Game Deep

Game Deep

It's your son's 9th birthday, and he's opted to have a birthday party at home. Great you think, less stress on the purse. Then you discover he's invited half his class (15 boys) and his two sisters are insisting that they have to have a friend each to come as well: "we can't be the only 2 girls with all those boys." I saw their point.

Greg (that's my son) was campaigning for a football party. "How!" I cried "We live in a flat." I had a nightmare vision of 16 boys playing football in our living room and the girls bouncing up and down on the sofa like demented cheer leaders. "Well you promised me the best games ever" grunted Greg, with his bottom lip grazing the carpet. I saw his point.

Boys birthday party ideas do not flow from my brain easily. However, the idea of an indoor football match with high octane 9 year olds spurred the little grey cells.

Fun birthday party games loosely themed around football, where to begin? My moment of inspiration hit me like a bolt of lightning: draw on traditional games and give them a football twist.

Here's my great party games menu a la football. I should say that all the technical knowledge required was provided by Greg!

Team Transfer: based on the game of All Change each child was given the name of a footballer.

Warm Ups: this is Ladders, but instead of using numbers I gave each child a playing position: centre forward, goal keeper, left back and so on

Football Challenges: all you need are balloons that look like footballs. Pop a football related challenge inside each balloon before inflating (show us how you'd take a penalty, dribble - you get the gist), start football themed music and away you go. Whoever has the balloon when the music stops has to burst it and carry out the challenge.

Football Charades: using a mix of teams and footballers' names. No further explanation needed.

At half time we had a football themed tea: cheese footballs, cheese string goal nets, crisps, red footballs (tomatoes), green footballs (melon balls), orange slices and the piece de la resistance the football pitch cake. At the beginning of the second half, we played more mellow games to ensure what had gone down didn't reappear!

Name that Team: You supply the names of football players, they guess the team. Don't be afraid to go for the obscure (advised Greg). And he was right they're junior obsessives.

Spot the Ball: do you remember Hunt the Thimble?

The Magic Touch: this is very simple magic game I adapted to football by using five small balls rather than coins (apparently the phrase 'a magic touch' is one often used in THE game!)

Then we went for the final play off (another term I've learnt) with a:

Treasure Hunt: I made up 6 clues about things to do with football. This took time. I then placed the football items (boot, whistle, plastic footballer, red card, etc.) in all the rooms except my bedroom, which was absolutely out of bounds. The kids worked in threes; seven trios deep in whispered discussions, before racing off to find the objects and then puzzle out an anagram that told them where the treasure was hidden. It was in the bgktia (sorry kitbag) which I had filled with football booty and put under the kitchen table.

"Well" I asked Greg when we'd said goodbye to the last little would be Rooney, "Was that OK?"

"Yep" he replied "those were the best party games ever, but forget using the whistle so often next time. Good refs don't need to." Taking his criticism on the chin, I remained chilled until my eldest daughter (aged 13) chimed in with "For my birthday I'd like a party with fun birthday party games like this, but on the X Factor not football." Simon Cowell give me strength.

Working at the kitchen table in their cottage tucked deep in the Sussex countryside Krysia Hudek and Terry Howe have designed and produced Party Game Wizard, a bookshelf box of 16 traditional games with their own unique twists for £15.95. While we're far from phobic about electronic games, we want to produce games that will encourage good old social play in families, and for children and adults parties and get-togethers. These are not old fashioned games, but games that have withstood the test of time and are as much fun in the 21st century as in the past. We're delighted that John Lewis, a well known UK quality store is not only retailing Party Game Wizard but has made it one of its top 100 Christmas products.

Many of the football themed ideas in this article have been made by customising the games in Party Game Wizard. Indeed we're giving you a taster of a football themed set of games we're set to publish early next year.

Need ideas and inspiration for kids birthday games? Visit http://www.partygamewizard.com

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Titanic: Mysteries of the Deep Wii Game Activision $27.99 ESRB Rating: E for Everyone 10+ Genre: Action Adventure Features: Titanic: Secrets of the Fateful Voyage places you on board the Titanic as a passenger during its fateful voyage. Your character is torn between their past and present life in a struggle to find out what they truly want in their heart. Features Puzzle-solving challenges compel you to watch your inventory and use your mind! Your character's interaction with other people aboard the ship enables you to gather information and key items 15 chapters in the story each with multiple scenes and mini-games Waterline progression gives each scene a different look as time passes Dialog choices give you options to follow different paths within the game and multiple endings are created based upon those choices.

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