So what activities that I've run have had the highest impact to effort ratio?
Probably "20 questions" and "Telephone Pictionary".
These two take almost zero time to setup, and result in grand times, with people laughing, discussing, and smiling.
A game where the players create the content on the fly is not for EVERY group, but the are so strong for so little prep time that they are probably worth trying.
They aren't effortless though.
For 20 questions, I created an idea l
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
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A quick bit of history:
I joined a university club in Alaska, and at the second meeting, they requested ideas for future meetings. I rattled 5+ off the top of my head, and they invited me to be a leader, even though I wasn't a student. I became the head activities coordinator for our weekly meetings.
When I moved to Texas, I found that there were several clubs within a 90 min drive, and I tried a few of them out, but they were lackluster.
Then, a guy that was in my city's brony