These board games are NOT for kids. Pop Insider Associate Editor Maddie Michalik stopped by Better Connecticut to show off some great party games for grown ups. For more on the products featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.

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5 SECOND RULE UNCENSORED (PLAYMONSTER)

  • You might think it’s easy to name three options, but can you do it in five seconds?
  • Avoid getting flustered or tongue-tied while you’re short on time with this hilarious party game not suitable for children.
  • This wacky card game for three or more players comes with 150 2-sided cards and a twisted timer.
  • Age: 17+
  • MSRP: $24.99
  • Available: Amazon, Walmart, Target, Barnes & Noble, PlayMonster.com
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BEARD BALL (BUFFALO GAMES)

  • The game of skill, style, and sticky whiskers. Split into two or more teams. When it’s your team’s turn, draw a card and following the instructions while another team wears the beard!
  • Play with friends to see how many points you can score by tossing the ball into the beard. Points and number of throws are indicated on each play card.
  • 2 to 4 players.
  • Age: 14+
  • MSRP: $19.99
  • Available: Amazon and Target
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STUPID DEATHS (UNIVERSITY GAMES)

  • This game celebrates the stupidest deaths over the centuries.
  • Players race the Grim Reaper around the Game Board before the Grim Reaper catches and kills them.
  • Stupid Deaths is full of dark fun, where players who are dead right win!
  • Ages: 12+
  • MSRP: $24.99
  • Available: Amazon, Walmart, GameStop, Areyougame.com
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WHAT DO YOU MEME? (WHAT DO YOU MEME?)

  • This truly meme-tastic party game that’s totally NSFW puts your wit to the test.
  • Out-meme your friends by pairing Caption Cards with a Photo Card throughout several rounds of hilarious fun.
  • The person with the funniest meme takes the win.
  • The game comes with 435 cards (360 caption cards and 75 photo cards), an easel, and bonus rules.
  • Age: 17+
  • MSRP: $29.99
  • Available: Amazon
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SIP IT GAME (GAMES ADULTS PLAY)

  • Whip up some frosty beverages of your chose for this hilarious game.
  • In Sip It, three to six players take turns drawing task cards to perform ridiculous antics and endure mild public embarrassment.
  • Not up for the dare? You have to take a sip or risk losing Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy points.
  • The player with the most points is the ultimate winner.
  • Age: 18+
  • MSRP: $14.93
  • Available: Amazon
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HANDIMONIUM THE TINY HANDS GAME (MATTEL)

  • How much thought do you give to how useful your hands are? This hilarious game lets you challenge your friends to simple tasks that become outrageously difficult when players must perform them wearing tiny hands.
  • Start by flipping the first instruction card (good luck with that.) Can you fill a cup with household objects? Can you act out charades clues? You’ll find out how tricky seemingly simple actions can be when you’re working with hands that aren’t your own—tiny hands. And when you succeed: High Five.
  • Game comes with two sets of tiny hands (plus some bonus paws and tentacles) and challenge cards.
  • Age: 13+
  • Available: Amazon, Walmart
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AWKWARD HUGS (HASBRO)

  • Awkward Hugs is the game of connections, questions, & consequences!
  • Two players are locked in a hug by the included hug belts, and another player asks questions like “Would you swim with sharks?” or “Are you a binge watcher?“
  • Both huggers must answer the same way or they’ll get a hilarious consequence card such as slow dancing, or standing like a flamingo.
  • Match three questions correctly to unlock the hug.
  • Age: 16+
  • MSRP: $ 19.99
  • Available: Amazon, Target, Walmart

About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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