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Freshers Week Party Games

September means a kitchen full of people who don't know each other yet. These are the games that get a flat talking fastest.

Players

Whoever's in the flat or block — works from 4 up

You'll need

Whatever's already in the kitchen — cards, cups, a dartboard if you've got the wall space

How to play

  1. 1Kings Cup — one deck, the whole flat, zero setup cost.
  2. 2Beer pong — a solid icebreaker if your kitchen's got a table long enough.
  3. 3Waterfall — no props needed beyond a drink each, works even in a packed room.
  4. 4Dartboard drinking game — turn a corner of the corridor into game night, with forfeits or a simple number rule.
  5. 5Most Likely To — the fastest way to find out what your flatmates are actually like.

Tips

  • → Check your accommodation's actual rules on darts and alcohol before you buy anything.
  • → Keep a jug of something non-alcoholic on the table — not everyone drinks, and freshers week is long.
  • → The first week is the one people remember. Keep it low-stakes and make sure nobody's left out.

Want the drinking-game specific version?

This page covers freshers week party games broadly. For the drinking-game rules broken down one by one — plus a proper answer to what happens when someone in the flat doesn't drink — see our Freshers Week Drinking Games guide.

By Arnis & Edgar — the two who built DartUp in Newry. 18+. Eat first, drink water, know when to stop.

Keep the night going

Freshers Week Drinking Games

Freshers week means a flat full of people who met an hour ago. These are the drinking games that actually work when nobody's got an in-joke yet — and what to do about the housemate who isn't drinking.

Stag Do Games

Nobody wants to be the best man frantically Googling games at 11pm the night before. This is a shortlist that works in an Airbnb, a hotel room, or a beer garden, and needs no craft supplies.

Garden Party Games

A garden party mixes ages and audiences in a way a Saturday night doesn't. These work with a Pimm's or a squash in hand, no explaining required.

DartUp's built for exactly this — one board, six darts, works in a kitchen or a corridor, no extra kit needed.

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