Holiday Party Fun Time Dilemma

[deathpixie]

So, somehow I'm part of the Social Committee this year (I don't recall signing up for this, mind you!) and we have a gathering this afternoon to discuss potential activities for the work holiday party. Thus I turn to you, o wise and knowledgeable Internet.

Caveats to remember:

1) We have possibly 15 people, max.


2) We're a government Ministry full of lawyers. While I appreciate the suggestions of Strip Poker and Truth or Dare, I'd rather not get fired or sued. ;) Ditto with drinking games, sorry - only a few of us actually drink.

3) This is over a meal, so the amount of preparation and equipment should be minimal. No lengthy explanation of rules or doling out of cards.

4) Things that have worked in the past: trivia, guessing games of various types (match the baby photo to the adult, etc.) and adult versions of pass-the-parcel.

So, anyone got any suggestions or do I do my best Ralph Wiggum response and play dumb at this meeting?

(I mean, I do the decorating. I wash dishes. I help set up. I don't do organising of party games!!)

Or Sonia could throw a couple of links at me to skim read and choose some options. Yay! The internet has everything!

Comments

[technophobia.livejournal.com]

See if someone has a copy of the game Apples to Apples? It's a very fun party game, and it can scale to pretty much any group size.

[greenet.livejournal.com]

Grab sheets of paper and pencils and play Who Can Think Of Unique Thing On Letter Whatever?

I have no idea what it's actually called, but every person (or, well, 5-6, because 15 could be a bit much) first come up with a category: Clothing, TV show, Movie, Girl's name, etc, and then a letter. 2 points for unique answer, 1 for shared, 0 for no answer or wrong answer (like Grapefruit in the clothing category). It's either done on a timer or first one done yells done and it's all pens down.

It's more fun than it sounds like?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

IDK how well these would work with adults but there's always pass the pulse - you all hold hands and someone holds a stopwatch. They call go, squeezing the person whose hand they're holding's hand and it gets passed right around the circle. It's a good teamwork one.

Or 20 questions?