That present game, roll a 6 take pressie, roll a 1, you can take someone else's - ideas Please

[Serenite]

I've read on here about an idea for a 'round the table' game - the idea seemed to be that you have a bag of wrapped presents and if you roll a 6 you choose one and if you roll a 1 you can take another persons present.
I love this for a bit of fun but have I got the rules right?
I'm thinking of doing this when we go to family for Christmas Day - but I need some help in getting it right!
There'll be 8 of us, from elderly to early 20's and mixture of men and women. I'd like to bring this instead of normal presents - do you think that'd work- just to try and bring a bit of fun/laughter?
I'm thinking of about £10 per present (absolute max) but am a bit stuck as to what to include - was thinking of that maxi Lindt chocolate ball, socks, But am I right in thinking there will need to be some 'crappier' things in the bag so that people swap them?
Would you be able to give me advice on this please and any ideas to put into the bag as presents would be appreciated.

[I8toys]

I'm doing this. I got some cheapo things from Poundland - musical tie, blow up reindeer etc. Got some ladybird books - the grandparents, the cat etc. Chocolate sprouts and New potatoes. Balls clean stuff for men. Toast tongs from Lakeland - as son always complains he burns his fingers when getting his toast out of the toaster. My are just funny stuff nothing really expensive.

[pinkblink]

Balls clean stuff?

[guiltynetter]

this sounds fun. can anybody else give me more details/rules of the game? how many presents would you need? and how do you know when the game ends? does everybody start off with a present?

[Serenite]

Thanks - I'm now thinking £10 each would be way too much for 8 people!! I think it could be really good fun ... If I can work out how to do it. There was a poster on here who had done it before so hopefully she'll read this and post to tell us! The pound shop ideas sound great. I think you'll need some 'good' things and a couple of booby prizes. Also interested (or scared!) to know what the balls clean stuff is l8toys - an awful typo I hope!!!

[tkband3]

When we play this, we generally get fairly cheap presents from the pound shop and some charity shops - a mix of shapes and sizes is best, as the point isn't so much the game, but the fun of trying to win the presents and then take them off people. I also get some bags of sweets and small boxes of chocolates. The best time was playing it with a few friends on NYE (so some drink had been taken ) - there was one particular present that everyone seemed desperate to win and it changed hands loads of times. When it was finally opened, it was a royal wedding fridge magnet from years ago!!

Our rules are a pile of wrapped presents in the middle of the table (I try and get about 3 per person). Everyone takes it in turns to throw the dice - if you get a 6, you take a present. This carries on till all the presents have gone - some people will have lots, others may not have any!

Then, set a timer for 15 minutes, and go round again taking turns throwing the dice. Now you get to take presents from other people when you throw a 6, which we find is where the most fun is - trying to take presents that others think might be good and get rid of ones you think might be rubbish. After 15 minutes, everyone opens their presents and then you get another 10 minutes throwing the dice, trying to get a 6 so you can get the decent presents.

It's a great game that we've played with children aged 3 and grandparents aged nearly 80 - everyone loves it .

[I8toys]

Below the belt grooming - fresh and dry balls cream!

[Soon2bC]

i play this with 2 packs of playing cards. its called Snatch!
one pack of cards is shared out with players and dealer has one pack
as dealer lays down each card you can take a pressie if you can match the card.
about a dozen wrapped gifts in the middle
when the gifts from the middle are all gone then you can steal them from your other players. when the cards run out you can keep the gifts you get. it means that it has a definate end time to it too

i normally do silly gifts, pretty box with a pound stuck in the bottom, another pretty box with a penny stuck in, sweets, socks, odd shaped ones with pencils etc in.
i do some cool presents too but i make sure that there is one or two i signal may be desirable. seeing children and adults fighting over one gift that you know is an orange in a gift bag is brilliant.
often adults end up giving their gifts to the kids at the end anyway.

every time you take a gift you shout snatch!

[TheMortificadosDragon]

I came across something like this at a pampered chef party, IIRC we used raffle tickets rather than a die.

Make sure whatever you get doesn't include anything breakable as the polite passing rapidly degenerated into lobbing.

[Blueflowers2011]

yes rules are right, we did this last year but my family were too polite to swap with anyone else, especially the ones who did not get the best presents and didnt have the heart to take the nicer ones off other people. Hope you have better luck and fun!

[InNeedOfABrew]

Please can someone tell me what each of the 1-6 that you roll can mean. I love this idea and think it would be ace for our boxing day get together. I'm just confused as to what the 6 different actions are. Thanks!

[Soon2bC]

Make it up to suit your family. You could have a written set of rules

1. Get a gift
2. Miss a turn
3. Steal a gift
4. Sing a Christmas song
5. Be a turkey
6. Do a dance

Or you can just say 1 is gift 6 is steal and other numbers are nothing and try to roll on your next turn

[AlbusPercival]

I play a version of this with my brownies with wrapped sweets.

Everyone starts with 10 and an empty pot in the middle

1 - add one to pot
2- add two to pot
3 - hand one to the person on your left
4 - hand one to the person on your right
5 - eat one
6- add the contents of communal pot to your pile

Continue until none left or you get bored

[InNeedOfABrew]

Thank you!

[Serenite]

This is fantastic, I love the idea of having something happen on each number soon2bc!
Any thoughts on presents and especially booby prize ones?

[Soon2bC]

Past booby prizes have included
Satsuma
Walnut
Penny in a fancy ring box
Empty gift box (be careful its light but breakable)
Christmas cracker toy
Sample of tooth paste from dentist

Main gifts never cost more than couple of pound.
Have wrapped a match box with £5 in it in the past. No one wanted the tiny box. Little one who got it was chuffed.

[guiltynetter]

thank you for clarification of the game, sounds fab!