Balderdash!

Fun Party Games for Adults usually tries to tell you all about games that you can play with things that you already have around the house.  Today though we are bringing you an actual board game that you will need to go get in the store or online.  This one is worth buying though.  It's great for small group parties.

Materials needed: The board game Balderdash
# of people: The box says 2-6 players but if you have a few more that will work too.

How to play: This game is a game of bluffing.  It comes with a board, 6 pawns, die, score cards and clue cards.  There are 5 categories on each clue card.  The categories are Peculiar People, Laughable Laws, Marvelous Movies, Incredible Initials and Weird Words. On each card there will be one clue from each category, here is an example of one of the cards.

On the other side of the cards is the answers.  The point of the game is for each player to give a false answer to the question and try and get others to think it's the right answer.  You get points by getting people to vote for your answer and for voting for the right one.  This is a great game for the creative bluffer!

Have fun!
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Fruit Basket

This is a great family game that will get you laughing! It's great in any setting and with all kinds of groups, it's not difficult and you don't need anything to play.  It's a great one for camping trips too!



Materials needed: none
# of people: 4 or more

This game is simple.  The players will all sit in a circle.  Each player will pick a fruit that they will be identified with.  No 2 people can have the same fruit.  Once everyone has chosen their fruit and stated it to the group play will start.  All that will happen is 1 person is chosen to start and they will say something like "apple calling grape" (apple being their own fruit and grape being another players fruit).  Whoever is grape will then say "grape calling kiwi" and kiwi will say "kiwi calling huckleberry" and so on.  When it's your turn you can call out any fruit in the circle but your own. 

The catch that makes the game funny and challenging is that players must talk with their lips curled over their teeth.  No player is ever allowed to show their teeth, even if it is not their turn.  It can get pretty hard because it's pretty funny to watch and listen to people talk with their lips curled around their teeth, so when you laugh you have to try and laugh without showing your teeth. 

There are 3 ways to get "out"
1. You will be out if you show your teeth at any time.
2. You will be out if you hesitate in calling out another fruit on your turn.
3. You will be out if you call a fruit that none of the players chosen.  For example, let's say there are 8 players grape, strawberry, peach, grapefruit, blueberry, banana, apricot and huckleberry.  If grapefruit says "grapefruit calling apple" then grapefruit would be out because there is no apple.

The last person left after everyone is out is the winner.

Have fun!
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No Lei!

This is a great ice breaker game for small to medium groups.  It will get your guests mingling and laughing.  Fun Party Games for Adults is sure your next dinner party will be a blast with this one!

Materials needed: a lei (or any kind of necklace) for each guest.
# of players: 6 or more

How to Play: This game is simple, each guest is given a lei when they arrive.  Once all guests have arrived you will explain the rules.  The players are not allowed to say the word "no".  Anyone who does say the word "no" has to give their lei to the person who catches them say the word "no" first.  Usually players will talk to each other and try to get others to say the word "no" so they can collect more lei's.  The person who has the most lei's at the end of the night wins.  Those who loose their lei's can still participate by getting someone else to say the word "no" and collecting a new lei.

Your guests will love playing No Lei!
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Signs

This is  great game for Teens and adults, it can get pretty funny. The players have to be quick and sneaky!

Materials needed: none
# of players: 6 or more

Players sit in a circle and select a "sign," or small physical motion that is unique to them. The "sign" should be easily recognizable, but not overly exaggerated (for instance, a small hand motion such as a thumbs-up or V sign work well). A player is selected to stand in the middle.
Play begins with a randomly selected player around the circle (P1). (The person in the middle is not told who the person is.) P1 now "has" the sign, and his/her goal is to "pass" the sign on to another player (P2) as quickly as possible without being caught by the person in the middle. In order to do so, P1 will perform P2's sign. However, P1 still "has" the sign until P2 "receives" or "catches" it by performing their own sign. P2 will then "pass" the sign on to another player as quickly as possible. In some variants of the game, once P1 passes the sign to P2, P2 automatically has the sign; P2 does not need to "receive" the sign from P1.
The person in the center (P3) must try to catch a player "with" the sign. P3 will look around the circle, searching for movement, accusing players by asking some variation of "Do you have it?" A player in the circle may not lie to this question. If P3 correctly identifies the player that "has" the sign, the players trade places and another round begins, with a different player selected to be the first person. It is generally forbidden for P3 go down the line of players and ask them all if they have the sign. It is also against the rules to change who you are passing the sign to. If the person does not see you, you may not try and send it to another player.
In one variant, the game does not need to be played in a circle all at the same time. It generally works best in a large social environment, like a school, church, or camp. The game starts as players, generally a very large group (25+), associate themselves with everyone's sign. Then one person is selected as "it". A player is also selected to start with this sign. Once the two have been selected, life goes on as normal, except now with the random passing and catching of signs throughout the day. However, if the "it" discovers who has the sign, the new "it" does not need to announce their new position as "it".

