Wink Murder

In each round of Wink Murder, one player is randomly assigned the role of Murderer, and one the role
of Detective; the other players are Victims.

Write “Murderer” and “Detective” on slips of paper, mix them up with other slips that read “Victim,”
and have everyone pick a slip out of a bag.

The players sit in a circle; everyone must be able to see everyone else’s face. The Detective reveals their
identity to the group, then the round begins. One by one, the Murderer makes eye contact with a Victim
and “murders” them – by winking at them. If you are winked at, you must “die” dramatically. The
objective of the Murderer is to wink-murder as many players as possible before the Detective identifies
them. The Detective may only make one accusation; if they guess incorrectly, the Murderer wins.

First Sentence (aka: The Book Game)

The only equipment required for First Sentence is pencils, identical slips of paper, and a pile of mass-
market paperbacks.

One player picks a book; they are that round’s designated Reader. The Reader shows the others the
book’s cover, reads the books description from its back cover, then copies the book’s first sentence onto
a slip of paper.

Each of the other players takes a few minutes to dream up a possible first sentence for that book: if it’s a
romance, for example, the first sentence might be something like, “Laura had been watching Harold for
days.” Each player writes their made-up sentence onto a slip of paper, signs their initials underneath it,
and hands the slip to the Reader.

The Reader reads each slip silently to themselves, shuffles all the slips up, then reads them aloud. Each
player then votes on which sentence they suspect is the real one.

If you correctly deduce the actual first sentence, you are awarded 2 points. If someone votes for your
invented sentence, you are awarded 1 point. Keep track of your points- after each player has a chance to
be the Reader, whoever has earned the highest score is the winner.
Hair Dryer Ping Pong

You’ll need: a standard-size hair dryer

 Several ping pong balls

 A bucket
 An extension cord

1. Stand next to the bucket, with the pin pong balls close at hand. Plug in the hair dryer, using the
extension cord.
2. Set the hair dryer to its cool setting (to conserve energy_ and turn it on. Point it so that the air si
shooting toward the ceiling. Place a ping pong ball into the airstream so that it floats.
3. Gently tilt the hair dryer until the ping pong ball falls out of the airstream – the idea is to drop
the ball into the bucket. You score 2 points for each ball that remains in the bucket and 1 point
for each ball that bounces out of the bucket. Whoever scores the highest wins.

Hacks:

 Replace the bucket with a smaller container – try a cereal bowl or even a cup
 Using a longer extension cord, move around the room attempting to drop ping pong balls into a
variety of buckets, bowls, and cups. It’s hair dryer ping pong golf! Assign each “hole” points
based on how difficult the challenge is.

Nerf gun shooting gallery

You’ll need

 A long piece of Styrofoam

 8 golf tees
 8 ping pong balls
 A nerf gun and some darts

Tyr this: 1. Press the golf tees into a straight line on the Styrofoam, spaced 3 inches or so apart. This is
your shooting gallery. Place it onto a table. Put a ping pong ball into each tee.

2. Establish a shooting line.

3. On your turn, first one dart at each ping pong ball. The player who knocks off the most balls wins. If
more than one player knocks off all 8 balls, move the starting line back a foot and try again. Repeat until
one player knocks more balls off the tees than anyone else.
Pass the Parcel

You’ll need: a small prize, a small box, plenty of paper, tape, a source of music, and a referee who can
start and stop the music.

Put the prize into the box. Wrap the box like gift and tape the wrapping together. Then wrap it again.
And again, and again, until you have at least 10 layers of wrapping around the box.

Have all players sit in a circle. When the music starts, pass the present around the circle; when the music
stops, the person holding the present unwraps a layer. Repeat until the present is completely
unwrapped. The person who unwraps the last layer wins the prize.

Blind Portraits 

Divide into pairs and have each pair sit facing each other. Each person will need a piece of paper and a
writing utensil. Without looking at the paper, each person will have one minute to draw the best portrait
of her partner. The person’s drawing that most accurately represents their partner wins!