Top Ten Best Party Games for Adults
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The Best Games to Play at Your Holiday Party or Anytime
It's that time of the year when people are planning their holiday parties. This is a list of the best games geared more to adults and older kids. All of the games are fast paced and fun, and can be as long or short as you want them to be. Each game on this list is great for ice breakers and lots of laughs. Find a fun game to bring to the holiday party, to play at your own party, or even for holiday gifts.
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#10: Pictionary
by Parker Brothers
In Pictionary, teams must try to guess a clue based on their teammates' drawing skills. This is a fun game worth a ton of laughs when team members cannot draw, as players make off the wall guesses based on the drawing.
Pictionary
Amazon Price: $34.60 (as of 05/30/2012)
#9: Apples to Apples
by Mattel
Players must match a red "noun" card to the green community "adjective" card in a way that makes sense. This can create jokes and stories to explain why a player chose a particular match. A "judge" decides which player's choice is the best one for each round. This is a conversational game that can be both funny and interesting.
Apples to Apples Party Box - The Game of Hilarious Comparisons (Family Edition)
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 05/30/2012)
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#8: Guesstures
by Parker Brothers
Guesstures is a fast-paced game of charades involving clue cards. You must quickly act out the clues on the cards for your teammates to guess before time runs out.
Guesstures
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 05/30/2012)
#7: Loaded Questions
by Distribution Solutions
A player reads a question, everyone writes down their answer based on their opinion, then the original player must try to match the answers with which other player wrote it. Hearing people's answers and finding out how well your friends know you can be funny at times and at other times not so much. But everyone will have a good laugh whether it is with you or at you. This is one of those games that is not for those easily offended.
Loaded Questions
Amazon Price: $13.69 (as of 05/30/2012)
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#6: Imaginiff
by Buffalo Games
Players draw a card, then read out the answers inserting another player's name, such as "Imagine if Joe were a car - what kind of car would he be?" Example answers might be "an expensive sports car," "a run down beater car" etc. This game can be really funny but also can cause offense to some, so it is generally best played with a group who has a good sense of humor is not easily offended.
iMAgiNiff Game
Amazon Price: $18.75 (as of 05/30/2012)
#5: Cranium
by Hasbro
Cranium involves four categories where - as teams - you will draw or sculpt, act or sing, decipher word puzzles or solve trivia questions. An accompanying board game determines the categories you will get, and the team with the best record who gets to the finish line first wins the game.
Cranium Family Edition
Amazon Price: $25.49 (as of 05/30/2012)
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#4: Balderdash
by Mattel
A category is chosen, then all players must write down a false story or clue to go with the word or category. One player reads off the list of fake clues, along with the real one, and players must guess which clue is real. The funnier the answers, the better the game.
Balderdash
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 05/30/2012)
#3: Taboo
by Parker Brothers
Played in teams, you must get your teammates to guess the word based on your clues, but if you say the "Taboo" word by accident, the other team gets the point. This happens much more often than one would think, especially when there is drinking involved.
Taboo
Amazon Price: $29.99 (as of 05/30/2012)
#2: Electronic Catch Phrase
by Parker Brothers
In this fast paced game, players must try to get their teammates to guess a word or phrase based on your clues, and you must pass off the electronic game to the other team before the buzzer goes off, giving the team NOT left holding the game a point. Play continues until one team has the designated number of points to win.
Hasbro Electronic Catch Phrase
Amazon Price: $23.99 (as of 05/30/2012)
#1: Scattergories
by Parker Brothers
One player rolls the alphabet die and before time runs out, teams must write down a list of words or phrases for each clue that starts with the letter rolled. The most unique answers earn the most points. Play up to 12 rounds per game.
Scattergories
Amazon Price: $20.71 (as of 05/30/2012)
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Jhangora
Nov 18, 2010 @ 1:09 am | delete
- Nice list of Party Games for Adults. Though I must admit there are quite a few adults who won't mind joining the kids in their board games.
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