Mystery Dinner

A great way to play a fun, non-competitive game during dinner is to have a mystery dinner. Fun Party Games for Adults is sure your guest will love this!  It will be fun for you to plan and great for conversation around the table as well.  There are many variations to doing a mystery dinner as well.

Materials needed: Table settings for all of your guests and food you plan to prepare
# of people: 2-100

How to Play Version 1:  Decide what you want to serve for an appetizer, salad, drink, main course, side and desert. In this version everyone will get the same thing but in a different order.

Example of the kitchen menu:
Appetizer: cheese platter-dairy delights
Salad: Cesar Salad- dictators apparel
Drink: Lemonade- pucker down
Main Dish: Lasagna- stacked Italy
Side: Corn on the Cob-eerie bites
Desert: Banana Split- jealous monkey

The menu that your guests will see will only be a list of the code names (be sure to mix up the order so they don't know what is what).  Each guest will right their name on their menu an then put a number (1-6) next to each item on the menu.  Each guest will then get the items they ordered in the order they asked for.  So if someone put a 1 next to their side and a 6 next to their salad they would get their corn first and their salad last.

How to play version 2:  Have a list of options for each course and have each person select 1 item from each course category.

Example Entree's:
BBQ Ribs - Glossy bones
Fried Chicken - Your Goose is cooked
Bourbon Chicken - Drunken Ranger
Polish sausage - Foreign Pig
Country style Ribs - Hillbilly's Bones
Hamburgers - Cow Patties


Example Deserts:
Watermelon - Floods of Mars
Brownies - Devil's Delight
Angel Food Cake & Strawberries - Decadent Halo


Have Fun!
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Oatmeal Relay

Fun Party Games for Adults is excited for you to try this game.  If you like getting dirty and sticky this is the game for you.  It's a great one for summer because you get all grouse and nasty outside and then you can follow it up with a water fight to get rinsed off!

Materials: swim suits or old clothes that you don't mind getting dirty, 2 large pots of oatmeal, raisins
# of people: 8 or more

How to Play: Make 2 large pots of oatmeal and let it cool.  Take the top half of each pot of oatmeal out of the pot and put temporarily into a bowl.  Mix equal amounts of raisins into the bottom half of both oatmeal pots.  Then put the oatmeal that you took out of the pots back in the pots to cover up the portion of oatmeal that has the raisins.

Take the pots of oatmeal outside and put them at the end of your relay course.  Split the players into 2 teams. For the relay the players on the team will run to the pots of oatmeal one at a time and dig through the oatmeal to retrieve 1 raisin.  Once the player has a raisin they will run it back to the team and drop it in a bucket. They will then tag the next team mate.  The team to win is the first team to retrieve all the raisins in their pot.

Have Fun!
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Dance Craze

This game will get all of your guests up and moving and having a great time.  It doesn't take long to play and there is no preparation needed.  It's just a lot of fun and great for getting everyone comfortable and laughing.

materials needed: pen and paper for every player
# of people: 2 or more

Hand everyone a small slip of paper and tell them to write down any noun they would like on the paper.  Don't tell them what it is for.  After everyone has written down a noun collect the slips of paper and put them in a bowl or a hat.  Then one by one have everyone draw one of the slips of paper out of the hat.  Each person will have to take turns making up a "dance craze" or simple dance move for whatever word is written on their slip of paper.  They will first do the move and then everyone else will follow.  Once all the slips of paper have been taken and everyone has had a turn to make up a dance move you can play again or move onto dinner or your next game or whatever you want!

This can also be played in couples so that 2 people are coming up with 1 dance move for whatever word they have on their slip of paper together.

Have fun!
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Would You Rather?

This is a non competitive game that is more for the fun of the conversation it promotes.  It can be part of a planned party with a large group or can be played on the spot while trying to pass time while on a flight with a friend or family member.  Either way Fun Party Games for Adults is sure you will love this game.

