Group games – 10 years old to adults

2023 Author: Anita Thornton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-22 03:30

On the occasion of office parties or a family reunion that requires us to entertain all these beautiful people, we need ideas for fun group games. Here are 12!

The Human Machine

Customer

10+

Procedure

Teams of 4 or 5 people must be formed. A point guard must be appointed.
We send a first player up front. It must constitute a sequence made up of a gesture and a noise. Example: He swings his arms back and forth while saying Cric Crac Croc.
Seconds later, a player from the same team joins him and creates a new sequence (Bam Bim Boom while jumping - Tic Tac Toe while walking - Big Fat Big while bending over, etc.)
Then the third and the fourth player. It becomes a well-honed human machine… The leader of the game puts pressure… FASTER! HARDER!
The winning team will be the one that lasts the longest without errors.

Soulmates

Customer

10+

Material

Little papers
Color cards
A hat or a bowl to put the papers ininside

Procedure

On the small papers, we write the names of famous couples.
A player draws a paper on which is written the name of a couple (ex.: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie). He must then imitate (without saying who it is) one of the two spouses.
The others must then compete in speed to find the one represented.
The winner is the first to name the soul mate (spouse) of the person being imitated.
If the player does not know how to mimic the character he has drawn, he can buy the services of a consultant in exchange for his colored card.
Anyone who has obtained 3 consultant color cards can no longer play.

The crossed scissors

Customer

For ages 10 and up

Material

A pair of scissors

Procedure

Players stand in a circle;
The gamemaster puts the closed scissors back to his right by discreetly crossing his feet, legs or arms and saying: I put the crossed scissors back;
The next person puts the scissors open or closed at their choice and crosses or does not cross their legs, feet or arms while doing so, but always discreetly;
It's up to the gamemaster or anyone else who knows the trick to say it's ok or say no, it doesn't work;
People who know the trick laugh, because when a person says open andthat she has her feet crossed, they are told no.

The Perfect Object

Procedure

Everyone get in a circle
The game master appoints a person for each request
Person X on the left or right will be disqualified if the… (

print the conditions sheet)

This game continues so that there is just one person left and this person can win a small gift or else simply be the winner of this game. We adapt the instructions according to the group.

Gift-Thief

Customer

For all, to be adapted according to age

Material

2 decks of cards, without Jokers.
Gifts: Each of your guests brings an object wrapped in newspaper, without ribbon or bow. Just paper, like flyers or the Hebdo. Here we mean any useful and functional object! Salvage: whether it's a kettle, a frame, a lamp… it doesn't matter.
A group could also bring a gift of their choice if they don't want to bring a salvaged object. With others, it can also turn into a $1, $2, or $5 gift. With children, having them do a toy swap could be a great way to share. You can also put a blue ribbon for men, red for women and green for children, if everyone plays together.

Procedure

Guests put all the gifts in the center of the room andsit around.
Shuffle the 1st deck of cards.
You deal several cards to each person going around the room until there are no more cards left. Don't forget to give yourself some cards too!
You take the 2nd deck of cards, also well shuffled, and you draw a card.
The person who has this card has the right to draw a gift from the center of the room.
You take the card and place it aside.
You draw a second card: this person can steal the gift from the hands of a person who already has one, or draw one in the center, at their choice.
The person whose gift is stolen goes to the center to choose a new one.
You collect the card, place it aside and continue… At the end only, everyone unwraps their present…surprise!
In the case of the "recovery" category, a person can pick up the unwanted items at the end of the evening and take them to a place like the Salvation Army.

Name a personality

Customer

7 to 77

Procedure

We stand in a circle. Alternately, going clockwise, each participant names a well-known personality (known by at least one other player). The next participant nominates someone whose first name begins with the first letter of the last name named previously. And so on. When a player spells a name whose first name AND last name begin with the same letter,change tack (counterclockwise). If the player takes more than 15 seconds to answer, he is eliminated. You cannot name the same personality twice. The winner is the one left alone at the end.

