[For University Students] A Roundup of Fun Games and Recreational Activities
We’re introducing recommended games and recreational activities for college students!
We’ve gathered a variety of options—from exciting activities perfect for club or seminar retreats and welcome/farewell parties, to simple games for small groups, and large-scale recreation suited for spacious venues like school grounds.
There are plenty of activities you can enjoy indoors too, so no need to worry about the weather on the day!
These can be used across many event scenarios, so feel free to use them as a reference.
Let’s play some classic recreational activities and trending games, and have a great time together!
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[For University Students] Collection of Exciting Games and Recreational Activities (41–50)
Anything-goes card game “Quick-Play Spell” game
A quick-play spell game featured on the hugely popular Tokai On Air YouTube channel.
It’s said to have been conceived from the hype that peaks in Yu-Gi-Oh! card battles when you activate a trap card to reflect your opponent’s attack.
The overall premise is to use your own homemade trap cards to nullify punishments coming your way or deflect them to someone else.
Each card can have only one effect, no effects that end the game are allowed, and aside from rules like card limits, it’s basically anything goes.
The key is how creatively you can avoid punishments under these anything-goes rules.
You could make it so the loser actually has to do the punishment, and drawing the trap cards yourself to create them would likely make it even more exciting!
[For University Students] A Collection of Exciting Games and Recreational Activities (51–60)
A game developed by NASA
Let’s try playing a game developed by NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
To briefly explain the game: it assumes a situation where a spaceship has malfunctioned, and you rank 15 items you have on hand.
You assign ranks in order of necessity, and decide them through group discussion.
First, each person should make their own ranking based on their interpretation, and then discuss and reconcile the differences with the group.
Can you determine the correct order—and survive?
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Games with simple, easy-to-understand rules can be enjoyed by everyone from kids to adults.
When there are many participants, head-to-head games are recommended.
Games like Werewolf, escape games, or competitions where you add up everyone’s step counts from a pedometer seem great for deepening bonds as participants cooperate and strategize together.
There are also various other ideas introduced, including online versions.
Be sure to try incorporating them and have fun!
We are the best! game
“We are the best!” is a game created by the popular comedy duo, 3ji no Heroine.
It’s designed around the concept of making English easy to learn, and the game involves using a lot of English.
The rules are fairly simple: one person says something in English to the rhythm, and the other gives the Japanese translation.
You can also play the reverse version.
If you decide on the English phrases in advance, it becomes easier, but I think it’s more fun if you don’t decide which English to say or which Japanese translation to give! For college students, it’s a two-birds-one-stone game where you can have fun and improve your English at the same time!
ito
A board game where you describe the value of the number you’ve been dealt in words and aim to clear the game.
It’s a cooperative team game, so it’s great to play with friends or a partner you’d like to get closer to.
You also choose a theme card at the start, so you’ll never run out of things to talk about.
As you describe how big your hand is, you’re bound to have laughs and little mishaps along the way—that’s part of the fun.
Everyone can get lively together while thinking about the cards each person holds.
Try playing it with friends from your club, circle, or seminar.
Fight game
The fighting game that uses Miyuki Nakajima’s famous song “Fight!”—a song everyone knows—tests your quick thinking and sense of rhythm.
The rule is to replace the “Fight!” part that appears in the chorus with another word, then sing an explanation of that new word in time with the melody and rhythm.
This requires the skill to choose words and fit your explanation into the melody.
For example, if you pick “panko,” the key is whether you can instantly give an explanation that satisfies the other players.
Because it’s played almost like ad-libbing, no matter what prompt you choose, it’s guaranteed to be a game everyone can play while bursting into laughter.
Ten Times Game
The “say ‘pizza’ ten times!” game—better known as the Ten Times Game.
Didn’t you play it when you were a kid? After saying a word ten times, you end up answering with a similar-sounding word; it’s an easy quiz you could solve if you thought it through, but you blurt out the wrong answer because you get caught up in the flow.
If you got it wrong, there were punishments like a finger flick.
Now that we’re college students, what if we tried it seriously? Can we answer correctly this time?
