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 self-introductions and team battles! Fun games for welcome parties (41–50)
Factoid Doubt
It’s a game where each person shares a bit of trivia, and one of them is a lie—you have to guess which one.
Since it requires acting skills, it’s fun for the players, and the listeners can enjoy the deduction.
It also makes a great icebreaker for talking with new people.
Lyrics hijacking game
It’s a game where you start singing a song and then keep taking over with other songs that share words in their lyrics.
The key is to read ahead in the lyrics and decide which song to switch to.
Since you can learn the other person’s musical tastes, it seems like a perfect game for getting to know each other.
Spinach Game
Form a circle with the participants and decide who will start.
At the beginning, one person has two “spinach” sticks.
Holding spinach is represented by making a fist.
The first person chants a three-beat rhythm: “Spinach, spinach, spinach.” On the second and third “spinach,” they pass a spinach stick to someone else.
Anyone who is given spinach follows the same pattern, but if they have only one stick, they switch to a two-beat rhythm instead of three.
It’s a game where it’s hard to track who has the spinach, but as you play, that challenge becomes fun and things get very lively!
Bucket Catch
Prepare a bucket and a ball, pair up, and play a simple game where you catch the ball with the bucket.
The difficulty changes with the distance, it tests your teamwork, and it’s a great way to build rapport.
It’s also an easy game to join at welcome parties, so I recommend it.
Flag-raising game
The flag-raising game is a classic in many settings, but adding things like penalty challenges can make it even more fun.
However, since it’s a welcome party, it’s better to avoid anything too harsh for the new members.
Because players naturally have to focus on listening to each other’s voices, it’s a game that helps people become friendly more easily.
Do-Re-Mi Song Game
It’s a simple game where everyone sings the Do-Re-Mi song that you’ve known since childhood.
You assign Do-Re-Mi scale notes to each person and sing in turn, but people tend to get influenced by the previous person’s pitch or go off-key, which makes it hard to do well—and that’s exactly what makes it exciting.
It’s a classic recreation game that really gets everyone fired up.
Air Chair Yamanote Line Game
The Yamanote Line Game is a classic party game often played at mixers, but in this version you play while doing a wall sit.
Anyone who can’t come up with a word in the Yamanote Line Game, or whose wall sit collapses, loses.
Since it uses both knowledge and physical stamina, pace yourself in a well-balanced way.