate. Then, shuffle the cards and redistribute. Each player takes guesses at who wrote the card they received. After everyone writes down their dislike and likes on a card and then shuffles and redistributes, Caroline chooses to read first. Caroline chooses Vince, while Eric and Stefanie think it was Fred. It was Vince! Have two people hold opposite ends of a pole.

Players take turns trying to walk under the pole by leaning backwards. Each round the pole gets slightly lower.

Julissa is trying to walk under the pole. She leans backwards so that she can make it under. Unfortunately she hits the pole with her forehead so she is out. Next Sherry tries to make it under the pole and does so without touching it or falling so she gets to move onto the next round.

Give each team one roll of toilet paper. Whichever team finishes their roll of toilet paper first is the winner. Vince is chosen to be the mummy. His team hurries to wrap him up in toilet paper. They finish their roll before the other team, therefore they are the winners! Set up chairs so that there is one less chair than there are number of players. Children are instructed to walk in a circle around the chairs as music plays. When the music stops, the children must sit in a seat.

Whoever is without a seat is out. Each round you take away a chair until there is only one player left! Four kids are walking around a group of three chairs.

When the music stops, Jim tries to get to a chair but Timmy, Alice, and Trevor sit in seats before he can get to one. Jim is out. The game continues until there is only one person left sitting. Assign one person to start the game. They add a sentence, continuing the story. This continues until the last person gets to write a sentence to finish the story. Then you read the mashup story aloud. The host of the party announces a forbidden word at the start of a party, and then hands out a beaded necklace to every player.

Anytime a guest catches another guest saying that word, they must give up their necklace. Whoever has the most necklaces at the end of the party wins!

The party host, Liz, determines the word at her party is "cute". In her first conversation with Susie, Susie says the word "cute". Liz catches her and Susie has to give up her necklace. Players hold an orange between their chin and neck. They then attempt to pass an orange from one player to another without using their hands.

Fred is holding the orange between his neck and chin. He positions his body sideways so that Cindy can grab the orange with her neck and chin. They drop the orange so they lose. Start by placing assorted items into a brown paper bag without the children seeing. Try everyday objects like candy, fruit, toothpicks, or Q tips. Each child then takes turns feeling into the bag and guessing what the objects are. Whoever guesses the most wins. Frank feels inside the bag and thinks he is feeling a toothbrush, sunglasses, and rubber band.

Susan then goes and thinks she feels a hairbrush, sunglasses and string. Frank was correct, so he wins! Everyone links arms facing outward. Players try to get the prize while still keeping their arms linked in the circle. Five friends link arms facing outward. Tape the image of a donkey without a tail onto the wall. The tail that is closest wins! Mom tapes a donkey to the far wall in the room. She gives little Susan a tail cut-out and blindfolds her. Susan then slowly tries to tape the tail to the correct spot on the donkey.

Then her friend Zoe attempts the same. Zoe is closest so she wins! One person the psychiatrist leaves the room. Everyone remaining agrees to impersonate someone else in the room. This must be done in a pattern. Then the psychiatrist comes back in and asks everyone questions which they answer as if they are the person they are impersonating and tries to figures out the pattern. Greg leaves the room. Everyone else in the room decides that they will impersonate the person to their left.

Greg comes back and asks the first person what color hair they have, or what their age is. This helps Greg figure out the pattern and win the game. One adult or child is appointed traffic guard. They stand at the finish line. Everyone else starts at the starting line. Whoever crosses the finish line wins.

Franklin is the traffic guard. Everyone sits around a rubber chicken. Players take turns trying to make at least one person laugh using only the rubber chicken as a prop. They only have one minute to do this.

Susie wins. All contestants hold an egg in a spoon and wait at the starting line. Then, they race to the finish line. Whoever can cross the finish line first without breaking the egg is the winner.

James and his friends all receive spoons and eggs. James drops his egg but it does not break, so he picks it up with his spoon and continues to the finish line, narrowly beating out his friends. Two teams stand an equal distance apart. A ball is placed right in the middle of the playing field. One parent calls out the names of one or two children from each team.

