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 These games are great fun and by adding small fines you can help raise a lot of money over the course of an event.
The games and fines will also take away any awkwardness you might feel about asking your friends for money.
Famous/Celebrity Couples
If you are looking for an icebreaker this game is guaranteed to get people talking!
On arrival at the party, each person has a post-it note/sticky label (or similar) stuck on their back without them seeing what it says. The post-it notes/sticky labels have been pre-written with the name of one half of a famous/celebrity couple on each one. The aim of the game is to find your partner without knowing who you are! You can ask other people ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions about your identity, until you have guessed who you are and can find your partner…- Adam and Eve; Romeo and Juliet; Starsky and Hutch; Laurel and Hardy… the opportunities are endless.
The "No" Game
Fun and also a good icebreaker.
Every guest at the party is given a paper tag hanging from a string loop that they wear around their neck. The game can be played throughout the party while people mingle. The object of the game is for people to ask other guests any question they want in order to try and get a “no” for an answer. If a player gets a “no” from another player, the player who answered “no” has to give the asker his or her tag. If you have lost your tag or tags you can still play and ask questions. At the end of the game period or the end of the evening the person with the most tags wins a prize. The person with the fewest tags has to pay a fine (whatever you think is appropriate).
The “Party Conversation” Game
On small strips of paper write a usable phrase and place the piece of paper under your guests‘ plates or in a hat for people to pick out. The phrase could be "My parents breed crocodiles" for example. When everyone has arrived, ask your guests to privately read their phrase and to fit it discreetly into the party conversation. See who notices first!
Hint: it helps to select phrases catered to your guests; i.e. political, travel, sport or family related topics.
Name Game
Each person has to say the name of a famous person. The person to their right then has to do the same but the name must start with the first letter of the surname of the previous name mentioned, for example Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Meryll Streep…This continues around the table/group.
Rules:
- The same name cannot be mentioned more than once.
- If the famous name has the same first letter for the forename and surname then you change direction around the group e.g. If I were to say Minnie Mouse (moving to the right) the person to my left would have to say the next name.
- Fines should be paid if people:
- pause or need prompting
- repeat a name
- can‘t answer
- answer instead of someone else
- don‘t realise it is their go
Thumbs or ‘The Rule of Thumb’ Game
An ideal game to have going on in the background whilst another game is being played/during dinner.
Announce the Thumbs Game and explain the rules. You start the game, and at some point in the future, you place a thumb DISCRETELY on the table. A soon as people start to notice your thumb they must follow. The last person to put their thumb on the table loses and gets fined. The loser then starts the next round in their own time. It works best if you don‘t rush into it - wait for at least five minutes before you start another round.
Extra fines can be given to anyone who has put the wrong thumb on the table.
      
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