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Party People Games has a simple slogan, “Get Our Games and Go Party”. Unlike most games on the market, these games are made for parties, and I’m no stranger to partying. The first game to hit the market, Double Vision, was inspired by a theme party I threw while attending the University of Texas at Austin. All party guests were greeted with a box of name tags and instructed to draw one at random and wear it around their neck. Each name tag had a character name and a rule that had to be followed when the guest talked to anyone at the party. Guests could trade name tags by revealing their underwear to any other guest with a name tag they wanted.
The name tags have come a long way since college (you won’t find “Cheap Drunk” in the current set) and are now integrated into Double Vision and the upcoming Party Name Tags series. The instructions have also evolved, so keep your underwear to yourself.
Another gameplay element, the party trick cards, were also inspired by college shenanigans. One of my favorite activities to do with my friends when we were out was asking them to come up with a test that I could only do while sober. My friends would come up with spelling, memorization, eye/hand coordination, and other tests. They were always fun to attempt and were incorporated into Double Vision and the upcoming expansion packs as “Party Trick” cards.
Double Vision combines the aforementioned name tags and Party Trick cards with some drunken challenge trivia cards and wild cards called New Year’s Resolutions. Players can collect one or more resolutions as they lap the board, passing the New Year’s Eve party, and use them to earn drinks or other advantages within the game. Although Double Vision is currently limited to 4-8 players, those players can join the game any time after it has started, and expansion packs are in the works that will increase the player count to as many as 20 players. Think that’s a large enough party? The second set of games to hit the market is called Double Play and can handle as many players as you can muster. The number or players is only limited by the amount of trivia cards you’re playing with; and all the decks in the series can be combined for larger games. Double Play also acts as the first official expansion pack for Double Vision by replacing the drunken challenge trivia cards with new trivia. Double Play has twelve games in total, four of which are already on the market, and each deck can be played with any other game in the series. Instructions for all the current games are available for free on our website (partypeoplegames.com) and through the Double Play app available on the App Store and Google Play Store. There are also video and audio instructions available on the website and in the app for players that prefer the instructions be read to them.
Double Play is divided up into kid-friendly games (ages 8+) and adult games (ages 18+). The games are all based on a 30-second timer and are very quick to learn. The cards are printed on splash-proof plastic so they can be played on wet tables, in hot tubs, and around your favorite beverages. Although none of our games require players to actually drink, they are durable enough to be played without getting ruined by any accidental spillage. Whether kids are drinking juice at a birthday party or adults are drinking their beverage of choice at a bachelor(ette) party, players don’t have to worry about damaging the game by getting it wet. To further prove this point, our Instagram and Twitter pages are full of pictures of players in various states around the US as well as several foreign countries like Germany, Mexico, London, and Madrid, playing our games around drinks. In the near future, you might even find demo copies of our games at your local pub or coffee shop. So next time you feel like partying with a handful of friends, remember Party People Games, get our games, and go party!
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