Break the ice with intros and team battles! Party games to spice up your welcome event
It’s about time for welcome parties, isn’t it?
With new students and fresh graduates coming in, many of you are probably planning welcome events.
In this article, we’ll introduce party games and fun activities that will liven up your welcome party.
If you’re thinking, “I want games that are fun even with people meeting for the first time,” or “I want to plan simple, easy-to-run games,” this will be a great reference.
In particular, games that help you learn about each other through self-introductions, and team-based cooperative games, are recommended because they make it easier to get to know one another and create a friendly atmosphere.
Now, let’s take a look at our recommended games!
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Break the ice with intros and team battles! Party games to spice up welcome gatherings (21–30)
Who am I? game
The “Who Am I?” game, a staple of quiz variety shows.
Choose one person to be the answerer and have them guess a given topic within a time limit.
The answerer starts the game without knowing the topic, and by asking questions repeatedly, they try to deduce the answer.
Questions must be ones that can be answered with “yes” or “no”—anything else is not allowed.
You can ask as many questions as you like within the time limit.
If the answer isn’t coming easily, you might give a hint.
It’s a game that also strengthens team bonds, so be sure to play it at welcome parties to help everyone get friendly!
Fun for communication! Pokan Game
Words that seem obvious to you can be completely unclear to everyone else—what do they even refer to? In the “Pokan Game,” you guess the true topic hidden behind such words through conversation.
First, the person who’s “it” gives a single-sentence line or phrase as the prompt.
The others then figure out what it refers to by asking the leader questions and proposing guesses.
It’s best to choose prompts that aren’t easily solved, ones that require some real thought.
Talk a lot and deepen your bonds as you play!
Let’s become friends through a communication game!
To get to know others, communication is essential! In this game, you talk a lot while discovering unexpected sides of each other—welcome to the “Unexpected Me! Game.” Find people who match the surprising prompts written on paper, and whoever finds the most wins.
Prompts like “Surprisingly, I like ___” or “Surprisingly, I can ___” are all fair game.
You won’t rack up points unless you talk to many people, so keep the conversations going and learn more about those around you!
Training by blocks
A no-right-answers game using blocks that’s great for icebreakers.
Participants intuitively choose one piece from a set of block parts and then assign their own meaning—thoughts or feelings—to that piece in a dialogue-based game.
The act of “choosing” a block reflects the subconscious, bringing out genuine opinions and values we don’t usually notice.
The rules are: “no correct answers,” “no negativity,” and “everyone speaks,” with a facilitator guiding the process.
In a short time, diverse viewpoints are made visible, making it effective for building team understanding and trust, and improving workplace relationships.
It enables easy yet deep conversations and is also well-suited for sharing visions.
Communication Training Learned Through the Werewolf Game
The party game “Werewolf” is perfect for deepening communication with friends.
The rules are simple: find the werewolves hiding among the humans.
First, a moderator assigns roles to each player.
The werewolves know who their teammates are, but everyone else doesn’t know who the werewolves are or what roles others have.
Players then talk things through, and each turn they eliminate one person by “executing” whoever they suspect is a werewolf.
The werewolf team also chooses one human to eliminate each turn.
If all werewolves are eliminated, the human team wins; if the number of humans and werewolves becomes equal, the werewolf team wins.
Royal Road Guessing Game!
The “Royal Road Game” helps you understand others better by discovering what each person considers the classic choice.
First, choose one person to be the lead, and decide on a topic.
The lead then lists three items they think are the quintessential picks for that topic.
For example, if the topic is “What are the classic ingredients for miso soup?”, the lead should select the three ingredients they personally consider the classics.
The others ask the lead questions and try to guess their three picks.
Once the answers are revealed, build the conversation by sharing your agreement, asking why those choices feel like the classics, and expanding the discussion from there!
Know-it-all Game
When you hear “pretending to know,” it sounds a bit negative, but it can actually be used as a fun communication game! In this game, everyone pretends to know about a prompt that doesn’t exist and talks about it.
For example: titles of dramas or movies that aren’t real, foods, creatures, and so on.
The person who comes up with the prompt needs to put a little thought into it.
As everyone keeps the conversation going—saying things like “That one was like this” or “This one went like that”—if you end up laughing, you’re out.
Having a rich vocabulary is key, so give it a try when you want to expand your word bank!