Looking to liven up your Zoom happy hours with family and friends? Craving something competitive? Try these games on your next Zoom happy hour to switch it up.
About: Skribbl is a free multiplayer drawing and guessing game. One game consists of a few rounds in which every round someone has to draw their chosen word and others have to guess it to gain points! The person with the most points at the end of the game will then be crowned as the winner!
How To Make It More Fun: Add alcohol and your friends who were terrible at Microsoft Paint as a child.
About: Houseparty is a social networking app that allows up to eight people to video chat at once in a “room.” Users can have infinite rooms and easily float between rooms. Users receive a notification when friends open the app and can join chats with friends (and friends of friends). Games available on Houseparty include Heads Up!, Trivia, Quick Draw, and Chips and Guac!
How To Make It More Fun: Recreate game night! Order in food, get a bottle of wine & pick virtual teams. Keep score all night and whatever team has the most points after playing all 4 games wins bragging rights.
About: Choose from a variety of fun categories in which each player makes up fake answers to real trivia questions. Can you choose the outrageous real answer among your friends’ fakes? Get points for guessing the right answer, and for each other player you PSYCH! into choosing yours.
How to Make it more Fun: Take a drink whenever no one chooses your answer, Give a drink whenever everyone picks your answer
About: The most likely to tag is a simple game where you and your friends answer questions on who is more likely to do a particular thing.
How To Make It More Fun: Play with your closest high school friends, college friends, or family - keep score of how often you are the one “most likely to” - winner takes a shot.
About: Missing trivia night at your favorite bar? Random Trivia Generator gives you a never-ending list of trivia questions - have one person act as the host and others break up into teams.
How To Make It More Fun: Recreate trivia night - pick team names & wear team colors! Drink for every wrong answer, and If someone suspects you’re using google and they are right, take a shot.
Author: Rachel Mazzola