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The festive season is back in force after a year of muted celebrations, so it’s time to refresh our hosting skills and make sure everyone has a good time. These dinner party games are perfectly suitable for six people or fewer, and if you’ve forgotten how have fun over a dinner table, they’re sure to liven things up.
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1. The Water Game
You will need
Directions
- Sit guests in a circle.
- Choose one person and give them the small glass of water.
- The person with the water determines a category (e.g. types of fabric) and shares the category with the group. They then secretly choose an item (e.g. velvet) from that category and do not share it.
- All other players then take turns to guess what the person has chosen, taking it in turns until someone correctly guesses.
- The person who correctly guesses then has the glass of water thrown in their face.
- The game continues with a new person, category and glass of water.
2. Spoons
You will need
- Spoons, one less than the number of players
- Standard deck of 52 playing cards
Directions
- Place spoons in the middle of the table.
- Deal four cards to each player.
- The dealer takes the top card from the deck which should be placed on their right and discards a card from their hand to the player on their left.
- All other players then hand a card to their left in a cyclical motion.
- Play continues until a player has four of a kind.
- The first player to have four of a kind picks up a spoon.
- Everyone must then also grab a spoon.
- Whoever is left spoonless is eliminated from the game.
- Continue with the next round, removing a spoon each time a player is eliminated until only two players remain.
Aim of the game
- The first to get four of a kind and grab the last spoon, is the winner.