No materials needed
# of players: 2-20

This game starts by randomly picking a player to pose a question that starts with "would you rather..."  It usually ends with 2 options that are embarrassing, gross, scary, horrifying or just plain uncomfortable.  The other players must then tell which thing they would rather do and explain why they would rather do that.  Clarifying questions can be asked before answering.  Once everyone has given their answers and reasons why, someone new will ask a new "would you rather....?" question.

Here are some examples of questions:

Would you rather have your nose grow every time you tell a lie or, always be forced to tell the truth no matter what?

Would you rather be mute or, have to always be talking or making noise?

Would you rather get punched in the gut every 5 minutes for a year or, have to eat a spider every 5 minutes for a year?

Have fun!
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Police Lineup

Today Fun Party Games for Adults brings you a game called Police Lineup.  This game was found in a great games book called "The Games Bible" written by Leigh Anderson.  This is a must have book for any game lover.

Materials: pen and paper/index cards
# of players: 6-12 plus a moderator

Prep: Head of time the moderator will write down a bunch of "crimes".  Some examples are "you wore white after labor day", "you farted in the elevator", "you left the toilet seat up" etc.  Write 1 crime per paper or index card.

How to Play: As your guests arrive give them a card with a "crime" on it.  Have them memorize it, write their name on it and give it back.  Once everyone has a crime have the moderator draw one of the cards randomly.  He will look at the name on the card and then invite 3 people (including the person who is on the card) to come to the front in a lineup.  The moderator will then read the crime out loud.  Then the other players will ask questions to try and figure out who is the guilty party. The 2 innocent people will be trying to act guilty because if they are not guilty and someone guesses they are then they get a point. The players then write down their guesses on who they think is the guilty one.  The real guilty one confesses and then the next round begins.

Scoring: Everyone who guesses right gets a point.  The 2 non guilty lineup members get a point if someone thought they were guilty.  The guilty party gets a point if no one guessed him.  The person with the most points after each crime is solved wins.

We are sure you will love this one!
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Scavenger Hunts

Remember doing scavenger hunts when you were a kid? Well Fun Party Games for Adults has a few suggestions today on how to make them for adults.

Magazine or Newspaper Hunt: Hand everyone (or each team) a newspaper or a magazine and a pair of scissors.  Then give them a list of words or things.  They must find and cut out everything on the list.  It can be either a picture of the items on the list or written in text form.  The first person/team to get all the items on the list cut out wins.

Road Trip Hunt:  Before leaving on your road trip make a list of things that you may find along the way. With this one you can play every man for himself, split into teams or just work all together to find the things.  Have some of the things be things you have to collect like "a square of toilet paper from a gas station bathroom." Then have some other items on the list be things to take a picture of, like "picture of a welcome to Texas sign."  Whoever has the most items on the list when you reach your destination wins.

Bridal Shower Hunt:  For you next bridal shower shake it up by dividing into teams and have everyone go out and find wedding related things. Examples: a flower, rice, a thank you card, a flier for an exotic location, gift wrap etc.  Set a time limit that everyone must be back by and whoever gets back on time with the most items on the list wins.

With these ideas you can find the child and have a great time!
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Music Charades

This game from Party Games for Adults is a great game for a mix of adults, teens and older children.  It is great for any number of people and you can play for as long as you like.

Materials: none
# of people: 2 or more.

How to Play:  Before you play you will need to write down a bunch of well known songs on small peices of paper.  Put the papers in a bowl or a hat.  Once the guests are all present the first player will pick one of the papers with a song title on it.  That player will try to act out the title without talking.  The other guests will try to guess the song.  Once the song is guessed, the player who guessed it right will draw a new song and try to act it out.  Play can continue as long as you like.

Have fun!
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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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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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Band, Album, Song

Today the featured game on Party Games for Adults is one you will want to play on your next road trip.  It will make the drive time go by faster, generate good conversation and probably keep you laughing.