The children then race to grab the ball. Whichever team grabs the ball first must then make it back to their line without the other team tagging them. Erica and Doug are called from opposite sides. Doug makes it to the ball first, grabs it, and turns to run back to his line. Erica tags Doug after he takes a few steps away so Doug loses. Everyone starts with 10 stickers.

Over the course of the evening, whoever can place the most stickers on other people, without getting caught, wins. Eric gets to a party and is handed 10 stickers. Throughout the evening, he strategically and sneakily places stickers on the backs of all of his friends without them noticing.

One person hides items in a designated area. Then they write clues as to where each item is. The players break into teams and try to find all of the items on the list in a given time limit. Whichever team finds the most wins! To play, the Judge draws a Black Card which has a sentence or phrase for all players to see. Once this card is drawn, each player chooses from their hand of White cards that also have words and phrases, most of which are hysterically inappropriate, to fill in the blank.

From there, the judge will then choose their favorite outrageous combination. Many matched cards still drew big laughs But the insensitive nature of some of the cards was frankly a little awkward—especially among people from differing backgrounds.

For a competitive crew, Quickwits is going to be your go-to game for your next game night. This fast-paced card game is suitable for large groups, but works for groups as small as three players.

The objective of the game is to name items within certain categories. Each card has one of six different symbols and when two players have the same symbol on the card on the top of their pile, they both race to give as many examples of their opponent's category as they can without repeating a phrase. The fastest player takes his opponent's card and places it face down in his score pile. The game scored high for entertainment value since it gets lively and tackles fun subjects that get people laughing and yelling loudly.

However, we took some points off for setup since instructions were tricky to understand, plus the fact that it could be difficult to follow in the hustle. Play time: minutes Age Range: 17 years and up Number of Players : 3 or more. Our group of seven loved this game and it was far and away our game night favorite.

The Misery Index is based off a game show hosted by Jameela Jamil that shows video clips of awkward events and asks participants to rank them based on how awful they are. Similarly, the card game shows miserable scenarios with rankings from 1 to —1 being not miserable at all and being the most miserable scenario imaginable.

To play, players draw a card and try to guess where it fits in on the Index in relation to all of the other cards they've correctly guessed so far.

If they guess right, it stays in their scale. If not, the next player gets the card and attempts to place correctly among their own cards. The game can be challenging because—depending on the scenario—your tolerance level will sometimes differ greatly from what the manufacturer rated. You'll also have to make tougher calls as the rounds progress and your rankings must become more precise.

Apples to Apples is a classic party game great for large groups and is easy to understand. The object of the game is to select a card from your hand that best represents the card played by the judge.

To play, each player gets seven red apple cards face down to start. In each round, the judge picks a green apple card with descriptive adjectives and reads it aloud to the group. To win, players must win a certain amount of rounds designated by however many people are playing. However, unlike those games, Apples to Apples relies on more wholesome humor, making it a good pick for coworkers, new friends, or parties with family in attendance.

Play time: minutes Age Range: 12 years and up Number of Players : This is a game for meme-lovers. Each round, one person is designated as the judge, and everyone else is dealt cards from a deck of potential captions. The judge selects a meme card and displays it to the group. Everyone then competes to create the funniest meme by drawing from their hand of caption cards, and the judge then selects a winner. It doesn't take long to explain and understand the logistics of the game, so we gave it a perfect rating for setup.

This game is a better bet for large groups because it still covers funny, pop-culture references, as well as raunchy, sexual, and explicit phrases that makes a game like Cards Against Humanity so fun, without some of the more offensive jokes.

It scored fairly well overall, but our testers noted that as time went on, the plays became more predictable—we took just a couple points off since replayability was low. Results are then tallied, and points are earned by guessing who voted for you. In testing, we found that this game is best suited for a close group of friends or family members around the same age. Our testers noticed however, that after a couple rounds, the game became more and more predictable, so we had to lower the score for entertainment value.

Play time: minutes Age Range: 15 years and up Number of Players : Knowing your audience is the golden rule when choosing a party game.