Team-building games for adults

Regardless of one’s age, everyone likes to play and have fun. By spending time in such a way, you can get to know each other, relax and forget about everyday problems. That is why employers are eager to organize team-building games for adults. Such events are also held at schools for grown-ups. Team-building games create bonds between people. If you would like to take part in such competitions, check out our list of team-building games and choose one that matches your tastes! The list of most interesting team-building games for adults: (Click on a particular link to go directly to the game)

• Mine field
• Submarines
• Reconstructing a construction
• Bridge building
• Conversations in circles
• World championship
• Falsified autographs

Team-building games for adults – trivia

Team-building games for adults are usually for people at the age of 18 to 99. Simple variations can be organized at a park, a sport field, a gym, in a forest, or even a small room. We also recommend renting a place with a bonfire and a BBQ. The team will feel at ease when outdoors. Besides, team-building games can be held for employees at any time in the year. If it appears that you are to organize an event for parents with children, you must read about team-building games for parents and children

Outdoor team-building games and activities for adults:

 

1. Mine field

  Rules:

• Divide participants into pairs.
• One person stands at a marked start line with their eyes covered, while their partner stands at the end of a set course.
• The blindfolded person must make their way as quickly as possible to the other side of the set area.
• The partner must help them get to the other side by giving them commands so that the blindfolded person avoids all the mines.
• If someone steps on a mine, he or she must get back to the starting position.

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2. Submarines

  Rules:

• Ask the teams to stand in a row, one person behind the other. All members of the team must be blindfolded except for the last person in the row.
• Members without blindfolds must guide their team by using specific signs (pats on the shoulder of the person in front of them).
• When the steersman, that is the last person in the row, pats the person in front of them on the shoulder, that person must give the same instruction to the next person, and so on, until the message reaches the person at the front and he/she will do a correspondent move.
• The goal of the game is to hit the enemy submarine with a “torpedo”.
• You will find the detailed description of commands on our website provided below.

Find the game here     Team-building games allow people to get to know each other. Often, they create friendships or even closer relationships. By completing tasks together at a place where one does not feel the pressure and can act naturally, people will demonstrate their true personality, which will either move them closer towards each other or divide. It must be pointed out here that team-building games are about solving a puzzle and in order to do that, cooperation is required. It is surprising how human mind works. Team-building games and activities with a special task:  

1. Reconstructing a construction

  Rules:

• Prepare a large number of various items, including boxes, mugs, toy blocks, etc.
• Choose a person who will leave the room. Meanwhile, the rest must create a unique construction.
• Once it is finished, participants take a picture of it and then demolish it.
• The selected person comes back to the room. Now, within a determined time limit, he/she must recreate the construction by listening to the instructions from the rest of the team.

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2. Bridge building

  Rules:

• Divide participants into two teams and distribute necessary materials e.g. pool noodles, straws, Jenga bricks, etc.
• Each team must construct half of a bridge. However, teams work far away from each other so that they cannot see what the other team is doing.
• Participants are allowed to communicate verbally.
• After a set time limit, both halves of the bridge must be connected.

Find the game here:   Why should you organize team-building games for adults? Let us move back in time to our school years when the teacher once said “alright class, today we will have creative activities with the psychologist”. On such occasions, almost the whole class loved it. Adults are similar because each of them has, to some extent, a bit of a child in them. When we think of team-building games from our school times, we may conclude that after such activities the class seemed to work better as a group. The purpose of team-building games for employees or adult students is no different. Apart from that, it encourages creativity. Other advantages of team-building games are: – development of creativity, – brain training, – increased work efficiency, – development of communication skills.  

Team-building games for adults to improve communication:

1. Conversations in circles

  Rules:

• Prepare a string with its ends tied together. Next, ask the participants to stand in a circle.
• The team must use the string to form a shape given by the game leader.
• You can set a time limit for each shape.

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2. World Championship

  Rules:

• Divide participants into teams of 4 to 6 people and give each player a pool noodle and one ball for the whole team.
• The team must use the pool noodles to carry the ball to a designated spot and back.
• Players can start only when the ball has been raised over their heads with the pool noodles.
• If the ball falls down, the whole team must go to the beginning and restart the task.

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3. Fake authographs

  Rules:

• Divide participants into teams of 4 people and give them items necessary for the game (marker pens, paper, blindfolds).
• In each group, choose 3 people who will be blindfolded and one person who will be able to see and guide the rest of the team.
• Two people who are blindfolded hold a piece of paper, the third one – a marker pen. The person with the marker pen stands still. Participants with the piece of paper must move in such a way that the person with the marker pen will be able to write a signature. All the instructions about their movements are given by the person without a blindfold.
• Teams are given a task e.g., to sign as James Bond and then they try to write at least the surname of a particular character.

Find the game here:   What is the best time for team-building? We recommend organizing team-building games on Fridays or Saturdays. On those days, the stress level decreases, people are more relaxed because they are thinking of the upcoming weekend. Team-building games are a great solution when new people have joined the company. In such a “loose” atmosphere, people have the opportunity to get to know each other and make friends. It is a “healthy” method of employees’ integration. One must remember that people at work must respect each other. It is good to hold a team-building evening when the manager notices that there has been a conflict in the group. Many people will not speak openly about the situation at their workplace, but they often open up during less formal meetings. What is more, such events often involve alcohol. So, it is a good opportunity to “clear” the atmosphere. Where can I find interesting team-building games for adults? You will find noteworthy propositions in our game and activities browser on www.gamionary.com