Materials: none
# of people: any number

How to Play: This game is simple, as you drive you want to find words or phrases on signs, shops, restaurants or even just graffiti on an overpass that can be the name of a Band, Album or Song.  Point out the phrase and then say band, album or song depending on what you think works best.  Just because you think a phrase is best as a band name though doesn't mean that another passenger will agree, he may things it's better as a song name.  If another passenger disagrees with you then you will have to each argue your cases and then the group will vote.

Another way you can play this is each person secretly writes down a band name, album name and song name.  Once everyone has 1 of each the passengers all vote on which they think is the best (voting for your own answers is not allowed).

Make your next road trip the best road trip!
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Group Story

This game is non-competitive and great for team building.  It can get pretty crazy and funny and lets you take well known stories and get creative with them.  It can be played sitting in the living room, during dinner, in the car or even just while waiting for a movie to start.  Fun Party Games for Adults knows that this game can keep you entertained for hours or just a few minutes.

Materials: none
# of people: 2 or more

How to Play:  The group first picks a well-known story that everyone is familiar with.  Examples: Goldie Locks and the 3 bears, Little Red Riding Hood, 3 Little Pigs etc.  The goal is to tell the whole story hitting all the main points and then wrapping it up at the end.  It sounds easy but can be hard when you aren't thinking just like your neighbor because the story is told one word at a time with each player giving a different word.  Continue to go around the table until the story is complete.

Example of Play:

Bill: Once
Sally: Upon
Tina: a
Randy: Time
Sue: There
Gary: Were
Bill: 3
Sally: Bears
etc.

Have fun playing Group Story!
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Curses

Most of the games we talk about on Fun Party Games for Adults are games you can play using materials from around the house or things you can get for very cheap at a grocery store.  Today we're going to do something a little bit different and refer a game that you would actually need to buy.

The game is called Curses.  It is a game that will have everyone laughing and making a fool of themselves.  There is no need to be embarrassed because everyone looks just as silly as you.  The point of the game is to be the last one left and catch everyone else not completing their curse.

Each turn you take you draw a card that will have you do an action.  Examples: "Tell someone in the room why your phone service is the best."  "You are a doctor, tell a friend what is wrong with them.".  You must do the action on the card, it is not important how well you do it, just that you try.  After you do the action you will draw a curse card and give it to someone else.  Examples: "name a pizza topping every time someone stands up."  "you can't bend your arms for the rest of the game." "Every time you speak you must play the air guitar." As the game progresses everyone will have multiple curses they will need to remember and do throughout the game.  If you catch someone not doing one of their curses you will ring a bell.  When the bell is rung and you point out the curse they forgot to do they will turn that card over and they no longer have to do it, this sounds good right?  Wrong, once you have 3 cards turned over then you are out of the game.  When you go out of the game you give all of your curses that are still face up to other players.

This game is best played with about 6-8 players.

Fun Party Games for Adults knows you will love this game!

No Name Relay

W call this No Name Relay because it's a relay we played once but we have completely forgotten the name of it and can't find it.  It's almost your average relay except for one major detail.  This is a great game to play with a big group of friends or at family reunions.  You most likely want to play it outside.  At Fun Party Games for Adults we know that this will get your taste buds going.

Materials: Paper sacks, random foods, tin foil
# of Players: 10 or more

Note: Make sure you are aware of any food allergies in the group.

How to Play:  Place a paper bag at one end of the yard/room for each team.  Divide the group into two or three teams.  Wrap the items of food in the tin foil and put them in the bag.  Line the teams up on the other side of the yard/room from the paper sacks.  When you say "go" the first players on each team will run to their sack, pull out an item of food, unwrap it and eat it (they must eat it to keep their team in the game).  Once they are finished eating the item of food they will run back to the team and tag the next player who will then run to the bag of food.  Players will continue to do this until 1 team has eaten all items in their sack and the person to take the last item of food puts the paper bag on their head and makes it back to the team.

