We love to do small get togethers at our home frequently. To add more spice in that looking for some fun party games for couples. Tired of playing pictionary,taboo,scrabble,poker. Would love to hear new suggestions.
My parents gather monthly at different friends homes and they always have theme parties. It's exciting to see what the theme is. They dress up accordingly and then the activities/games are theme appropiriate!!
Check out a fun little dice and `game-chips' game called "LCR". L-C-R stands for left, center, and right. Each person at the table takes turns rolling 3 dice with these letters on them. Depending on which way the dice turns up per roll determines which person's (either to your left, right or center) chips you steal. The person with the most, if not all the chips at the end wins.
It's very fast paced, lasts about 10 to 15 minutes per game. To up the ante you can substitute the chips with anything you like such as gag gifts, money, or whatever theme of the night party favors you'd like. This is a wedding shower favorite, and you can purchase the game at most party supply stores like Party America, or go online and type in LCR. It comes in a tiny tube, costs about 2-5 dollars, and is usually found at the check out counter.
I first learned about the game at a girlfriend's bridal shower. It was a blast and got very competitive with people trying to "steal" gifts that they wanted for themselves. The shower's host put in kitchen items like timers, garlic presses, silicone mitts, and other cool gadgets.
I hosted a "wacky-themed" Christmas party last year and tossed in weird gag gifts like exploding golf balls, whoopi cushions, flies in ice cubes etc.
It's very fun and you can make it what you want.
Cranium, Apples to Apples and Loaded Questions! Have fun!
We recently played Cranium at a Couple's Night Out, and it was a blast!
Scavenger Hunt, throughout a neighborhood
We love Who, What, Where. It's a twist on Pictionary. Three cards are drawn-a who, a what, and a where. You then have to draw a picture or a series of pictures that incorporates all three things. The more people who can guess your picture the more points you score. Sometimes the combinations are pretty funny--Elvis, changing a flat tire, at Big Ben for example.
Have you thought of those old party games such "pass the orange" (just saw that on an episode of Malcolm in the Middle) or the one where you tie two spoons together you have a relay to get them down through your clothes and on to the next person. You can always take kids games and modify them to adult themes. I still remember my dad's 40th birthday (keep in mind I was about 8 and this was the mid 70's so 40 was OLD), my mom's best friend was an artist so she painted this big poster of Barbie in a bikini minus her top. They took balloons and played "pin the boobs on Barbie" much more fun than pin the tail on the donkey.
Just a few ideas--not knowing the caliber of your group and what they would think is fun.
Cranium makes several fun games for adults and children. We love their Whoonu game, although it's probably more of a family game than an adult game. I've heard Apples to Apples is a lot of fun. If you want something more elaborate game stores used to have mystery party games where people would show up dressed in their assigned character and have dinner and act out a mystery throughout the evening. We had fun with one set on a cruise ship in the 1920s. Spoons is fun if you have a big group and want to get silly. Have fun!
My husband and I get together with several couples regularly and were introduced to a very fun game called "ImagineIff". You need 6-8 people for the game, but it is a total hoot! Give it a shot. Another one that we seem to enjoy is Dominos, Train. It's a bit more serious of a game, takes more time to play it, but we all like it as well. Hope you find some new ones you all love.
Have you played Apples to Apples - it's a great game for all ages. The other thing our family truly enjoys is Karoki - and we are terrible singers. But it seems like if I get it out when there are people here - someone always sings and we always have some great laughs!!
Enjoy the simple life!
A fun way to change around pictionary and get a laugh is to use playdough and make people create the things with playdough. You can play flashlight tag or hide & seek outside at night. Those are fun ones with adults. Adults do not usually like to run so it is easier to use a flash light. We also play a song game and have a lot of fun. You make a list of words. For each word everyone tries to come up with a song that has that word in it and then they have to sing a line or two of the song with the word in it. The first person to come up with a song gets the point for the word. You could also have an olympics party. You just have to come up with silly variations of the events. You could have them throw something silly like paper airplanes for the javelin throw. You can shoot shirt guns or foam darts at targets. You could do bowling and add some water to empty 2 liter soda bottles to use as pins. The most fun games at adult parties are adapted kids games. They get everyone feeling silly and having fun.
Melissa
http://www.yourfunfamily.com
Check out Simplyfun.com They have a bunch of fun games. And if you have a party you can earn them free!
I don't know if you are looking to spend much money but the new Nintendo Wii is a lot of fun. Just some of the basic games everyone can get involved in. Bowling or tennis are my favors when you have a group of people playing. Plus with it being an interactive game it gets everyone up and moving. Which in this day and age we need to do more of. Be careful though, you might end up getting really competitive.
-KIM
We also love to get together with friends. Some games we play that seem to go over well with everyone is Battle of the Sexes; lots of laughs and the girls always seem to win, Catch Phrase; better with 4-6 people, but we've adapted to larger groups, Apples to Apples; this game is perfect for large groups, Balderdash; kind of brainy but lots of laughs too, and our favorite is Guesstures; it's like charades, hilarious!
Have fun!
Molly G
Hi Shweta,
Here's a couple of suggestions
"Apple to Apples", "Gestures" Have fun, I love playing games.
Peace,
Sherry
Mom with home based business on Mamasource
Loaded Questions is our favortite.
Set - a great, elegantly simply game that makes your mind work in ways it's not used to working, fun
Apples to Apples - this is probably the most recommended one here, funnest with a group of about 8
the dictionary game - my favorite - just grab a dictionary and give everyone pen and paper. one person at a time finds a word that no one has heard of. everyone writes down what the definition could be, while the person with the dictionary writes down the actual definition. that person then anonymously reads off all the answers. people get a point for guessing the real definition, plus a point for each person that guesses their fake definition as the real one. I guess it's like Balderdash which I've never played but you don't need to go out and buy it
Pass The Ace - card game. i play this with my big family and it's a riot. maybe it's only fun with crazy families though.
I am pretty sure that I am the world's biggest game fan, so thanks for asking this question - I've heard of some new games in the answers that I'm going to try out!
Apples to Apples, Buzz Word (Pizza Huts normally has cards to this game at the tables), and Cranium are some that my family are addicted to. My favorite is Apples to Apples, you generally need 4 or more to get these going....FUN!
Bunco is fun; need 12 players. Even the kids can help out- just shaking dice, no brainer.
Deb.