Ideas for team-based games to enliven a party
When you’re put in charge of a company drinking party or banquet, the biggest headache is often the entertainment and performances, isn’t it?
In particular, coming up with games that everyone can enjoy together can be quite a challenge.
So in this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of games that are easy for everyone to join, as well as group-versus-group games you can enjoy in teams!
With a little twist, even classic games can be transformed into plans that instantly liven up the venue!
Be sure to check out these team-based games that will energize any banquet.
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Team-based game ideas (21–30) to liven up a party
A game where you guess the dish name while blindfolded
To truly enjoy a meal, it’s not just the taste that matters—appearance and smell are important too.
This is a game where, with those key senses restricted, you rely solely on taste to guess what you’re eating.
Even foods you normally eat can be hard to identify, making you realize how unconsciously you depend on sight and smell.
If you aim for the whole team to agree on the answer, the differences in how each person perceives things will show and make it more exciting.
After everyone reveals their answers at the same time, be sure to clearly explain to your teammates why you thought it was that particular food.
linked ring traversal
This is the “Linked Ring Crawl,” which you can do anywhere as long as you have a loop.
Use a long ribbon or string to make a loop.
Have the whole team hold hands in a single horizontal line, and slip the loop onto the hand of the person at the front.
At the start signal, everyone takes turns passing through the loop—but you must not let go of each other’s hands.
It sounds easy, but it’s a surprisingly exhausting and frustratingly tricky game.
Perfect Coke-Only Game
The “Cut the meat to exactly 300g” challenge segment on the midday variety show Pokapoka is so simple, yet it always gets everyone excited.
Maybe that active participation mindset boosts the fun even more.
So how about a game where you drink a beverage to exactly the designated line? Since some people aren’t fond of carbonated drinks, everyone can prepare their favorite juice and give it a try.
If it’s a drink in a clear bottle, you could even draw the line directly on the bottle!
Kappa Plate Ball-Carrying Race
It’s also great to use paper plates at the party venue for an obstacle-course-style game! If you’ve got a large space, the excitement doubles.
Balance a paper plate on your head, hold it in place with your hands, and put a ping-pong ball on top.
The winner is the person who finishes with the most ping-pong balls still on their plate after clearing all the obstacles.
Simple obstacles made from tables and chairs are plenty.
Even just doing one lap around the venue along the walls works well.
You can customize the obstacles in many ways—like greeting the department head or playing rock-paper-scissors with a junior colleague.
Don’t forget to prepare classic sports day-style background music to play during the game!
The ‘You Can Wear It’ Game
This is the “It’s Okay to Overlap” game, where you’ll keep going endlessly if everyone’s answers don’t match the given prompt.
It’s a teamwork-testing game where you see whether everyone can give the same answer to a prompt like “When you think of XX, what comes to mind?” For an easy one like “What’s a typical rice ball filling?”, you might all pick the same favorite filling—or end up with completely different ones.
If you have in-jokes or common experiences specific to your group, it gets even more exciting.
Baby bottle speed-drinking contest
Let’s have a speed-drinking contest using baby bottles! Most people probably don’t have baby bottles, but these days you can find novelty baby bottles at variety shops.
Get enough for everyone and start the speed-drinking contest.
Just seeing a bunch of adults sucking on baby bottles makes for a pretty funny scene.
The loser has to do a punishment game!
Who am I? game
This is a game where you guess a predetermined topic by asking questions.
Normally there’s one respondent, but with a few tweaks you can play it as a team competition.
Decide on a single topic, and then each team takes turns asking one question at a time.
Work together within your team to decide what to ask and to figure out what the topic might be! The team that reaches the correct answer first wins.
Be sure to consider the questions other teams have asked as you deduce the topic!
