Party gamesfor adults

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I am throwi g a thirtieth birthday party soon done I. A retro fun party you had as kids theme (we all need to let of a bit steam) but done with a adult twist (vodka jelly etc) I have had a word with people coming and they think party games are a great idea thing is beyond truth or dare I can't think of any , any ideas would be more than welcome

Erm, twister?

Tbh I would really hate to play games at an adult party.

Same as normasnob
do you all have kids? Because when you spend time at childrens partys every weekend the last thing you want is to carry it on in the evening
I'd have a cocktail party instead

But if you really want to you could do pass the parcel with a gucci bag as the prize
a pinato
spin the bottle, if you're all single
spin round on a broom handle and stagger off in to the hedge like on you've been framed
guess the tune
pictionary

How many people would be coming? Some games work better with only a few people, some are better with a large crowd.

I would actually love to go to an adult party with games - far more fun than standing around chatting with people you may not know very well, or disco dancing (at which I am absolutely hopeless and derive no enjoyment from whatsoever).

SingStar!

Erm... Poker?

some board games work well for groups of adults, like Cranium or The Big Taboo

Muscial Chairs
That thing with the balloon where you have to pass it from the front of the row to the back without using your hands (normally from knees to knees or from under chin to under chin)

I reckon it could be quite good fun too, and it's not like the OP hasn't consulted those coming.

There are about fifteen people going and I am the only one with kids , I have sled about and they love the idea of party games, it's a close friends party so we all know each other enough to look a bit stupid in front of each other , Dhs best mate is gorgeous maybe spin the bottle would be good ; )

There are some good "paper and pencil" typse games which work well, so long as you don't have too many people.

E.g. consequences,

Whispering Gallery:- Everyone has paper and pencil, and thinks of a phrase or saying (it can be anything you like) and writes it on the paper. Pass the paper to the person next to you. You then read what's written, and draw a picture of what it suggests. Then turn over the top of the paper so that the next person can see the picture, but not the writing. Then you have to write whatever the drawing suggests. Then fold the top of the paper again, and repeat these processes, several times ending with writing. Then open them all up and have a laugh at how "Mind the gap, stand clear of the doors please" has managed to turn into "Postman Pat and his white and white polar bears".

Foreheads:- you each write the name of a famous person/character on a piece of paper and stick it to the forehead of theperson next to you. Then all take turns to ask questions about "yourself" and see who can guess who they are first.

Drawing in the dark:- everyone has pencil and paper. Put all the lights off, then ask everyone to draw a scene, a bit at a time. E.g. you could say draw a lighthouse, then draw a boat on the sea, then some seagulls, etc. When you've finished, put the lights back on and have a laugh at everyone's artistic efforts.

Another one you can do is write lots of "pairs" of things on paper, such as salt and pepper, bucket and spade, Laurel and Hardy etc. Give everyone a piece of paper, and they have to go round the room, trying to find the person who has the other half of their pair.

I've got two that we play at New Years Eve, admittedly it is both kids and adults that play, but try these....

Happy families. One person is the manager and sits outside and each person gives them a secret name ie. princess diana, leo sayer, tobermory etc. Manager then comes in and reads out the names (not in order).. Meanwhile all players arrange themselves in three areas ie. brown sofa, by fire and near table.
One team (brown sofa) starts (and they are not a team, its each man for himself)and says 'to the team by the fire,is leo sayer there' If leo sayer is there he/she has to come over and then the brown sofa team has another go. When they draw a blank, the team that they are asking takes control. Basically, whoever gets outed first, leo sayer, will spend the whole game moving from sofa to table to fire etc...
game only ends when there is one person who hasn't been found out and they win....
God, this sounds so dull when written down, but is good..... works best with between 12 and 30 people....

The name game - best adult party game ever.

Divide yourselves into two teams. Everyone writes the name of famous people or people you all know onto individual pieces of paper and folds them up and puts in a common pot. About 3 or 4 each will work best if there's 15 of you as you don't want it to go on forever. Tell people not to be too obscure as it works best if everyone knows the people.

Round one - take it in turns for one person from each group (different each time) to spend a minute pulling names out of the pot and describing to their team. Any your team guesses are put to one side. The describer is only allowed to pass on one name and if they do so the name goes back into the pot. Any they have started describing but haven't finished when a minute is up also go back into the pot.

Eg - 'He's an Irish tv presenter, on the BBC. Always used to do Eurovision' - Terry Wogan.

After all the names have been described you count up how many each team have guessed. Then all the names go back in the pot for round two.

Round two - same process as round one but now you can only say one word (if anyone says more that counts as a pass and goes back in the pot). So it counts to listen during round one even when other team are playing so you know which names are in the pot. And you need to choose the one word wisely.

Eg 'Eurovision'

Round three - same process again but now you can only mime the names. Some will be very easy but others like politicians and indeed Terry Wogan might be quite hard.

Winning team is the one who has guessed most names during the three rounds. It's best to play before people get too drunk as otherwise they forget the names and it takes forever. Hope that wasn't too complicated.

Various relay races: passing matchboxes from nose to nose, oranges between knees/under chins, Hula Hoops/Polos from cocktail sticks held between the teeth.

Or, non-competitively, passing several of these objects, at the same time, in opposite directions, with everybody standing in a ring.

Divide into two teams standing in line. Give each team one end of a very long piece of string - so long that the other end is not even in the room. Tell them that the race is to see which team can thread each member onto the string by passing it in up one sleeve and out down a trouserleg (or vice-versatile) one after another. When they are all threaded on, take the ends of the strings and start pulling. Eventually the other ends come into view - each one tied securely to a metal spoon which has been frozen into a lolly-mold! The only way to get unstrung is to pass the lolly via the same route as the string.

Evil

When you prepare the lolly, make sure to tie the knot below the level of the water so that it cannot be undone.

And don't forget the immortal chocolate game: chocolate bar that's been in the fridge, knife and fork, fancy-dress, and a dice with which to roll sixes.