The Breakroom Book

Ideal Group Size: Any

Budget: $

Setting: Breakroom

Equipment Required: Large journal, sketchbook, or notebook

Prep Time: 15 minutes per day

Time Required: 5 minutes per day

Physical Component: None

Just because the day isn’t designated as a “team building day” doesn’t mean you can’t build camaraderie. The “breakroom book” is a journal placed in a common area and updated each day with a new question for employees to answer on their own time. Colleagues get to see their coworkers’ responses and learn something they didn’t know.

Frisbee Golf

Ideal Group Size: 8-30

Budget: $$

Setting: Field

Equipment Required: Frisbee golf set, open space

Prep Time: 1-2 hours for setup

Time Required: 1-5 hours

Physical Component: High

It’s golf, but more active. Frisbee golf combines the “holes” of golf with the flinging fun of frisbee. Singles, doubles, or teams take to the great outdoors to enjoy the sun and a bit of competition.

Two Truths and a Lie

Ideal Group Size: Less than 20

Budget: $

Setting: Meeting or other pre-planned event

Equipment Required: None

Prep Time: 0

Time Required: 10-30 minutes

Physical Component: None

Think you knew everything there was to know about your colleagues? This game will test it. Each participant writes down two little-known facts about themselves, along with one made-up tidbit. Colleagues must guess which is real and which is fake.

Find the Pattern

Ideal Group Size: 6-12, split into two teams

Budget: $

Setting: Indoors

Equipment Required: Any miscellaneous items

Prep Time: 1-2 hours

Time Required: 15-30 minutes

Physical Component: None

What do these things have in common? That’s the question at hand in “Find the Pattern.” As the organizer, gather a slew of items from around the office and sort them in an unusual, non-obvious way. Perhaps its lining them up in order of company headquarters West to East. Two teams compete to solve the riddle first and win the game.

Hungry Hungry (Lifesize) Hippo

Ideal Group Size: 4-20 (Play in groups of 4)

Budget: $$$$

Setting: Field or Parking Lot

Equipment Required: Hippo Chow Down inflatable

Prep Time: 0 (Professional Setup)

Time Required: 1-2 hours

Physical Component: High

You hungry? These hippos are. Our Hippo Chow Down inflatable brings the childhood favorite to life. Four participants enter the inflatable, lunging at play balls to gather as many as possible before time runs out.

Reverse Charades

Ideal Group Size: Any

Budget: $

Setting: Indoors or Outdoors

Equipment Required: None

Prep Time: None

Time Required: 15 minutes – 1 hour

Physical Component: Moderate

The miming game we all know and (sometimes) love has been flipped on its head in this hilarious activity. Only one colleague is tasked with identifying the clue as acted out by everyone else in the room.

Darts for a Cause

Ideal Group Size: X-X

Budget: $$$

Setting: Indoor area free of obstruction

Equipment Required: Electronic Darts Set

Prep Time: 0 (Professional Setup)

Time Required: 1-3 hours

Physical Component: Moderate

Everybody loves a good game of darts. Throw in a good cause and you’ve got a recipe for a grand ole’ time. Offer employees a break from work for the afternoon in exchange for a modest donation to a designated charitable cause. The ultimate winner receives a trophy and a charitable donation made in their name.

Jacob’s Ladder Balance-Off

Ideal Group Size: 20-30 (Play in Pairs)

Budget: $$$

Setting: Field or Parking Lot

Equipment Required: Inflatable Jacob’s Ladder

Prep Time: 0 (Professional Assembly)

Time Required: 1-2 hours

Physical Component: High

Bring the classic theme park challenge to your office! Our Inflatable Jacob’s Ladder pits two willing contestants against one another in a battle of physical strength and balance. Create a bracket of champions who play one another until the ultimate balancing act is discovered.

The Impossible Assignment

Ideal Group Size: Any

Budget: $-$$

Setting: Office

Equipment Required: Varies with challenge

Prep Time: 1-2 hours

Time Required: 1 hour

Physical Component: None-Moderate

We’ve all been given an assignment we thought was “impossible” from time to time. In this game, it really is. Almost. Task participants with something foreign to the modern worker, such as booking a ride to a nearby coffee shop without using a smartphone, phone book, or computer. The first to complete the task wins. That childhood friend whose landline they’ve never forgotten is about to come in quite handy.

Laser Tag

Ideal Group Size: Up to 20

Budget: $$$

Setting: Outdoors

Equipment Required: Laser tag set

Prep Time: 0 (Professional setup)

Time Required: 1-2 hours

Physical Component: High

Laser tag, outside? Yep. Our 20-gun Laser tag set comes with 8 bunkers and is staffed by a real live game coach. You pick your outdoor location, we’ll bring the gear, and your colleagues will return home even more unified.