 Are your cocktail parties dull and uneventful? Do invitations come back marked, Not me, buster? Then it’s time to take the snooze out of your booze-bash by trying out some of our Cad party games. Sure to keep your guests befuddled for days.
 The ERA Game
Slips of paper are liberally passed out – four or five per guest. Guests are then instructed to write a decimal number between 2.0 and 6.0 on each slip, limiting the figure to the hundredths place (ex. 2.72, 5.49). When everyone has finished writing, the slips are collected, folded, and placed into a hat or bowl. A slip is randomly drawn and the number read aloud to the first guest. The guest must then name a major league pitcher that retired from baseball with that exact earned run average. Thus, if 2.90 is called, for example, Rollie Fingers would be a correct answer. No points are given for correct answers but strikes are given for incorrect answers or to those guests that cannot name a player at all. Of course, three strikes and a player is out. If players find this version to be not much of a challenge, the level of difficulty can be increased by limiting answers to minor league pitchers instead.
 Ant Farm
Each guest is given an ant farm and three minutes to memorize their worker ants. When the three minutes are up, the farms are collected, opened, and the ants set free in the center of the room. Guests must then scramble to collect their ants, and only their ants, so as to rebuild their farms. First one to do so is declared the winner.
 Derision
Guests are paired boy-girl. One player from the first team is then sent out of the room while the remaining guests make rude but truthful statements about the absent player. Upon the return of the guest, the teammate attempts to convey the deprecating remarks by use of charades. Round robin play continues with points scored for each correct answer, but a team is automatically disqualified if either teammate starts to cry.
 Key
Exchange
A daring party game for married couples, each husband in the room throws his car key into a bowl. One by one, the blindfolded wives select a key, and with their blindfolds still on they are led by their ‘new husbands’ to their cars. Using a pistol, the host starts the action and the ladies must rotate all four tires of the car, plus the spare, by only following the instructions from their sighted partners. First team to complete the activity wins. For another variation of the game, just send the partners home to have sex.
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