If you have space in your man-cave, they are awesome. If 16 year old me could pick any one game to have been in our basement growing up, he would have picked air hockey. This is one of the ultimate home bar games. The barrier for entry is pretty low. Anyone can pick up one of the mallets yes, that is their official name and smack the puck around for a good time.
The materials are easy…a table, solo cups, ping pong balls, and beer. They charge ten bucks for a pack of ping pong balls because…well…supply and demand are strong market forces. The best way to set up beer pong for your party is a tournament. Get everyone to sign up at the beginning of the party and then make a big tournament bracket to put up on the wall.
I suppose it would be terrible to include beer pong in this list and not the game from which beer pong draws its origins. Some people are insanely good at ping pong and you absolutely do not want to play with them. For those times when you just have a couple of friends over at the home bar for the day, some good video games are perfect to pass the time. Better yet, make your own video game emulator and you can play all the games you want.
Fair warning though, when you have to choose from, you just end up playing Mario Cart every time anyway. Want to make your home bar the first destination for all your friends to come over and hang out?
You can go the route of making up your own questions. Try getting an app that everyone can play on their phones. The questions are already taken care of and you get the opportunity to demonstrate your vast knowledge. If you lose, then go back to playing game show host. I stink at pinball, but I still love playing a pinball machine every chance I get. I was always fascinated by the intricacy and complexity of these machines.
Pinball machines have been around since the s so you can find some amazing antiques if you know where to look. My favorite pinball machines were always associated with some of my favorite movies and TV shows. I remember feeding a lot of quarters to an Indiana Jones pinball machine at my local arcade. PinBot was another awesome one that had a robot theme. Among the newer ones, Mars Attacks is really cool. It has a bunch of little aliens that freak out when you hit them.
To play, you simply divide your team into groups of four and give each group 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and a marshmallow. Whichever team can build the tallest structure, wins -- the trick is, the marshmallow must be on top. There are a few reasons this game works as both a great ice breaker and a team-building exercise. First, the most successful teams are the groups of people who don't spend time competing for power. The game forces your colleagues to work collaboratively when brainstorming potential solutions.
Second, the Marshmallow Challenge encourages people to think quickly and offer alternative solutions when their initial idea fails. With the Marshmallow Challenge, you can strengthen your team's brainstorming and problem-solving skills, and your team can also have some fun.
A win, win. At HubSpot, we conduct a scavenger hunt for new hires on the first day of their training. It's fun and encourages collaboration, but additionally, it can help employees learn their way around the office. Fortunately, you can conduct a scavenger hunt for your team even if they've worked at your office for years. Simply split up your team into groups, and give each group a shortlist of items to find -- if you work in a smaller space, maybe you can hide some funny items around the office ahead of time.
A scavenger hunt is also an exceptional opportunity for cross-department interaction. Consider reaching out to managers from other departments and creating groups of employees who don't often get to work together. This game is simple and meant to energize your team. Get your colleagues in a circle and ask one volunteer to sit or stand in the middle. Tell the volunteer that they can not laugh or smile, regardless of what happens. Then have each other colleagues take turns telling the volunteer a work-appropriate joke.
The goal of the volunteer is to hear a joke from every colleague around the circle, while the goal of the other team members is to make the volunteer laugh. This icebreaker can be helpful in new-employee or management training to lighten the pressure of starting a new job. It can also be helpful as a way of lightening the mood on teams that regularly deal with stressful projects or situations.
Aside from being a fun team activity, this might be a great energizer for sales employees or others that regularly pitch, market, and sell products.
Ask your team to find four to seven items around the office and bring them to one room. These items could be something they use daily, like a pen or a chair. However, you should encourage them to find items that are more odd or unique.
This will make the game more challenging. Line the items up and split the group into sub-teams. Task each team with picking an item they would use to survive if stranded on a desert island. Tell team members that they cannot pick more than one and must assume it is the only item they will have on that island.
Allow the teams time to deliberate and then ask them to present the item they chose and why. For this icebreaker, all you have to do is answer the question about your favorite things. You'll ask your team to choose their favorite movie, song, T.
The question can change every week. This icebreaker helps your team get to know each other even when they work remotely and can spark conversation on what everyone likes or dislikes. If you're looking for a remote icebreaker that's more of a game, and less discussion-based, you can host a trivia game.
Kahoot is a trivia platform you can use for free hosts up to 10 people. To get started, all you'll need to do is sign up for a free Kahoot account. Then, you can choose a featured trivia game to play. To run this remotely, you'll want to share your screen with your team. Everyone will need to have a separate device to use so they can enter the game and submit their answers. This is one of my favorite icebreakers because it's a fun way to get to know your team. For this game, have everyone bring in an embarrassing photo and tell the story behind it.
Have your team members share their screen or send a file to the team leader to share with everyone. To make this more interesting, you can have people guess whose photo it is before your team member shares their story. Doing this icebreaker is a great way to build connections remotely. For this icebreaker, have everyone on your team go around and share a word or phrase that represents how they feel that day. Manager, Christina Perricone , says this is her favorite icebreaker. It provides a space for participants to bring their entire self to work and it gives the team context for how to support that team member that day," Perricone adds.
Take turns showing off the cutest pictures and videos of your pet. The more nonsensical the prompt, the funnier the drawings become. There are other classic table games that take up less space. These games initiate a bit of competition among your customers and can lead to friendly bets, which usually means the loser orders another round from the bar. Does your bar have outdoor space? Customers enjoy drinking outside when the weather is warm — why not provide them with game choices outdoors as well as in, such as:.
Common at parties, dice drinking games are just as fun in the bar. These games are a great way to spice up a night and get customers to relax and loosen up. There are numerous variations, but some of the more typical dice games include:. This is a great game for bachelor and bachelorette parties. It may get a little messy, but college drinking games can increase your bar sales significantly on a slow night.
Are you sure your bartenders are recording all drinks? Glimpse can help you uncover areas of loss and non-compliance so you can build a more profitable bar. Learn more in a free demo. Theme nights are a good way to drive people to your bar, building excitement and getting the conversation and games flowing. Plan well ahead of time, announcing upcoming events on your website and social media — you want to give people plenty of advance notice.
Hosting trivia night is a great way to get more people into your bar, boost your sales, and encourage repeat customers. Do it yourself by coming up with the questions for numerous categories and providing teams with answer sheets to write down the correct answers.
Questions can be called out by one of your employees or you can use the simplicity of setting up an overhead PowerPoint presentation with a projector. Bingo may once have been associated with seniors, but this game is a good way to attract customers of all ages. Unlike trivia nights, which are filled with competition and excitement, Bingo moves along at a slower pace, letting your patrons relax and enjoy a drink while playing a game.
Give each customer a dauber and a few bingo cards — arrange for one of your employees to be the caller — and offer a prize for everything from the typical five-in-a-row line bingo to blackout cards to just the four corners.
Prizes can be anything from T-shirts with your bar logo to drink tokens. Keep a running board of bingo winner leaders to make the game a bit more competitive. Karaoke is always a fun part of a night out — people drinking, socializing, and singing.
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