A place to store all my favorite party games.

🚀 Getting Started

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None of the images are clickable—they’re all stills. Just something to give you a general idea as I’ve compiled these from multiple sources.

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Timers can go a long way to wrangle gameplay. I use an “Interval Timer” (Seconds Pro Interval Timer), and just create a custom timer for each game. Most interval timer apps allow you to create prompts, alerts, and warnings at half-way marks and countdowns before the timer expires.

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There are several ways to manage scoring, points, and prizes. We go for a combination of the following:

• Issue a prize to the winner of a game
• Issue prizes to the top (3) winners of a game
• Each game has a point value, and points are awarded based on placement.
  • For example 🥇 = 10, 🥈 = 6, 🥉 = 3 (or) you could simply approach it on a per-game basis based on a games difficulty (E.g. Paper Bag Limbo = 30 points). </aside>

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If you have neurodivergent friends there are a few things you can do to help make gameplay as enjoyable as possible for them:

• Check for any sensory sensitivities such as—this can be done individually or with the whole group:
  • Sound, which can be mitigated by earplugs or noise cancelling headphones
  • Light, which can be mitigated by adjusting a rooms bright/dim-ness
• Ensure that you clearly explain rules, objectives, and timers for each game
• Ensure you clearly explain your point system and prizes—if any
• Encourage questions—before gameplay starts—to eliminate any shame or embarrassment that might come from needing clarification
• Use timers effectively to signal the beginning, halfway, and end point of a game
  • Make sure that the sounds aren’t too loud or jarring
  • Most timer apps let you select a custom sound or even use text-to-speech
• Ensure that your group knows all games are optional by clearly stating that they can “opt-out of any game, at any time, for any reason”—this eliminates the need for people to communicate why they don’t want to participate, and removes any shame that might come from it </aside>

🛍️ Shopping List

• Disposable Cups (E.g. Solo Cups)
  • Some games take (6) cups per participant. You can go head-to-head, or have everyone play at the same time—plan accordingly.
• Straws (multiple games use them, so buy a bunch or write names on them to save the turtles)
• Bowls (one for everyone)
• Pen (one for everyone)
• Paper (one for everyone)
• Part Noise Maker, the paper one that rolls up into itself (one for everyone)