Past Events!

• Mad Libs: takes a bit of experimentation to get the hang of writing, but they are VERY fun, and we've had two good meetings with them. the first meeting was just as a quick activity while we waited for people to arive, but it as so popular that we did a meeting of nothing but fan-written mad libs. want to try one? CLICK HERE
• Nametag game: VERY short game where you put nametags on the backs of each person, and then treat each person like they are that pony until they can guess who they are. good icebreaker.
• Two pony truths and a lie: fun short game based on the non-pony version of the game
• Never have I ever: re-branded to "Celestia smiles upon you if..." players were sad when we stopped playing, a great indication that the game was loved. It's great when players WANT to lose, so that they can run the next round.
• Telephone Pictionary: possibly the best game on this list. it is wildly fun, and the challenge is figuring out how often is too often, because people always want to play it again. needs 7 people min, but there is no upper limit. I've also done it online.
• Pictionary (ponified): I wrote out all the clues, and integrated some of the new modern pictionary rules and we had a great time
• Catchphrase (ponified): this can be a really newbie friendly game to play, and it as very much loved. I made about 140 cards with easy words and phrases and we get through about 70 per 45 min.
• Fan Song Trivia: was well designed and executed except for one thing. only HIGHLY enfranchised bronies know enough fan songs to be competitive. out of 18 of us, only 3 were actually enjoying it.
• Choose-your-own-adventure RP: this was super time intensive to design and pull off, but it worked well and was wall received both times I ran the scenario.
• Mafia (changelings): was so beloved we had to do it again. We replaced the mafia with changelings, the doctor character with Mysterious Mare Do Well, and the detective with Sherlock Hooves
• Scene It with pony clips: this is really easy to screw up. And we screwed it up. Could possibly be good in the hands of strong game designer, and/or your club is highly enfranchised.
• Ponyhammer; table top games with blindbag ponies: this was a nightmare. it took an obscene number of hours to simplify the rules, and the game was still so intimidating that many club members left before, during, or after the rules explanation. Also, it was a major flavor fail. Yay for killing ponies.
• Karaoke: you can get all the show songs and the top brony songs already with words on the screen, so this isn't an intimidating event to put on, and it was WILDLY popular. we did it twice
• Theme skits: I've had a great time with these in the past, but if almost everyone in your club is an introvert, it's probably not a good idea!
• Culture Clash: You split the group into two teams for each scenario: a foreign culture (we chose Yaks, Hippogryffs, and Seaponies) and a pony delegation from Equestria. The foreign culture has some quirk that makes them cold to the visitors until it is discovered and engaged by the pony delegation. When the ponies achieve the objective, the scenario is won. This was a TON of work, and worth every minute.
• Codenames: the base game is brilliant, but it was a lot of work to make a ponified version work. we made a set of cards, playtested them, and it went poorly. i had to study the codenames cards, and figure out what types of cards are good, and then go back and remake the pony cards. it went ok
• Don't Forget the Lyrics: you play part of a song, and pause it at the critical line. the competitor has to finish singing the chorus from memory. One of the best games of the set, but relatively intensive to set up.
• 20 Questions: answer yes/no questions to narrow down the pony or pony related thing. EASY and GOOD.
• Icing Pony Cookies: What is says on the tin. Tasty and Fun.
• What Were You Thinking (ponified): Game that asks multiple choice and low number of choice questions, and each person writes down the answer they think will be the most popular. Was a funny game.
• Fishbowl: A triple threat game of Catchphrase, Charades, and then trying to get them to guess the word with only a single word prompt. I wasn't present when it was run at the club to know how well it worked.
• Coloring: There are lots of line work pictures on the internet to print out, and I brought lots of colored pencils. We spent the evening coloring them and chatting.

Future Events?

• Continuum Game: slightly active game that gets the players moving around and taking strong stands on controversial topics while staying friendly
• Human Bingo: you print off a grid of statements (often 5x5), and try to get all of them filled in first by getting other people to sign the boxes if they fulfill the criteria of the box (eg: thinks fluttershy is best pony). Best if your meetup has at least 50% more people than grid boxes.
• Murder Mystery Dinner. I desperately want to do this...but it is super intimidating to make one of these. I'm thinking about buying a pre-made mystery dinner and re-writing it. Possibly by subbing in a cake disaster or a changeling menace
• Charades: seems pretty simple, but we just haven't gotten around to doing it yet.
• Therapy: everyone in the room has the same mental disorder, which is explained when the therapist for the round is out of the room. then the therapist has to come in and figure out what the disorder is. pretty fun in the non-pony realm, but we are having a bit of trouble adapting it.
• Scavenger Hunt: we haven't fleshed this one out yet, but are looking into how it would work.
• Poison Joke: Ponified "Curses!" Each turn you get an action to perform, and a curse to hand out. You have to perform the action without breaking any curses. break three curses and you lose. Very silly game, because the actions involve a small bit of role playing.
• Bring your own Book: (with pony questions, or pony books/comics?)