Party games
Group party games
Group party games are for people in the same room. Phones stay in pockets. The game is the conversation, the guessing, and the noise.
Charades
Act a prompt in silence. Your team has a minute to shout the answer.
How to play this party gameTwo Truths and a Lie
Each person tells three stories. The group has to find the fake.
How to play this party gameMafia
The town tries to find the mafia before the mafia quietly outnumber them.
How to play this party gameFishbowl
Three rounds, one bowl of prompts: describe it, act it, then say one word.
How to play this party gameCategories
A letter and a category go around the circle. Repeat an answer and you lose a life.
How to play this party gameMurder Mystery
Everyone has a motive. One briefing has the fact that solves it.
How to play this party gameWould You Rather
Two bad options. Everyone picks one and defends it in a sentence.
How to play this party gameTelephone
Whisper one sentence around the circle. The last person says it out loud.
How to play this party game
A line of party games
One game is a start. A party holds up better with a line of them: something loud, something that needs the whole group, and something short when the room needs a reset.