After dinner game idea please

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I'm looking for a new after dinner game for Christmas day. Must be easy to learn and appropriate for ages 12, 13, 21, 40ishx2 and 70ish x2. Preferably no board as we don't have enough room to sit at one table.

Taboo, you have to describe a word but can't say about 5 words linked to that word, you have a timer and if you say the word you have to go on to the next one. Two teams play against each other so someone fro the other team will have to sit next to you to check you don't say the words on the card, if you do there's a squeaky thing they press.

A quick and easy one is 21.

You go round in a circle, saying one, two or three numbers in sequence up to 21. So, eg, first person might say ‘1,2,3’ next person can say either just 4 or 4,5 or 4,5,6 but no more than 3 numbers - and so on. The aim is not to have to say 21. If you are forced to say 21, you’re out. Last person is the winner.

Do you have a PlayStation? There's some great games that everyone uses their phones to play. Otherwise games like "who am I?" Are fun M&S always sell a selection at this time of year

An interesting one I've heard of is "what did we say", variation on charades.

The players split into two teams, and go to different rooms. They choose a title of a book/film/play/song etc, such as The Sound of Music. Each player chooses a word; and when each team takes their turn, everyone says their word at the same time, for the other team to hear and guess. This is surprisingly difficult!

Another is ‘Dundee’

One person is it.

They have to think of a word with more than one meaning - for this example, let’s say it’s I/eye.

Everyone takes it in turns to ask any question - what did you have for dinner, or who would you love to see in concert

The person who is it has to answer (doesn’t have to be true!) using that word in one or both of its forms.
But instead of saying the word, they say ‘Dundee’

So - Dundee have my Dundee on a nice beef stew.

Or

Trout sounds nice as long as there are no Dundees on the plate!

Do you have a Waitrose near you? We picked up a whole assortment of after dinner games from there - lots of quizzy type ones.

In our collection built up over the years, we have things like Dingbats, Where Am I? (Pics of various geographical locations), Who Am I? (the one where you stick the card on your head and have to work out who you are!) and loads of trivia questions.

We play Heads Up which is an app - it's like Articulate but on a phone. You hold the phone up to your forehead and everyone can see the screen but you and they shout out descriptions for you to guess. Always a hit with all ages!

Then others have to guess what word Dundee is.

There are an amazing number of homophones in the English language - you’ll never run out. It’s also funny seeing how inventive people can be trying to fit their word into an answer to the question.

Linkee is great.

The person game - one player thinks of a person everyone in the room knows - it could be anyone from your cousin to Santa,Beyoncé to the tooth fairy.

You take it in turns to ask questions but they can only be answers yes or no.

The winner is the one who guesses the person.

Well charades is the obvious one...

Great ideas, thank you

Blob.
Scorch a champagne cork so it can mark skin.
Everyone has a number. Then you simply go around the table with people saying
“I am number x with x blobs. I call number x with x blobs”. Very quickly the number of blobs change and people are covered in black circles. You can limit by saying anyone with 3/5 blobs is out or you go on forever.
Blobs appointed for hesitation as well as incorrect names or numbers.
Very simple, very silly but good fun.

don't know if link will work but we have played this a few times and it's hilarious!

Fizzbuzz - sounds simple but if you've had a few wines, you tend to forget your times tables! So, for anyone who doesn't know - you go round in a circle counting. Except for any multiple of 3 you say "fizz" and for every multiple of 5 you say "buzz" and if it's a multiple of both it's "fizzbuzz".

Eg - 1, 2, fizz, 4, buzz, fizz, 7, 8, fizz, buzz etc and 15 is fizzbuzz. See how far you can get!

This one has given us lots of fun: the detective, as we love devising riddles and puzzles. Each person has a turn to be the detective, who leaves the room while their mission is agreed upon, which might be "find out what colour socks mum is wearing", with a time limit, say ten minutes. The detective is then blindfolded and brought back in, and told their mission. The detective asks questions, which can only be answered by yes or no. There is usually a catch, which might be that mum is not wearing any socks. Can the detective work that out?

If the detective is struggling, hints can be given halfway through the mission's time limit, especially for younger detectives. Only the person who thought of the question is allowed to give hints.

Missions we have used have included:

If you could see through your blindfold, find out whose face would you be looking at. (Their own face in a mirror.)

What colour are the balloons on your party hat? (The hat has many decorations, but no balloons.)

Where is a small object hidden in this room? (Inside the detective's blindfold.)

Who stole the Christmas Pudding? (Rather than asking "was it mum", the detective is encouraged to ask questions of everybody such as "was the thief male". The answer is that everyone thinks it's the person on their left. Or the answer could be that the Easter Bunny stole it.)

What is on your finger? (Something sticky, such as chocolate, is put on the detective's thumb. The right answer is not the chocolate, but their rings!)

Any many more!

We have forfeits to keep the non-detectives on their toes: players who giggle excessively miss a turn answering a question. Players who give anything away are blindfolded until the mission is over.

We do quizzes and have teams albeit small teams. There are little boxes of quiz cards you can buy. It's good fun and gets a bit massively competitive.

Who am I? We always love this one..requires post it notes. Everyone writes the name.of a famous person on a post it notes and sticks it on the head of the person next to them. Going round in a circle you ask yes no questions to find out who you are. Every time you get a yes you can ask another question. When you get a no it moves to the person next to them to guess.

I have just recommended this game on a similar thread.
It kept all our family amused, 11 - 74.

Just paper but only £3.99 and well worth it.

The dictionary game is a good one.

Everyone takes it in turns to be the leader. The leader chooses an unusual word in the dictionary - it has to be a word nobody has heard of before.

Everybody then makes up a definition for the word, writes it on paper and passes it to the leader.

The leader reads out all the made up definitions, including the real definition and everybody has to guess which is the real definition.

Each time your definition is guessed you win a point. If you identify the correct definition you win a point. If you are the leader and nobody guesses the correct definition you win a point.

The winner is the person with the most points once everyone has been leader.

Another good one is the island game which needs no pen and paper.

Everyone takes it in turns to say two things they will take to an island which fit a certain theme and then everyone has to guess the theme by saying their two things.

So with young kids you could say an apple and a pear, the next kid would say an orange and a banana as they correctly guess the theme to be fruit.

With adults you can make it much more arbitrary.

I could say a Snake and a Rocket, a shoe and a Racing car, a shed and a rabbit as they all fit with my initials being S and R. Other people would take different things depending on their initials.

Another example of a theme could be saying 'erm' before each thing

Works on long car journeys too!