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
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!
Team-based game ideas (31–40) to liven up a party
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!
Escape from the toilet paper wrap-around
The “mummy challenge” that’s popular overseas involves wrapping someone from head to toe in toilet paper.
It’s a game where the team that wraps fastest wins.
If you rush, the paper tears and won’t wrap well, so the key is to be clever as you go.
It’s a fun team-vs-team activity in pairs, and it’s recommended because it requires very little preparation.
Bubble Ball Sumo
It might be hard to do at a typical year-end party venue, but if you can secure a large space like a gym, we highly recommend trying bubble ball sumo.
Participants wear large inflatable balls called bubble balls and bump into each other.
It’s a highly recommended game that offers a kind of fun you don’t usually experience.
Telepathy Game
A simple yet fun telepathy-style game that everyone can enjoy.
As a team, you aim to give the same answer to a theme.
The prompts are familiar, like “What’s the classic filling for a rice ball?” But once you play, you’ll realize how hard it actually is to perfectly align opinions with your teammates.
It’s a great fit for livening up banquets and parties because it tests the team’s unity.
Not only participants but also the audience can enjoy it and laugh along, so be sure to give it a try.
Letter relay
Let’s try a “letter relay,” where each person writes a little bit of a letter and then passes it on to the next person, like a relay race! It might be a good idea to set some ground rules, such as who the letter is addressed to and what the theme will be.
Who knows whether the finished letter will turn out to be deeply moving, or end up as an absolute, chaotic mess (lol).
Decide how much each person writes—like one line per person—and give it a try!