inteligent party games

Hmm, does that idea fit the question though Ice? Janey, have you tried the murder mystery games? They cost about £20 and are played out over a meal. Everyone has to at least try and dress the part even if they cannot enter into things wholeheartedly ... but most do so. It takes a bit of planning so this may be too late. We hosted one based on a Casablanca theme two years ago. It was a superb night. Nobody died either, which I thought was a plus point. There are many to choose from and all involve a modicum of intelligence and a willingness to not be shy. Dressing the part immediately breaks the ice. Although you must choose your guests carefully......

The post stick note on the forehead game is really good fun. I played an extremely UNINTELLIGENT party game on monday, everyone has a matchstick in their mouth, they stand in a circle boy girl boy girl, a ring has to be passed around the circle on the end of the matchsticks. Unusually daring of me to join in I thought. I'm a great fan of Twister… But I'm not sure it'd work outside a teenage atmosphere. I'm not sure I'm qualified to give advice on intelligent party games, I am only just discovering the unintelligent ones!

Name Game. Each person writes 10 famous (?) names of people / bands / characters on pieces of paper. Screw up papers and drop them in a large bowl. Each person gets 1 minute to describe as many names as possible. Can be played in teams. Last time favourites were: ooh ahh ( Cantona ) old git with guitar ( Clapton ) f**ks frogs ( Miss Piggy ) It's always such fun at Balmoral..............

twister works VERY well outside a teenage atmostphere... last time i played it, i was vodka sodden (unusually) and it was hilarious...

Given the thread title, most suggestions so far are far too intelLigent. mwah

A speling be is always gud fun. spelling bee Function: noun Date: 1872 : a spelling contest in which contestants are eliminated as soon as they misspell a word

spoons is a favourite but if you want something a little less violent you could play the game whose name I have forgotten where each person in turn names a letter which goes towards making a word. You're not allowed to finish a word but you have to have a real word in mind, if the next person thinks you're bluffing they challenge you and you have to declare what word you were making. It's good for a dinner party as it rarely gets past five letters, there is no need for equipment and it's a good length (which, by the way, is another group game but probably not suitable).

I always dread going to parties where they mention party games. I am soon to go to a wedding where they mention "outdoor activities" and knowing the couple, likely to be adventurous pursuits.... abseiling, canoeing and the like.. Mmmmm.

I played spin the bottle last night at my camping party. Wow, aren't I open to new experiences lately? Before I know it I'll be getting DRUNK like a proper teenager. Very tired as I only got 2 hours sleep. I didn't even get into a tent but lay on the waterproof sheet with a blanket around me stargazing and before I knew it sunlight was streaming across the field and dew was settling on my hair. My friends are still in the sitting room watching their third film since 5 am when we all got up. I think I'm coming down with a cold… Great party though, we had songs around the campfire and everything. Sorry for rambling. As I said, I'm very tired. zzzzz

i no im alwus makin spelin misteaks. thas wo yu ge wen yu werk in speshal nids. soz.

ahem....you could try a spelling contest.... :)))) Better yet, I think this is called "What is this?" You'll need a flipchart and paper. It's basically charades, except someone draws on the paper and everyone tries to guess what the word or sentence is. It's much funnier than charades because you will be astonded at how people draw. Try depicting something in a foreign language for variety.

there's something where you stick a piece of paper bearing a name on someone's forehead and they don't know what the name is but you do. They have to ask questions to which the answer has to be yes or no, to guess the persons name. Obviously the game is more fun if it's someone they've heard of!

whats rizla janey? there is a game here called 'sirky' which literally translated, is 'matches' doesnt matter how many people ply it, but each has three matches, and hides their hands under the table. then you put from 0 to 3 in your hand, and close your fist, then bringing it onto the table. it goes round, each person taking a guess at the total number of sirkys that will be revealed when all the hands are opened. the winner gets to give up one of their matches to the centre of the table, and so on. the ultimate winner is the first to lose all their matches. sounds boring? its hugely entertaining..

the rizla game is the one freda described but you write on a bit of rizla tobaccy rolling paper as it's got a sticky bit I'm liking the idea of sirky as I've never heard of it before, that reminds me of spoons, where you have say, four players and you get only the aces, kings, queens and jacks from a pack of cards *you shuffle them up and give four out to each player. *put three spoons in the centre of the table. *each player must pass one card to the player on their right. *each player has to try and get four of any particular type of card, say four aces. *if you get four of a kind you have to pick up a spoon. As soon as one player has got a spoon the others scramble to get one as well. * the last person to get a spoon is either out or has to play a forfeit. the beauty of the game is that you don't kow whether someone else has chosen to collect the aces so you may be wasting you time. If you don't want to play with spoons (it hurts!) you can just put your hand in the middle and the other players have to follow suit - but that also hurts a bit!

I went to a posh party the other day at my flat mates parents. When I was told we'd be playing games I wasn't sure whether to be horrified or excited (depending on what they turned out to be) *raises eyebrow* But actually it was hilariously funny. We were sorted into four teams and each had a piece of paper with part a/b/c/or d of a simple story with gaps in it and pencil words like adjective/verb/noun/ article of clothing/ food etc written instead. The idea being that it would go round the group with the next team having to think of a word for each gap for the next team. If that makes any sense? I don't remember much but it went something like this: It was a beautiful sunny morning and Bob was woken up by his pet (beaver) (Abigail) licking his face. He got up and pulled on a (bra) "i'll be warm enough in this he said. He and his pet wandered down stairs for breakfast. Bob poured out a bowl of (liver) for himself and a bowl of (deap fried japanease squid) for his pet and covered them both with (liquid nitrogen) and they both tucked in..... It goes on like that....got very funny I seem to remeber he went for a walk to singapore to get his morning paper and ended up hosting an important meeting in his office wearing a spangly boob tube and red stilettos.

the most intelligent party game i know is where everyone drinks a bottle of scotch. one person then has to leave the room and the others have to guess who it was Or Adrian Edmonsons footballgame. Everyone sits in a circle and going round clockwise each person has to say the name of a football club in alphabetical order. (Arsenal, Birmingham city, Chelsea, Derby, Everton etc.) then you all have to hit each other with broken bottles i don't do intelligent. i have to be intelligent at work so its the last thing i want to do at a party.

One game I used to play a lot was band names where you start with say Stones and then you use the last letter of the band's name to start the next band'd name, so you could say Stones - Stranglers - etc etc. On etime we played this game for three hours while drinking beer and ended up arguing if a certain hippy band was actually real or just something that had been made up. We were quite drunk at the end of the game so I never found out. :)