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!
Once you’ve decided on the games for this year’s year-end party, don’t forget to prepare the prizes!
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Simple yet exciting! Recommended Games and Recreations for Year-End Parties (21–30)
Waribashi Catch
A simple set of rules: two or three participants line up, the facilitator drops a chopstick, and the participants try to catch it! Since the facilitator can drop the chopstick at any moment they choose, it’s a game that tests the participants’ reaction speed.
Frenzy Dice Game
Let me introduce Strike, a dice game that’s guaranteed to get heated.
It’s a board game played with dice.
Each player starts with five dice, and you lose dice if you roll certain designated numbers or if your result matches another player’s.
The last player with any dice remaining wins.
It’s simple and easy to grasp right away.
Since the outcome mostly comes down to luck, both adults and kids can enjoy playing together.
If you’re interested, try looking for it on online shops.
Simple yet exciting! Recommended Games and Activities for Year-End Parties (31–40)
Tasting/Comparative testing of XX
A game where you put on a blindfold and taste several kinds of the same food or drink to guess which brand each one is.
Try coming up with unique challenges like blind tea tasting, instant cup noodles, cola, or convenience store pork buns! If you can pick up on the flavor differences and guess correctly, you might earn the title of Gourmet King!
Gesture Game
Can you convey a given prompt to your partner using only gestures? You know, the kind you often see on TV shows.
If the prompts are simple, even with kids joining in, everyone can enjoy it.
When the prompts are full sentences, the difficulty goes up—and so does the excitement.
Newspaper Rock-Paper-Scissors
It’s a very simple game that only requires newspapers.
First, hand out newspapers to the participants and have them stand on them.
Next, the person who acts as the leader plays rock-paper-scissors; anyone who loses to the leader folds their newspaper once.
Watching everyone desperately try to keep their balance as their newspapers get smaller and smaller is hilarious.
It’s great fun with both small and large groups, so it’s recommended for any party!
Photo guessing game
This is a game where preparation and cooperation are key! Participants are asked to bring photos from their own childhood or of their children.
The photos are then chosen at random, and everyone guesses, “Whose child is this?” If the person looks very different from how they do now, the quiz gets harder; if they look the same, it’s sure to get a laugh.
It’s bound to be a fun time!
100 Kaki-no-Tane Speed-Eating Contest
You know those bulk-value packs of Kaki no Tane they sell at variety shops? Prepare one of those, line up 100 pieces of Kaki no Tane in a row, and at the start signal, eat them one by one from the end.
Naturally, the person who finishes all 100 the fastest wins.
People who love Kaki no Tane might have an advantage in this game!