Four on the couch
A good indoor party game for older kids or teenagers. It could kind of be a get-to-know-you game, too. It involves lots of memory and strategy.
First letter, last letter
A simple talking, thinking game. You don’t have to play with winners or losers; it’s mostly good for occupying time while waiting or driving.
Don’t Eat Pete
Don’t Eat Pete is a great party game for younger kids. Why wouldn’t it be? It involves colored happy faces, candy, and surprises. “DON’T EAT PETE!”
Castles and beavers
Castles and beavers (or castillos y castores, in Spanish) is a children’s game that comes from Mexico. Definitely one of my all-time favorites. It doesn’t really have a winner or a loser, but it’s hilariously fun.
Tell a story
This is a fun talking game for a smaller group, good for encouraging creativity (and usually silliness).
Ultimate frisbee
A way fun game (or really, sport) that’s kind of like football, but with a frisbee. It’s easy to play and can be played with a big group of all different ages.
3-D triple-decker tic-tac-toe
Like tic-tac-toe, but with three layers, thus decreasing the likelihood the game will end in a tie and increasing the thought involved and the fun.
Tic-tac-toe
Yep, tic-tac-toe, the simple, classic paper game for two players.
One hundred
This is a great indoor group game, good for kids or adults. It can be chill and casual or fun and intense, whichever way you’d like to play.
Spaz
Spaz is a way fun game played around a pool table. It involves running, and flinging pool balls, so it might be best if you played around a not-super-nice pool table that has plenty of space around it.