Have fun!
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Guest Guessing

Here is another great icebreaker brought to you by Fun Party Games for Adults.  This is a great game for people to get to know each other better.

Materials needed: Coins/stickers for each player, 4x6 cards and pens
# of players: 6 or more, this is a great one for fairly large groups.

Prep: prepare the 4x6 cards by writing statements on them that the guests will have to finish.  Examples: My most embarrassing moment is..., My favorite holiday is...., My first date was....., I have never....., I love to...., etc.  Make sure you make enough for each player to have one.

How to play:  Place the 4x6 cards in a pile face down.  Each player will be given a card.  The guests are given a few minutes to fill in the blank on their card.  Once the time is up the cards are again collected and shuffled into a pile again.

Each player is then randomly given a card again.  The first player will read what's on the card and guess which guest filled in the blank.  If they get it right then they get a coin/sticker from the person who wrote that answer.   If they get it wrong then the person who really filled in the blank gets to take a coin/sticker from the guesser.  Whoever has the most coins/stickers at the end wins.

Have fun!
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The Apple Game

The Apple Game is great for couples parties.  Some couples can get pretty competitive and this game is great for those kinds of couples, it's a lot of fun and pretty funny for those watching from the side.  You can make it pretty simple or very difficult, it's up to you!

# of players: 4 or more (must be played in pairs)
Materials needed: an apple/ball/orange/grapefruit or pretty much anything smallish and round for each couple.

How to play:  Each couple playing holds an apple between their foreheads (to shake things up you can also have them put it between other body parts like shoulders, hips, lips, knees etc).  A leader then gives commands of things that the couples must do without dropping the apple like, "take a step to the side" (easy), "shimmy" (moderately hard) or "do the Macarena" (very hard).  Whichever couple keeps the apple between them without dropping it is the winning couple.

During the summertime you can play this game outside and with water balloons instead of apples, if the water balloon drops but doesn't break the couple may pick it up and continue, if the water balloon pops, then the couple is out.

Have fun with The Apple Game!
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Scum!

Welcome again to Fun Party Games for Adults.  Today we have a great card game for you to try.  It's best with a smallish group.
materials: a deck of face cards or Rook cards
# of players: 3-7

How to play: The first round is played neutrally, meaning everyone starts as equals.  Deal out all of the cards (even if some people have one more card than others).  Once the cards are dealt choose someone to go first.  This can be chosen by rolling a dice to see who gets the highest roll or by something like the person with the next birthday goes first.  The person going first plays 1, 2, 3 or 4 cards of the same number, usually playing his lowest cards makes the most sense.  Play goes around the table in a clockwise direction.  Each player must play a card higher than the person before them.  So if player 1 started with a single 2 the next person would have to play a 3 or higher, if player 2 played a single 5 the next person would have to play a 6 or higher.  If it gets to a point where a player can't or doesn't want to play then they can pass.  Play continues around the table until everyone passes except the person who played the last card.  Once a player has passed in a round, they can't play again in that round.  The cards are then cleared and discarded and the person who played the last card starts the next round with the card/s of his or her choice (all players who passed at some point during the previous round can now play again).

If the person who starts the round decides they want to play a double or a triple everyone then must play a double or a triple in that round, for example: player 1 plays a double 4, player 2 must play a double of 5 or higher.  The goal is to get rid of your cards first.

The first person to get rid of all of his cards is the King for the next round, the second to go out is the Queen, the last person to go out is the Scum and the 2nd to last person to go out is the 2nd Scum.  All those to go out between the Queen and the 2nd Scum have no titles.  Everyone will rotate seat to sit in the order that they got rid of their cards.

When the next round starts the Scum has to give the King his best 2 cards and the King gives the Scum whatever cards he wants (usually something low).  The 2nd Scum gives the Queen his highest card and the Queen gives the Scum whatever 1 card she wants.

The King always goes first from this point forward.

Have fun playing Scum!
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