Simple yet exciting! Recommended games and activities for year-end parties
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!
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Simple yet exciting! Recommended Games and Recreations for Year-End Parties (21–30)
Marshmallow Challenge
This is a game where teams work together to build a tower using pasta, aiming to place a marshmallow at the highest possible point.
Each team consists of four people, and the time limit is 18 minutes.
Including discussions on how to stabilize the tower, let’s cooperate and proceed together.
There is a limit of 20 pieces of dry pasta, so figuring out how to use them wisely is also a key point.
It’s interesting to see each team’s style emerge—whether they carefully plan everything before executing, or move closer to success through repeated trial and error.
Company quiz game
The question of where our company is headed is something we rarely revisit unless there’s a change in direction.
This game lets us examine the ideal the company is pursuing while expanding our thinking so everyone can reflect on the company in their own way.
Questions without definitive answers—like what our core business will be 100 years from now—are especially important.
Each person envisions a future that could emerge from our current situation from their own perspective.
Let’s also assess presentation skills by looking at why each person arrived at their answer.
Who am I? game
A “Who am I?” quiz where players deduce the answer from hints.
For example, if the hints are “Born in Japan,” “Just add hot water to eat,” and “Comes in many flavors,” then the answer is “cup noodles.” The number and difficulty of hints and the question format are easy to adjust, so it can be enjoyed at any kind of party.
Start with easy questions to get everyone used to it, and finish with a super hard one! Offering prizes to the winners will make it even more exciting.
Create your own original quiz and have a great time!
Balloon Battle
I think the drive to compete with those around you and seize victory is a key factor in making a game more exciting.
This is a simple, balloon-based competitive game where you can fully channel that competitive spirit.
Each player attaches an inflated balloon to their ankle, and at the signal to start, you use only your feet to try to pop your opponent’s balloon.
While dodging your opponent’s attacks, you aim for their balloon—mind games amid intense movement are crucial in this game.
You’re only allowed to attack the balloon, so be careful not to step on your opponent’s foot as you play.
Mental arithmetic quiz
Addition is a calculation we often use in everyday life, and it’s a simple skill that everyone knows how to do.
This game uses addition: remember numbers that are shown for only a brief moment, then add them up quickly.
A key point is that you answer after the problem disappears, which also tests your ability to maintain the numbers in memory.
Even if you’re not good at mental math, repeated practice will help you learn the method bit by bit, so as the number of problems increases, you might find opportunities to turn things around.
Double-Double Fight Game
Baibai Fight Game is a game where players compete to say prompted words in time with a specific rhythm.
The original song is CANDY TUNE’s “Baibai FIGHT!”, and you succeed if you can say the prompts consecutively to the repeating rhythm at the start of the track.
In this version of the game, the prompts are shown as illustrations, so you have to quickly figure out what each picture represents.
Plus, with similar-sounding words like “baito” (part-time job) and “baiku” (motorcycle) appearing in succession, you might end up tripping over your tongue.
It’s tricky, but whether you nail it or not, it always gets the crowd going—a perfect game for parties.
Intro Quiz
It’s the classic intro quiz you often see on TV! You play just the intro of a song from YouTube or a music player, and everyone guesses what song it is.
It gets more exciting if you pick hits from that year or songs that match the group’s generation, so the host’s song selection is the key.