Games and activities everyone can enjoy together. A collection of fun play ideas.
Looking for fun activities everyone can enjoy together? Many people share that dilemma, don’t they? In fact, there are plenty of recreational and party games you can enjoy indoors.
Classics like Fruit Basket, Hula Hoop Down where everyone synchronizes their moves, and majority-rule games that get the whole group excited.
With a bit of creativity, your usual games can become even more fun.
In this article, we’ll introduce indoor recreation and party game ideas that kids and adults can enjoy.
Try them at get-togethers with friends or at your next party!
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Card and Board Games (11–20)
Bruna Domino
Many dominos come as block sets with numbers, but “Bruna Domino” is a card-type domino.
Instead of numbers, it uses pictures, so even children who can’t read numbers yet can play.
The rules are simple! Deal cards to each player and decide the turn order.
Place the first card, then, in turn, add a card whose picture matches the picture at either end of the line.
The first player to run out of cards wins.
The rules are simple, so be sure to try it with your family and friends!
Block Game
This is a “Block Game” played with blocks numbered 1 to 6.
First, turn all the blocks face down and mix them.
Each player then takes 7 blocks.
The remaining blocks are not used.
Decide who goes first with rock-paper-scissors, and the first player plays any one block.
From then on, you may play only one block at a time, and it must match the number at one of the ends.
If you have no playable block, you may pass as many times as you like.
The first player to play all their blocks wins.
The losing player’s remaining block numbers are added up and that total becomes the winner’s points.
The first player to reach 50 points wins!
Mexican Train
In Mexican Train, the basic rules are the same as in other domino games.
Your goal is to play all your tiles, and on your turn you connect a tile from your hand to match the number showing at the end of a chain.
At the end of a round, the total of the pips left in your hand becomes negative points, and after the predetermined number of rounds, the player with the fewest negative points wins.
Unique to this game, each player has their own train, and you can play tiles only on your own train or on any open train.
If you have no playable tile and pass, your train becomes open, allowing other players to play on it.
There are also rules about doubles: a player who plays a double must immediately play a second tile, and when a double is played, all players are required to play on that double until it is satisfied.
It’s a lot of fun—give it a try!
UNO with everyone’s hands visible
UNO is a classic card game—chances are you’ve played it before.
In a standard game of UNO, you try to infer your opponents’ hands from the cards they play and what they say.
But in this Open-Hand UNO, every player’s hand is completely visible! Since everyone’s cards—including your own—are on display, it turns into an even more strategic battle than regular UNO.
Beyond choosing a color when a Wild Card is played, the game becomes a tense experience of reading one move ahead at a time.
Card and Board Games (21–30)
Dobble
Dobble, which lets you play five different mini-games, is a card game for 2 to 8 players.
There are 55 cards in total, and any pair of cards will always have exactly one symbol in common.
Try games that make use of these differing symbols: modes where you grab as many cards as you can from a central pile, where you win by emptying your own deck, or where the number of cards remaining decides the winner.
It’s a card game that’s perfect for livening up New Year gatherings.
Nine Tiles
Nine Tiles is a fast-paced game where you slide and flip the nine tiles in front of you to match the arrangement shown on the challenge card.
It’s only nine tiles, but just figuring out the placement and orientation gets your brain and hands working at full throttle! Your concentration and decision-making are put to the test as you race to finish before anyone else.
Because rounds are quick, you can play again and again, making it fun for both kids and adults—and it’s easy to get everyone excited.
You’ll be using your head while keeping your hands busy, so it’s a game you can’t help but get absorbed in.
The rules are simple, yet the sense of accomplishment will have you coming back for more.
Give it a try!
Prey of the Vulture
This is a game where you play numbered cards to compete for vulture cards.
Each player plays one card, and the player with the highest number on their card gets the vulture card.
If the vulture card has a minus sign, the player with the lowest number gets it instead.
If there is a tie for the same number, no one takes the card, and it goes to the next highest number.
The game ends when the vulture card deck runs out, and the player with the highest total from their collected cards wins.