Example

The first player names Isabelle Boulay. The second, Britney Spears. The 3rd player appoints Steven Spielberg: as the first name and surname both begin with an S, we change sides and continue. We immediately return to the player who named Britney Spears. He appoints Sacha Distel. So on…

Rumour

Customer

Teens and Adults

Material

A short made-up story of about ten lines including lots of details.

Procedure

Divide the group in 2, half leave the room and have a little drink to everyone's he alth!
Meanwhile, one of you reads the rumor to the other half who quietly remained in the room.

An Example

“This is the story of a family that leaves the countryside to celebrate Christmas in Montreal on December 24th. There is grandma Germaine, grandpa Roger, their 3 sons Claude, Jean and Marcel accompanied by their wife, Ginette, Gertrude and Gisèle. Their 6 grandchildren (4 girls and 2 boys) aged between 16 and 2 years old. They take 3 cars and follow each other. Claude drives the family valve and with his GPS guides the troops behind, his brother Jean's car and Marcel's truck. The storm rises and towards exit 29 of Highway 10, Claude skids andtakes the field, Jean and Marcel pass him and they almost hit the deer that passes by. Fortunately Marcel's On Star system detects the accident and the police are dispatched to the scene. Everyone is safe and sound, more fear than harm… Grandpa is a little upset, but they end up going to Montreal, in the Rosemont district where great-aunt Joséphine is waiting for them with the turkey, the stuffing and the Christmas log! Phew! They had a narrow escape! »

We call a first person from the next room
The gamemaster tells him the story once. This person must therefore, from memory, tell the story to the 2nd person who joins them a few minutes later.
We invite the 3rd person to enter and this 2nd person tells him what he understood from the story and so on until the end.

You will understand that with a little wine, and all these details, the rumor of the story takes on another aspect. To the creatives, invent the story of your choice!

Find your seat

Customer

For older children and adults

Material

2 decks of cards
1 chair per person

Procedure

The game master keeps a full deck of cards and deals a card from the 2nd deck to all participants.
The game master names the kind of cards (spades, diamonds, hearts or clubs) and if the named card matches a participant's card(only the sort), he sits on the chair to his left… even if there is already someone sitting on it!
If a card is named and there is someone sitting on you, you can't move to the chair to the left, you pass your turn… there must not be anyone on you so you can move!
We continue until everyone finds their chair without anyone else sitting on it.

Musical Disguise

Customer

For all, adaptable according to the age of the participants

Material

A lot of clothes of all kinds: underwear, toques, gloves, pants, sweaters, pajamas, etc.

Procedure

It's like musical chairs, but instead of going around chairs, we pass a big bag of clothes, wigs, hats and costumes of all kinds and whoever is left with the bag in his hands gets it a piece of laundry and put it on. It's very funny to see everyone dressed up at the end of the game. And we always take a souvenir photo of the final result!

The mittens game

Customer

For all

Material

2 bags
Clothes in each bag: ex.: hat, blouse, skirt, tights, coat, gloves… the important thing is that the two bags contain the same number of things.
Two pairs of oven mitts.

Procedure

You must place people in pairs.
A team of two must face aanother team of two people.
Each team must have a bag with clothing and a pair of oven mitts.
At the signal, one of the team members must put on all the clothes he finds in the bag as quickly as possible.
The other team member must put on the oven mitts and take off the clothes as quickly as possible.
The team that finished in the fastest time wins!

Theme party

Customer

Adults

Procedure

Each person should have a character and create a story with the whole family.
Each guest must dress up before arrival, a disguise that only the organizer knows. The important thing, and above all the most fun, is that each person must keep their role secret before the big day. Examples of themes: Tales for children, a gala, a particular TV show, superheroes, etc.
The goal is to have fun! Each character must have their story and must prepare accordingly. As material, it is according to everyone's imagination and this role play prepares people for the party. They always arrive excited since they worked on their characters before D-Day.

Traces for him

Customer

For a party where there is a mother-to-be

Material

Very long sheet of paper (ideally on a roll to have somevery long)
Washable gouache in different colors
Stiff cardboard plates for painting

Procedure

Each guest must dip their hand in washable poster paint and put their handprint on the sheet. Later, when the paint is dry, everyone signs their name and adds a message for the future baby! A beautiful memory to keep!