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Simple yet exciting! Recommended games and activities for year-end parties

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Many of you probably attend several year-end parties—at work, with friends, and in your neighborhood—every year, right?

Looking back on the past year and chatting with colleagues and friends makes for a great time.

And the entertainment games—like bingo and quizzes—might be part of the fun, too.

But when you’re in charge of the entertainment, it can be hard to decide what games to play.

Ideally, you want something simple that everyone can enjoy and get excited about.

In this article, we’ll introduce classic games that meet those needs!

Once you’ve decided on the games for this year’s year-end party, don’t forget to prepare the prizes!

Simple yet exciting! Recommended games and activities for year-end parties (81–90)

King’s Game

[Penalty Game] We played the King’s Game with guys and girls right at the start of the New Year, and it got way too hyped!!

King's Game

When it comes to party games that have been around since the Showa era, the King’s Game definitely comes to mind.

First, prepare some chopsticks and mark one of them as the King.

On the other chopsticks, write numbers from 1 up to the number of participants.

Everyone draws a chopstick at the same time, and the person who picks the King’s chopstick gets to give a slightly mischievous command to the person or people who drew the numbered chopsticks.

Make sure the commands are mild and compliant! These days, there are even special King’s Game cards for sale, so be sure to check them out!

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Mozzarella Cheese Game

[Insane Game] Mozzarella Cheese Game

Mozzarella Cheese Game

The purpose of playing games is to create a fun atmosphere and boost everyone’s energy, right? But depending on the members, sometimes it’s hard for people to really let loose.

That’s when you should try the Mozzarella Cheese Game.

In this game, participants take turns saying “mozzarella cheese.” However, there’s one rule: each person has to say it with more enthusiasm than the person before them.

This way, the energy naturally ramps up, making it easier to liven up your year-end party.

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dizzy bat

Dizzy Bat: Score the goal! [Party game for banquets, parties, year-end parties, and after-parties!]

dizzy bat

The items you’ll need are a few bats! Place your forehead against a bat standing upright on the floor, press up close to it, and spin around on the spot.

Once you’re nice and dizzy, run to the target.

Those are the rules.

We recommend doing it as a relay: form teams, and the team that reaches the goal faster wins.

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Yamanote Line game

[Showdown] We tried the Yamanote Line Game! A YouTuber sets the topic and Mr./Ms. ___...!?

Yamanote Line game

Among games like this, the Yamanote Line Game is a true classic.

The great thing is that you can adapt it to all kinds of prompts, not just Yamanote Line station names! For a company year-end party, you could use executives’ names or product names; for a class reunion, you could try the names of teachers from back in school.

Come up with your own original prompt!

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Quiz using puzzles

How about a groundbreaking game that combines puzzles and quizzes? All you need is a store-bought blank jigsaw puzzle and a permanent marker.

For preparation, assemble the puzzle in advance and write a quiz question on it with the marker.

On the day, proceed as follows: first, distribute the disassembled puzzle to each table and have the guests at the same table complete it.

The team that answers the quiz written on the completed puzzle the fastest wins.

Since too many pieces will take too long, the key is to choose a puzzle with a number of pieces that can be completed in just a few minutes.

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