party games include: Forty forty Blind man's bluff The Farmer in the Dell Hunt the thimble (or slipper, or other object) Hide and seek Musical chairs Musical statues Oranges and Lemons Pass the parcel Pin the tail on the donkey Sardines Piñata Poor pussy Wink murder Duck, duck, goose Sleeping lions Mother May I? Rock paper scissors Twister Video games Party video games are commonly designed as a collection of simple minigames, designed to be intuitive and easy to control, and allow for competition between many players. Some, like the Mario Party series and Sonic Shuffle, are played on simulated game boards. BYTE in 1981 called the Olympic sports game Olympic Decathlon (1980) "the first true party game for microcomputers". Another early example is Starpath's Party Mix. Large group games Large group games are played by many participants and are often used as planned activities in structured environments, especially as educational activities. They are similar to party games, except that large group games are typically planned for larger numbers (perhaps even hundreds) as part of an event. Large group games can take a variety of forms and formats. Some are physical games such as Buck buck. Some are modeled on the TV game show format, offering points for teams who can answer questions the fastest. Trivia-type games might have questions posed from the stage and each tabletop writing their answers to be collected and scored. Others may take on some of the qualities of Open Space environments and allow participants to wander in a less structured way. Some are modeled on TV reality shows such as The Amazing Race or Survivor. Participants compete as individuals or in teams to complete challenges that move them towards victory in a competition spanning the entire party. The TV shows on which such parties are based are normally competitions involving elimination, so such events require significant planning to avoid exclusion or boredom. There is also now electronic party games such as Cards Against Humanity or Appyshot App, that can be played on the phone or computer. Group board games can take on the design of small groups of players, seated at tables of 4 to 6 people, who work together on a problem. There can be large numbers of people (and thus many tables). If properly designed, these scalable exercises can be used for small groups (12 to 20 people) as well as very