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Question: Games for large groups of people?

BoldStepDesign — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:40:55 -0800

So, I've got a small group of young college friends, about 10-15 people. I'm looking for fun running out door games with lots of competition. And when the winter hits some fun competitive indoor games. Any ideas for both indoor and outdoor games?

By: rossination

rossination — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:07:28 -0800

Ultimate frisbee? Softball?

By: contraption

contraption — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:17:09 -0800

Capture The Flag. Preferably on a large course with varied and difficult terrain.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:44:05 -0800

Floor hockey is a good time in the winter, if you can find a space.

By: martinX's bellbottoms

martinX's bellbottoms — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:56:18 -0800

Ultimate frisbee. If you don't have a whole field or enough people you can play keep away or hot box.

By: docmccoy

docmccoy — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:19:35 -0800

capture the flag or touch football, both of which require little equipment. volleyball, in/out.

By: neuron

neuron — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:28:12 -0800

The New Games Book, if you can spare 4 cents.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:11:54 -0800

For indoor games, Diplomacy will keep you obsessed for hours or for weeks, depending on how you want to play it. With 10-15 people, play it in teams of two.

By: DetonatedManiac

DetonatedManiac — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:18:45 -0800

IN-DOOR: Wits and Wagers - it is a party trivia game, but not anything like what you think. It is similar to poker since there is bluffing and (non monitary) betting involved. Specifically made to accommodate large groups of people (says up to about 30 or so).

Also, from what I have heard, I would hesitate to recommend Diplomacy assuming you ever want to talk to the people you play against again, the backstabbing nature of the game is apparantly brutal. I have not played but heard that unanimously from people I know who have, YMMV.

By: DetonatedManiac

DetonatedManiac — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:21:39 -0800

Out-Door: Paint-ball (if you have the money). I have not tried it but hear that air-soft is also quite fun (and I believe less expensive).

By: devilsbrigade

devilsbrigade — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:33:11 -0800

Ultimate frisbee . As mentioned above, hot box or hit the bottle can be played almost anywhere, and it has a very short learning curve. Literally anyone can be useful on a team after maybe 30 minutes of pass & catch practice, and you don't even have to be that athletic if not everyone else is.

If its a bunch of tough guys (or girls who don't mind getting banged around a lot), broom ball is a massive amount of fun (and the kind of fun you feel absolutely justified getting hammered afterwards), and fairly cheap if you get enough people.

As a more mellow but demanding activity, slacklining is picking up around here. I'm rubbish at it, but some people have quite a bit of fun with it, and its very portable as well.

Another indoor one that is slightly damaging but lots of fun is chair jousting. Get a bunch of bendy foam rods & office chairs with rollers, make sure you're wearing close toed shoes, find an area with a lot of things to push off of, and have at it.

By: that girl

that girl — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:23:06 -0800

Volleyball? Both indoor and outdoor viable, but requires possibly harder-to-find equipment. Our school gym had the equipment available for indoors play.

By: fizzix

fizzix — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:37:13 -0800

My college has a club that meets up and just plays games like this.

With little equipment:

Duck, duck goose
red rover
zombie tag [pretty popular]
kickball
dodgeball
capture the flag [this worked very well if you're looking to fill a longer period of time, say 2 hours ish].
ultimate frisbee
calvinball

Assassin: This was hella fun at my campus [my favorite]. It's a real life/24x7/in-life game and worked very well because we, nearly all lived on campus (and go to a school of 1500). One person [who doesn't play] matches up each of the participants to another one. The player has to 'assassinate' (i.e. hit the person with a wad of paper, or simply tap them on the shoulder) their designated person before someone else assassinates them. The person can be assassinated in any place, 24/7: except during class. The assassin then is told their victim's target, who has to 'assassinate' their new target, etc. All of it was coordinated via a facebook group.

(had about 35 people, ended up with about 5 left at the end of the game, because the remaining ones were spending time too much off campus).

with equipment (have $ to spend):
laser tag [buy a couple of those laser guns that you buy at a toy store, not sure if they still make them anymore].
cranium

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:33:32 -0800

Caduceus spake:

For indoor games, Diplomacy will keep you obsessed for hours or for weeks, depending on how you want to play it. With 10-15 people, play it in teams of two.

Or play simultaneous games of Diplomacy and is offshoot Colonial Diplomacy . You could accommodate up to 14 people this way.

Tribes, from Steve Jackson games, is loose and flexible, and I have played with 12-14 players betimes. It legendarily has no upper limit of players, and I think it would work with 30 as well as it does with six.

(Sorry, my links are failing me here).