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WIBU to ask for your help with Boxing Day dilemma...?

84 replies

charleyfarleysaunt · 03/12/2016 21:28

Not as exciting as it sounds, sorry!

But for the last few many years I have hosted a family-friends get together where all congregate, drink far too much, play random games and generally behave like six year olds

Problem is I have run out of ideas for games Sad

We usually play jenga, Lexicon, charades, Trivial Pursuit, but NEVER Monopoly following the 2011 tiff Wink and I could really do with some new games this year

Any ideas please?????

(Oh and we are all allegedly adults - late middle aged to early-twenties, no under agers here yet, though I still live in hope of grandkids one day! Xmas Grin)

OP posts:
cantpooinpeace · 03/12/2016 22:44

Scattegories
Dobble
Bingo

SantaPleaseBringMeEwanMcGregor · 03/12/2016 22:49

Apples to Apples or Cards against Humanity. You will want to play them every year!

TrashPanda · 03/12/2016 22:49

We had a very drunk ridiculous game of 5 second rule a few Christmas's ago. It's quite an easy game with a quick turn around but it's difficult to come up with answers in 5 seconds.

Sceptimum · 03/12/2016 22:58

Ask people to bring a game to play if they have one?
Apples to Apples is great, Cards Against Humanity is the same basic idea but very NSFW. (You may want to go through the deck and remove a few of the worst cards first.)

MouseLove · 03/12/2016 23:04

Ok. This is my THING.

Cards against humanity
Poo
Nuts
Love letter
Bang!
Exploding kittens
Code names
Uno
Coup
Sheriff of Nottingham (love this one)
Machi koro

YoHoHoandabottleofTequila · 03/12/2016 23:06

Absolute balderdash.

bellie710 · 03/12/2016 23:08

Dobble and Say it Don't Spray it

flibflob · 03/12/2016 23:09

Obama Llama

PSML every time.

Bogeyface · 03/12/2016 23:14

That one where you stick a post it on your forehead with the name of a person or thing or whatever on it and you have to guess what you are by asking questions. Fun and silly with kids, fucking hilarious with adults and alcohol :o

MariamaMay · 03/12/2016 23:19

Heads Up! Its an app but I think some of questions might be more biased to USA celebrities etc

This is the spiel - From naming celebrities, to singing, to silly accents -- guess the word on the card that’s on your head from your friends’ clues before the timer runs out

maddening · 03/12/2016 23:24

Rapido is fun

AntiHop · 03/12/2016 23:29

Cranium.

middlings · 03/12/2016 23:29

There are two reasons I love this thread:

  1. Brilliant new ideas.
  1. So relieved to know that Monopoly Gate is a thing!!! DH and, more particularly, DF can barely talk about it. And it was in 2010. And my dear old Dad is literally the most mild mannered person on the planet. He had to go to bed for a week!
GrapesAreMyJam · 03/12/2016 23:31

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mum2Bomg · 03/12/2016 23:33

Everyone blindfolded and play, "Now draw a ..." It's cheap (free) and hilarious. We had some pretty interesting shark pictures. Whoever draws the worst one has to do a shot (or the best one)

FreshsatsumaforDd · 03/12/2016 23:33

The number game mentioned up thread is Rummikub, we prefer the small tile travel edition. Great game.

CoperCabana · 03/12/2016 23:36

5 second rule
Linkee
Pit

Hoolit · 03/12/2016 23:42

boardgames.about.com/od/cardgames/a/spoons.htm. great card game can get a bit fighty Blush! We have nights like this but have kids too so try and adapt cards against humanity is none adaptable!

IMissGrannyW · 03/12/2016 23:43

Lots of my suggestions already taken as I RTT, but still have a couple left.

If you can afford board games, I recommend The Really Nasty Horseracing Game or Qwirkle.

I'm a massive card game fan, so I'd recommend whist, rummy, good morning grandmother, etc.

There's a game my family play. I don't know the name, but this is how you play it.

Firstly EVERYONE writes a set amount of names (say, 5 each) on a slip of paper. Can be real, fictional, etc. When everyone's written their names down, the slips get folded and put into a hat. Then you divide into teams. So if there are 9 of you playing, I'd say 3 groups of 3. It's good to have large-ish teams. So if there's 20 of you, I'd say no more than 3 or 4 teams, but 2 teams would work well.

So then there's these slips of paper in a hat and (let's say 2) teams. Then there are 3 rounds.

Round 1:
Each team takes it in turn.... You nominated 1 person from your team and they have a set amount of time to pick slips out of the hat and DESCRIBE that person to the rest of their team (eg "yellow, Bart's dad", "magician, lightening scar", "just been elected president of USA". If you have absolutely no idea who the name is, you can pass if you're a child, but adults have to struggle on. So you do DESCRIBING.... First name, sounds Russian [everyone = Ivan?] Second name - Mum's hairdressers name [everyone = Johnson]). For every correct guess, throw the slip down and pick out another one.

At the end of the allotted time, it's the next team's turn. Keep alternating (different person from each team's turn) until all the slips are used up.

Once that's done, each team counts the number of slips they've won.

Write that down.

Then ALL the slips get folded up again and put back in the hat.

Then Round 2 is exactly the same thing again, but this time you can only use one word. So using my examples above you might say "Doh" "scar" "president" "Brexit". Or "philospher" "Rowling" "USA" "Spectator".
Again, count up the slips, make a note of the numbers and then put the slips back.

Round 3
Same again, but this time you can only mime/do charades.

It's VERY good fun. Especially as Uncle X only puts sports personalities in, which you've never heard of, your DC put fictional characters in, which none of the adults have ever heard of, etc, etc, etc.

If MN can provide me with a name for this game, I'll be forever grateful!

Ludlowlass · 03/12/2016 23:49

I miss granny. - this sounds like your family adapted the game of 'who's in the bag' - Loving your ideas!

datingbarb · 03/12/2016 23:58

Cards against humanity without a doubt.... I win every time, I have a warped twisted sense of humour

Graphista · 03/12/2016 23:58

Chase the ace

www.classicgamesandpuzzles.com/Chase-the-Ace.html

Hilarious with a big crowd especially if drink involved.

Quiz but - the answers have to be in the form of song lyrics/movie quotes harder than it sounds. Or answer in mime charade style.

Game of life - again seems standard but get drink involved...

Ditto frustration (or indeed any pop-o-matic game)

Snakes and ladders - if you hit a snake take a shot.

Birthdaypartyangstiness · 03/12/2016 23:59

Has anyone suggested Ticket to Ride yet?

321zerobaby · 03/12/2016 23:59

Balderdash, has us all in tears (.of laughter).