Stag Do Games and Forfeits

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Good stag do games are short, portable and don't require a kit bag. The best of them run all weekend without anyone organising anything.

The ones below work with twelve people, a train and a pub.

Journey games

• Groom quiz: ten questions about him, written by his mum and read out on the train.
• Who's most likely to - fast, mean and over in fifteen minutes.
• Playlist roulette: everyone adds one song, the groom guesses who added what.
• Name the year: photos of the groom in order, points for guessing the decade of the haircut.

All-weekend rules

• The groom can't say the bride's name. Forfeit if he does.
• Left hand only for all drinks, all weekend. Simple, endlessly catches people out.
• A nominated word nobody may say, changed each morning.
• Wearing something daft that has to be handed on when someone else loses a game.

Pub games

• Darts and pool ladders with a running scoreboard on a phone.
• Ring of fire, with a proper non-alcoholic option in the deck.
• Beer mat flipping, still undefeated as a pub game for a group of grown men.
• A pub quiz you write yourself about the group, printed in advance.

Keep it decent

• No forfeits involving strangers, tattoos, or anything he has to explain at work on Monday.
• Everything has a sober version - someone is always driving or not drinking.
• Don't humiliate the groom in front of people he doesn't know well.
• If the bride would be upset by it, don't do it. It's her weekend too, in a way.

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How to write it so it lands

• Short, portable, no kit needed.
• Always have a sober version.
• Nothing he can't explain on Monday.

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Frequently asked questions

What are good stag do games?

A groom quiz, all-weekend rules like left-hand-only drinking, pub ladders, and photo-guessing games. Keep them short and portable.

What stag do forfeits should you avoid?

Anything involving strangers, permanent marks, nudity or something he'd have to explain at work. Humiliation isn't a game.