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.
Antics is a pass-the-phone party game app for iPhone and Android, and this is where we write about the games themselves: how to run a night, which games suit which group, and how the cards get picked. Every post links to the free guides and generators on this site.
5 October 2026 Halloween party games for adults: seven that work in costume
Costume Court at the door, Imposter with Halloween words, Wink Murder with the lights down, and a mummy race for the first lull. Only one needs a shopping list.
5 October 2026 How to play Imposter with 3 people (and still have a game)
Played the normal way, three-player Imposter is over in one vote. Five small fixes make it one of the tensest games you can play with two mates on a sofa.
5 October 2026 After the party: the 15-minute reset
The party was a success. The kitchen disagrees. Three five-minute rounds before bed, one lap in the morning, and how to let the last guests help.
5 October 2026 Christmas party games for adults that everyone actually plays
The Secret Santa steal, Imposter with Christmas words, the cracker joke deadpan, and what to play at the work do or with your nan at the table.
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. Updated 5 October 2026 with who to invite, how to set up the room, snacks that don't stop play and a running order you can steal.
27 August 2026 How we pick party game questions people actually answer
Thousands of cards in, here is what separates a question that gets a gasp from one that gets a shrug.