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karaoke
thumb|A person singing karaoke in Hong Kong ("Run Away from Home" by Janice Vidal) is a type of interactive entertainment system usually offered in nightclubs and bars, where people sing along to pre-recorded accompaniment using a microphone.
Jenga
Jenga is a game of physical skill created by British board game designer and author Leslie Scott and marketed by Hasbro. The name comes from the Swahili word "" which means 'to build or construct'. Players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively more unstable structure. The game ends when the tower falls over.
piñata
thumb|right|A nine-pointed star piñata thumb|right|A woman strikes a piñata at a celebration.
musical chairs
elimination genre party game
telephone game
game involving whispering
charades
thumb|right|Man acting out a word in the game of charades Charades (, ) is a parlor or party word guessing game. Originally, the game was a dramatic form of literary charades: a single person would act out each syllable of a word or phrase in order, followed by the whole phrase together, while the rest of the group guessed. A variant was to have teams who acted scenes out together while the others guessed. Today, it is common to require the actors to mime their hints without using any spoken words, which requires some conventional gestures. Puns and visual puns were and remain common.
Dixit
2008 party card game
Limbo
traditional popular dance contest that originated on the island of Tobago
Truth or dare?
verbal party game
party game
games played for entertainment at social gatherings
Cards Against Humanity
party game
apple bobbing
British, Irish, and North American game, played on Halloween, in which players try to catch with their teeth apples floating on water
Spin the bottle
parlour game
twenty questions
spoken guessing game using yes-no questions
Dobble
Dobble is a game in which players have to find symbols in common between two cards. It was the UK’s best-selling game in 2018 and 2019.
icebreaker
form of facilitating exercise
murder mystery game
game genre
the floor is lava
game, played with a group or alone, in which players imagine that the floor is made of lava and avoid touching the ground lest they get burnt by standing on furniture; the players must move from one piece of furniture to the next
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
Jungle Speed
1997 card game
Secret Hitler
board card game (2016)
white elephant gift exchange
holiday party game
Fictionary
thumb|The game is played with a dictionary. Fictionary, also known as the Dictionary Game or simply Dictionary, is a word game in which players guess the definition of an obscure word. Each round consists of one player selecting and announcing a word from the dictionary, and other players composing a fake definition for it. The definitions, as well as the correct definition, are collected blindly by the selector and read aloud, and players vote on which definition they believe to be correct. Points are awarded for correct guesses, and for having a fake definition guessed by another player.
Alias
board game
wink murder
children's party game
strip game
any game that uses removal of clothing as a game mechanic
Scattergories
Scattergories is a creative-thinking category-based party game originally published by Milton Bradley in 1988. The objective of the 2-to-6-player game is to score points by uniquely naming objects, people, actions, and so forth—all within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit. The game is based on a traditional game called Categories.
Spoons
card game
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
traditional children's game
PowerPoint Karaoke
improvisational game where one presents never before seen Powerpoint slides
Assassin
live-action game
snapdragon
game played in winter
Hot Potato
party game
Blood on the Clocktower
social deception party game (2022)
Hunt the Thimble
party game
Seven minutes in heaven
party game