SetupPlayers 2+ players Materials 6x standard dice Pen and paper to track scores Scoring Players compete to reach 10,000 points to win the game. Alternatively, you can agree on another winning threshold and aim to reach a 1,000 or 5,000, for instance, here’s how...
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Never Have I Ever
Setup Players 5-10+ Materials A group of friends! Additional Setup Notes Some variations of Never Have I Ever will incorporate alcohol for a fun and easy drinking game. In this version of Never Have I Ever, players will need beverages and alcohol. Objective The...
Pizza Box
SetupPlayers 3-10 Materials A table A pizza box or flat cardboard surface (but every party has pizza!) A coin A Sharpie or marker Drink of choice Additional Setup Notes Pizza Box is best played with beer or seltzers, as hard liquor can be a recipe for disaster....
King’s Cup
SetupPlayers 3-10 Materials Deck of cards Beverages Cup Additional Setup Notes Supply a variety of drinks for this game, as drinking hard liquor could spell trouble Objective King’s Cup, also called “Ring of Fire” or “Circle of Death,” is a classic drinking game that...
Golf
SetupPlayers 2-3 players (4 or more can play with more than one deck of cards) Materials A standard deck of 52 card (two decks are used with more than 4 players) A sheet of paper to record the score Scoring Aces are 1 point 2s are -2 points 3-10s are face value Jacks...
Catch Phrase
SetupPlayers Any number, divided into two evenly sized teams Materials Electronic Catch Phrase device or a large quantity of paper slips with words/phrases written on them Scoring When the timer expires, the team not guessing earns a point The game ends when one team...
Flip Cup
SetupPlayers Any number, divided into two equal teams Materials One plastic, disposable cup per person A beverage to fill the cups A table to stand around (one team on each side Objective Race the opposing team to flip all of your cups upside down first.Gameplay...
Jacks or Better
SetupPlayers 2-5 players Materials Standard Deck of 52 Playing Cards Poker Chips A Dealer’s coin (optional) Additional Setup Notes The standard order of poker hands is in effect (High card, pair, two pair, etc.) In straights, Aces can either play high or low but...
Scrabble
SetupThe components of a Scrabble game are a playing board, 100 letter tiles, a tile rack for each player, and scoring tools (pencil and paper). Each player uses their letter tiles to take turns creating words on the game board.Scoring To win at Scrabble, you must...
Pictionary
Setup To play Pictionary, you will need paper, pens or markers, and a word or phrase list. You can also purchase a Pictionary game board and cards. The players are divided into teams, and one player from each team is chosen to draw while the others guess the word or...
Backgammon
Setup To play Backgammon, you will need a board, two sets of 15 checkers (each set should be one color, traditionally one set is white and the other set is black), two dice and a doubling cube. The players sit across from each other and the board is placed between...
Cards Against Humanity
SetupPlayers A minimum of 4 players Materials (1) pack of Cards Against Humanity cards Scoring The best answer from each round wins an “Awesome Point.” Additional Setup Notes Create two stacks of cards- the white “answer card” stack...