Mini-Game Party Game Review

Mini-Game Party

WBG Score: 8.5

Player Count: 2-8

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Published by: Big Potato Games

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Big Potato not only makes great party games, they also seem to manage to release them at an incredible frequency. Without any duds! The next outing from these fun-loving gamers from East London is Mini-Game Party, an ever-changing team game that pits evolving teams against each other in various small challenges. There are 101 challenges in the game, so plenty to keep you entertained over multiple games, but is it any fun? Let's get it on the table and find out.

How To Set-Up Mini-Game Party

Take the score pad and write everyone's name on the top. Well, everyone who is playing at least. It may take a while to do literally everyone. Give all players a voting chip and separate the various decks of cards, placing them all face down in separate piles; the Team Maker cards, Mini-game cards, and Mini deck cards. Then split the playing pieces into the two colours and split them into two separate piles. You are now ready to play.

How To Play Mini-Game Party

Flip over the top card from the Team Maker pile and read out the two choices. This will offer the players the chance to make a simple decision: are they team red or team blue? This will be a choice such as preferring to sneeze confetti or to cry glitter. Do you prefer overripe or under ripe bananas? Are you a Star Wars fan or more of a Lord of The Rings kind of person? Make your choice, and then reveal your voting chip showing your decision, team red or blue. If everyone voted the same, flip over a new Team Maker card and vote again. When you get two teams, you are now ready for the main part of the game. This was just forming teams!

One player now takes the top card from the Mini-game deck and reads out loud to all players the rules for this particular card. One side will show the set-up and the other side will show the rules and goal for this card. Each one is completely different, and there are 101 in the game. This could be things like creating words from letters on the cards provided, bouncing a ball increasing times on a table, blowing your voting chip off a table onto a nearby target, or flipping cards from the edge of the table into the box. All sorts of things will be used along with the provided props. But nothing you almost certainly won't have to hand right where you are sat.

The cards come in three categories: Elimination, where it is the last team standing who gets the points; Who did it best, where the player who achieved the goal the best wins; or a teamwork category where players win or lose as a team. All players on both teams must take part. The team with more players may have an advantage, but this will be reflected in the scoring.

Each player in the winning team will then gain the amount of points equal to the amount of players in the losing team. So, if you just won in a team of two versus a team of three, that's three points each to the two winning players. Note this on the score sheet for that round and then go again.

Play six rounds and total the points accumulated by each individual player over those rounds. The player with the most points wins. You play as a team, but as those teams are ever-changing, the game is ultimately won by one player in the end. Unless, of course, it is a tie, or you get distracted by a moth and don't finish.

Is It Fun? Mini-Game Party Game Review

Mini-Game Party offers a fun, quick, and relatively light experience that caters to players of all ages. Children are likely to be drawn to it because of the straightforward but entertaining nature of the mini-games, while adults seeking a competitive dexterity challenge or those enjoying 'late-night' gatherings will also find it highly enjoyable. Especially when combined with various party game drinks. With a real mixture of 101 challenges, the game ensures that you stay amused game after game.

While you may need a few additional items to play, these are common household objects that most people already have, like a table! Everything else you need is in the box. The game does require some level of skill, such as dexterity or linguistic abilities, but nothing overly challenging. Ultimately, it presents a light but fun mix of activities that contribute to a fair and enjoyable experience for all participants from eight and above, I would suggest. Although younger children could certainly enjoy a lot of the cards. And it is easy enough to remove the challenges that don't suit your current group. With minimal editing, this would suit any group.

The word challenges in the game are all quite light, and some consist of games where you need to form four-letter words from four random letters. As much as this won't suit younger children, the light nature and group aspect does make it suitable for most players. This design choice ensures that the game remains engaging and fair for a wide range of players.

I would recommend this game to anyone looking for a more active party game that keeps the rules light, the fun factor high, and the energy levels soaring. It's a great choice for gatherings where you want to inject some excitement and laughter into the atmosphere. Just set up a few challenges on your table when you have friends around, leave them there for people to inquire about, and I bet within a few moments a fun game will ensue!