Fun Party Games for Adults' list of food ideas:
(One suggestion...you might want to have some foods be good tasting and others not so good tasting, or maybe foods that wouldn't be eaten by themselves)

Candy bar
Peanuts
Popcorn
Sandwich
Apple
Peanut Butter
Onion
Broccoli
Chicken Nugget
Plain Tuna
Beans
Anchovies

Have fun!
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Tangled (not the movie)

This game is going to get a little mixed up.  Don't be afraid to get up front and personal with your fellow players.  This will definitely get everyone comfortable with each other. This is the kind of game that Fun Party Games for Adults loves!

Materials: none, just a lot of open space.
# of People: 8 or more.

How to play:  Everyone stands in a circle and without looking extends their right hand into the center and grabs someone elses hands.  Then everyone puts their left hand into the circle and grabs another hand.  Make sure everyone's hands are connected.

Now the fun begins!  Everyone must try and untangle themselves by going under and over and in and out.  The goal is to get the circle completely untangled without letting go of each others hands.

Have fun playing Tangled.
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In the Manner of the Adverb

No materials needed.  Can be played with 4+ players


Gather the players together.  Send 1 person out of the room and out of ear shot of the group.

The group then thinks of an adverb, most adverbs end in "-ly". example: slowly, gracefully, anxiously or ferociously.  Make sure it is an adverb that describes how someone would do something.

Once an adverb is decided invite the person who went out of the room to come back in.

The person who went out and doesn’t know the chosen adverb will ask players to do certain tasks “in the manner of the adverb.” examples: brush teeth, mow the law, write a letter to your mom...in the manner of the adverb.


Once the person guesses the adverb a new person is sent out of the room and new adverb is chosen.


Enjoy!
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Bum Charades

Fun Party Games for Adults suggest you play this game with a group of people who are comfortable with each other, it's great for families or a group of close friends.  It can be kind of embarassing for some people if they don't know the others in the group.

The only thing needed for this game is something to keep time like a watch, kitchen timer or even a sand glass timer from another game.  You can play with any number of people.  It is helpful to have a fairly large space to play in.

How to Play: Split the group into 2 teams. The group chooses a topic like, fruits, flowers, animals, characters, colors etc.  Team 1 will choose a player to go up and spell a word with their bum that relates to the topic.  The rest of team 1 tries to guess the word their teammate is spelling.  If they guess the word within 2 minutes team 1 gets a point.  If they can't get it within 2 minutes then team 2 gets 1 guess of what the word is, if they get it right they steal the point from team 1, if they don't get it right then no one gets a point.  Then it is team 2's turn to pick a player to spell a word with their bum. You can change topics as often as you like and play to whatever score you want.

Bottoms Up!
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Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist is a great game to play for people of all ages and you can play with very large groups.  We play with our whole family including everyone from grandma and grandpa to the grandchildren.  It's not really a game for keeping score, just for having fun. Fun Party Games for Adults loves this game because it's great for all different types of people as well!

In this game one person leaves the room.  While that person is gone the rest of the group chooses a psychological problem that they all have.  Once the illness is decided the player who went out of the room, the "psychiatrist" comes in and starts asking questions to the other players.  The players must answer in the manner of the psychological problem they all have.  The psychiatrist has to try and guess what the illness is that they all have by the answers the players give.  When the psychiatrist guesses the illness correctly a new psychiatrist is chosen and the rest of the players pick a new illness.

Examples of possible illnesses (others may be made up or chosen by players):
Everyone thinks they are the person to the right of them.
Everyone thinks they are a superhero
Everyone tells the opposite of the truth
Everyone thinks they are a teenager
Everyone has to give an answer that starts with the same letter
Everyone has to give an answer that is exactly 5 words long
Everyone has to touch their face when they answer
Everyone gives an answer related to fishing, sewing, baking etc.


Fun Party Games for Adults hopes you have fun playing Psychiatrist!