Game day guides
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Everything we know about making a football broadcast into a party — what to play, how to scale it to the room, and what still works when the game is over by halftime.
Football drinking games that survive a full game
Seven football drinking games that hold up over a full broadcast — rules, player counts, and how to run them so nobody gets left out. Non-alcoholic versions included.
Read the guideWhat to play
Formats that hold up across a full broadcast, sorted by what suits your room.
Super Bowl party games for a room that isn't all football fans
Super Bowl party games that work with a mixed room of die-hards and people there for the ads — squares, prop sheets, prediction games and how to run each one.
Read the guideFootball bingo that lasts a whole game
How to build and run a football bingo card that stays live for four quarters — which squares actually recur, how to size the grid to your room, how to score it, and how to run it without alcohol.
Read the guideFootball party games for adults, by group size
Which football party games actually work for four people, for eight, and for a full room — what changes as the group grows, what breaks, and how to keep everyone playing when the game is one-sided.
Read the guideFootball card games, and which kind you actually want
The three kinds of football card game — collectible, simulation and live-broadcast party games — what each is actually for, and how to tell which one you want.
Read the guideSuper Bowl questions the whole room can play
A ready-to-run Super Bowl question game: 40 prediction prompts that work every year, how to score them, and how to run the sheet without pausing the party.
Read the guide40 football trivia questions with answers
Forty American football trivia questions with answers, in four rounds — scoring, the field and clock, penalties, and football lingo — plus how to run a trivia round at a watch party.
Read the guideTailgate games that actually work in a parking lot
The best tailgate games, judged on what matters in a stadium lot — setup time, space, wind and how many can play — from bean-bag toss to card games, plus what to pack and how to run the pre-game.
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Running the day
Hosting, timing and the parts of a broadcast that are not live play.
What to play during the ads and halftime
Most of a football broadcast is not live play. Here is what to run during commercial breaks and halftime so the room stays together instead of drifting onto phones.
Read the guideGame day drinks that last four quarters
How to stock drinks for a football party — beer that survives four quarters, one-batch cocktails, mocktails that aren't an afterthought, and how much of each to buy.
Read the guideHow to host a football watch party people actually stay at
How to host a football watch party people stay at — room setup, what to play, feeding a crowd around the broadcast, and how to run it at a tailgate instead.
Read the guideThanksgiving football party games for the whole family
Games to play while Thanksgiving football is on — all-ages options for the whole family, games for the adults' table, and how to run the day from the first kickoff to the late game.
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New to football
The rules in plain English, so anyone in the room can follow the game.
Gifts
Ideas for the football fans on your list, sorted by how they watch.