The Antics blog

Ideas, running orders and honest notes on the one thing we care about: making a group of people laugh in the same room.

27 August 2026

Freshers icebreakers that aren't cringe

The name-and-fun-fact circle is dead. Here are the games that actually get a corridor of strangers talking in week one, no props required.

27 August 2026

How to run a games night that doesn't die at 9pm

Which game to open with, when to raise the stakes, and how to read the room. The running order matters more than the games.

27 August 2026

How we write party game questions people actually answer

Two thousand cards in, here is what separates a question that gets a gasp from one that gets a shrug.