Office party games that get everyone excited

Team Competition! Azuki Relay

Team Competition! Azuki Bean Relay [A Great Game for After-Parties and Year-End Parties]

It’s a team competition game where you use chopsticks to transfer azuki beans to the neighboring plate.

It seems like the results will differ between people who are dexterous and those who aren’t.

Also, depending on how much someone has had to drink, fine motor tasks get harder, so it could be tough.

It’s a low-key game, but it might quietly get everyone excited.

Waribashi: The Catch

Explosive reflexes required! Grab it with your soul! Chopsticks THE Catch [Party game for banquets, parties, year-end gatherings, and after-parties!]

This is a game that even children often play.

It’s simple, so it’s nice that anyone can enjoy it anytime.

The game is to grab a falling chopstick with your hand.

Since reflexes and quickness slow down with age, it seems better to compete with people of the same age when playing in pairs.

If an older person is good at this game, it’s proof their reflexes haven’t declined.

After-the-fact rock-paper-scissors game

[Banquet/Party Game] Engage your brain to the max! Reverse Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

It’s a very simple game: a rock-paper-scissors game where you play after your opponent and must lose on purpose.

This game is closer to brain training than to being entertaining.

For some reason, things like this seem difficult for people whose thinking has become rigid, and it’s the kind of game that those with flexible, childlike minds are good at.

Oolong Shotgun

Oolong Shotgun [Perfect for party games, drinking games, year-end parties, and after-parties!]

This is a game where you have to guess the one extremely spicy tea hidden among glasses of oolong tea.

The way to guess, of course, is for each person to pick a glass and chug it in one go.

It’s a classic game, but because the reactions are immediate and obvious, it’s easy to get everyone hyped.

If the spiciness isn’t subtle but intense enough to make someone want to scream, it’ll likely be even more exciting.

Make the image

[Banquet/Party Game] Make the Image

It’s a game where you pair up and strike poses to match a given theme.

If both people take the same pose, it’s OK, but if they’re slightly off or do completely different poses, it’s a fail.

In this video, for the theme “carpenter,” the two ended up taking entirely different poses, but for “police officer,” they both nailed it with a perfect salute.

It seems like you can gauge your compatibility.

Model Walking Relay

[Banquet/Party Game] 2×10m Relay: Model Walking Relay

It’s a game where you walk like a model with a magazine or similar item clamped between your legs and compete to see how quickly you can go from one end to the other and back.

Depending on the item—like a stuffed toy or a book—some can be quite hard to hold or walk with, so you can introduce a random element by changing the item for each person.

linked ring traversal

[Banquet/Party Game] Connected Ring Pass-Through

This game seems to hinge on flexibility.

Form groups of about 10 people, line up side by side, and hold hands with the person next to you.

While keeping your hands linked, pass a ribbon through the line; the group that gets the ribbon to the end the fastest wins.

It’s a great game for people who want to get moving after desk work.

Tug-of-war North, South, East, and West

[Banquet/Party Game] Tug-of-War: North, South, East, West

Play with 3–4 people.

Tie one end of a towel or tenugui into a single knot, and each person holds an opposite end.

Just pulling would be a bit rough, so do it like a tug-of-war while standing on one leg to make your balance unstable.

The match is decided in an instant, but the sight of adults wobbling around is quite comical and sure to get some laughs.

Quick necktie tying showdown

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A quick and easy speed contest you can do anywhere as long as you have a necktie.

Depending on the company culture, some workplaces might not require ties—but precisely because people don’t usually wear them, you can enjoy a competition to see who can tie a necktie the fastest.

spin around with a bat

Banquets, Year-end Parties, and Party Game Collection: Spinning with a Bat — Tips for Organizers

It’s a game where you stand a bat upright, press your forehead to it, spin around ten times, and then see how far you can walk.

It’s a classic game that’s been around for ages.

The faster you spin, the harder it is to walk afterward, so speed seems to be a key factor.

Some people are surprisingly resistant to dizziness, and those folks will surely earn admiring looks as they stroll along unfazed after all that spinning!