Fun games for NYE | Photo by Jessica Fugett | The Wright State Guardian
With the New Year right around the corner, New Year’s Eve parties are in the planning process. Not sure what to do at your party to keep guests entertained?
Here are some fun games to play to keep the party interesting:
Just Dance
A party classic.
Break out of your comfort zone and dance like nobody’s watching. Up to four people can play at a time and there is always a mix of easy and advanced songs.
Make it a tournament with the winner continuing to play until someone beats them out or switch out every song and make it a friendly activity.
Mafia
A twist on the classic murder mystery, mafia entails one player secretly being the mafia, one being the nurse, and one being the sheriff.
There is also an impartial narrator who moves the game along and directs the players. The rest of the players are townspeople. All players put their heads down and close their eyes for the “night” phase of the game and the narrator will instruct the mafia to point to the person they want to “kill.”
The narrator will then ask the nurse to pick someone to save, without them knowing who was chosen by the mafia.
The narrator then asks the sheriff to point to the player who they think is the mafia. The narrator then instructs the players to put their heads up for the “morning” phase of the game.
The narrator will tell the townspeople who was killed by the mafia during the night. If they were chosen correctly and saved by the nurse, that player is still in the game, but if not, then they are killed and out. The narrator will tell the townspeople if the mafia was caught by the sheriff or not.
If not, then the townspeople must try to guess who the mafia is and vote someone out.
The game continues until either the mafia is caught or all the townspeople are dead.
Karaoke
Even if you don’t have a karaoke machine, play lyric videos off of YouTube and just sing to your heart’s content.
Set the mood with mood lights, fun costumes and a cheering audience.
Duets are fun and a good way for those who are nervous to sing to get comfortable with the activity.
With the vast amount of lyric videos on YouTube, the possibilities are endless; ‘80s rock, showtunes, top 100 pop, power ballads, anything goes.
Murder in The Dark
Perfect for Ohio where it gets pitch dark at 6 p.m., murder in the dark takes place entirely in the dark with all the lights off.
Before turning off the lights, the players will draw out of a hat to secretly determine who is the killer. Once the lights are off and it is completely dark, players will walk around the room trying to avoid being caught by the killer.
If the killer makes a mark on a player, they must lay on the floor and be “dead” without others knowing.
When the “body” is found, “murder in the dark” is yelled out and the lights get turned back on, and players must guess who the killer is. If a player guesses wrong, that person is also dead and out of the game.
The game continues until the killer is guessed correctly or manages to kill every other player.
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