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I thought I posted this but it didnt go through the first time. I wanted to give a big shout out to whoever it was that offered up the "co-ed nekkid bowling" and the "monster war" games!!! This was our first party and it was a HUGE success! We had around 18 people show and everyone played. The games were a hoot-everyone was drinking (we are somewhat of a wild bunch) so I had to keep the games simple. For the nekkid bowling the poster said to use oranges for the girls and the guys but I decided to use cucumbers for the guys which was pretty comical. The guys had fun yelling "SCWING"!!!every time a guy tried to hit the orange across the floor with his cucumber..lol.
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I came up w/ a game this year using one of those Bag O' Bones you can get for about $20. I came up w/ a story about an occultist family that used to live in our house and that they had a daughter named Abigail who went missing. Her ghost was destined to haunt our house until all of her bones (which were reputed to have been used in some unholy ritual) were found...which I hid in many places through out our very old and very large house. I checked off each bone (which I marked w/ a number 1-30) and the main rule was that you had to turn each bone in before you could go get another one. The person to find the last bone was the winner. If they were caught holding onto a bone waiting for the others to be found they would be disqualified. The first 20 or so were found quickly, but as the number went down the harder it became to find them. I then offered them clues, but they had to do a shot first. The game lasted about 4 hours w/ people looking high and low. The last bone was found inside a body bag display I had set up in my basement. It was in plain sight the whole evening, but nobody thought to look in the window of the bag despite the fact that it was lit up by 2 of those color changing tea lights. It was a lot of fun, but some people did get really frustrated trying to find them. I also offered a cash prize for the winner.

Originally Posted by evilpotpourri

I thought I posted this but it didnt go through the first time. I wanted to give a big shout out to whoever it was that offered up the "co-ed nekkid bowling" and the "monster war" games!!! This was our first party and it was a HUGE success! We had around 18 people show and everyone played. The games were a hoot-everyone was drinking (we are somewhat of a wild bunch) so I had to keep the games simple. For the nekkid bowling the poster said to use oranges for the girls and the guys but I decided to use cucumbers for the guys which was pretty comical. The guys had fun yelling "SCWING"!!!every time a guy tried to hit the orange across the floor with his cucumber..lol.
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Ok, I checked out your pics but dont understand how the monster wars and bowling work. Oranges and cucumbers in stockings is about all I picked up lol

MsM

I used to do scavenger hunt type of games but hadn't done one in a few years. The past few years have been either a 'leave clues and let them come up with a story about what happened' type game or a version of tempt your fate where they had to do goofy things to move on to the next round.
This year I went back to a scavenger hunt type of game. They had to search for the key to the safe where the old guy kept his money. I had the clues taped to certain objects and what was written in the clue would lead them to the next clue. We also had people as clues. NO ONE FOLLOWED THE RULES lol They stole clues, bribed people and threatened people. They even kidnapped a baby hahaha It was great fun! But then again I have a bunch of drama queens for friends

MsM

At my kid's B-day party we played build a Blucky. I built 2 5' coffins with velcro on the backs. Bought 5 Bluckys, painted one neon green and one neon orange. Seperated all the bones from all 5 Bluckies. Velcro on the colored bones. Scattered the bones all over the yard white and colored ones. Two teams, one kid from each team would have to run, find a green or orange bone (their team color) bring it back and stick it in the correct place in the coffin. Then tag the next kid to run out and find another bone until their Blucky was built. The kids really seemed to like this and we ended up playing it a few times...... Since the girls were always winning, the boys kept calling for a rematch.

Originally Posted by MsMeeple

Ok, I checked out your pics but dont understand how the monster wars and bowling work. Oranges and cucumbers in stockings is about all I picked up lol

MsM

MsMeeple...the games were super simple which worked out great because most of my guests had started drinking before they ever arrived! I may have tweaked the games a little from the original poster but this is how we played it...

Co-Ed nekkid bowling. I took two pairs of queen size panty-hose. The pair for the women I dropped an orange down each leg and then tied the top off. For the guys I dropped a cucumber down one leg and then tied the top off. All my guests were couples so I started with the first couple. The women drape the hose around their necks with the oranges hanging almost to the floor in front of them (like long boobies!) and the guys had to tie the hose around their waist with the cucumber hanging almost to the floor (like...well u know!lolThey each had a seperate orange on the floor and they had to use their oranges or cucs to hit the orange on the floor across the finish line WITHOUT using their hands. We recorded the winner of each couple and then had face-offs until only one remained-the winner! People were shouting and rooting each other on... the guys were ribbing each other about the size of the cucs...and my hubby became known as "two stroker" because he crossed the finish line with two hits. Very fun!

Monster War is easy too but quite physical. Divide your guests into two teams. Team 1 will have orange balloons tied to each of their ankles (leave a little length-id say about 6-8 inches from ankle to the balloon). Team 2 has black balloons. Holler "WAR"! and the two teams have to try and stomp each others ballons till they pop. Be sure to tell guests that when both their balloons have been popped they need to stand back and watch the others. This game came down to my hubby and adult son squaring off as the last two with one balloon each. It was hilarious to see them battle it out to the very end! My son was victorious and won a prize....

hope this helps!

yes that helped! lol Thanks for the additional explanation!
Might try the war one at work with the young people I work with. Had a hard time coming up with a game for their party. We ended up doing a mummy wrap and a trick or treat tempt your fate with balloons. Most are ADHD so a war game with balloon stomping should be fun for them lol

MsM

We did "Tempt Your Fate" this year for the first time. We also used balloons. It was definitely a big hit & guests thought it was very creative. The only problem is that I could have used more fates. I had 16 balloons and 25 guests, so not everyone was able to play the game. I will definitely be doing this game again next year.

Our bash had over 80 guests, so we chose self-running games.

We did Winking Killer, handed out death certificates, and chose 3 killers. One was a friend's new boyfriend. Aside from not killing anyone, he was also a A&@$#^#*%@ (She's a sweet and VERY attractive woman who needs a better BF). The other two were OK killers, but didn't kill as much as we hoped. Most of those who got killed, did their deaths, but it just seemed like they were doing it to not get pointed out as a loser.

The kids (20+ 13 yearolds) abandoned the scavenger hunt. One girl we we haven't invited in the past for her dramatic ways, caused drama, and the kids just gave up, as she HAD to be "team captain" and, well, you know the rest...

I set up a looped slideshow of decorations that mostly visible from where the TV the slideshow was on, and only a few people started it, and no one did more than 5 answers...

As ususal, the clothespin game (crossing your legs, either sitting or standing) was fine.

We didn;t even get to kids' ,mummy wraps.

In all reality, there was too many different food items, too much loud music, and not enouogh space to play other games.

Everyone had a blast nonetheless. I'd rather spend some time on setting up games that no one plays, then having a dull spot come along and clear out half the room without me having a chance at fighting it...
And, as usual, we got a dozen or more: "you ARE doing this again next year, right?" as the new invitees were leaving.

We are also getting the same question from peeps who didn;t show, or weren;t invited, thanks to the Facebook pics...

I have to say I love the facebook chatter after a party, it is the perfect little jab to the people who bailed or chose something "cooler", and all the compliments really make it feel worthwhile