Topic
Games
12 articles tagged Games.
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Shoe Game Questions to Skip When Parents Are Divorced or Remarried
Standard shoe game questions assume both parents are still married. Four question categories that backfire in blended families, how to rewrite them without losing the laugh, and when to skip the topic entirely.
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Shoe Game Questions When the MC Doesn't Know the Couple Well
Hired MCs and last-minute hosts don't need ten years of friendship with the couple. A 5-minute pre-reception intel checklist, 3 question types that need zero backstory, and the live save when a question falls flat.
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4 Ways Hosts Ruin the Shoe Game (And the Fix for Each)
When the shoe game flops, it's rarely the questions. Four structural hosting mistakes — from turning the couple into furniture to ending on the wrong question — and the one-line fix for each.
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Dirty Wedding Shoe Game Questions (and Which Ones Backfire)
Spicy wedding shoe game questions that get laughs at the reception, the explicit ones that freeze the room (and why), the one test before you ask, and when to move it to the bach party.
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Shoe Game Questions for Bridal Shower, Baby Shower & Engagement
Reuse wedding shoe game questions at a baby shower and it flops. Adapted question sets for bridal showers, baby showers, and engagement parties — plus how many to ask and when it falls flat.
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The Wedding Shoe Game for Same-Sex & Non-Traditional Couples
Every 'who wears the pants' shoe game question assumes a gender script. A rewritten, inclusive question set for same-sex and non-traditional couples — plus the 'whose shoe is whose' fix.
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Shoe Game Alternatives: 5 Reception Games When You Don't Want the Shoe Game
When the shoe game doesn't fit — five alternatives that hit the same audience-engagement beats, the picking criteria, and the situation matrix for choosing between them.
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The Newlywed Game vs Couple Quiz: Which One Works at Your Wedding
Two commonly confused games — structurally different. Side-by-side comparison, which fits which event (reception/shower/bachelorette/engagement), the case for doing both, and 20 versatile questions.
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How to Play the Wedding Shoe Game (Setup, MC Script, and the Pre-Game Checklist Most Receptions Skip)
Beyond the standard back-to-back setup — the full MC script template, four prop alternatives for couples whose shoes won't work, and the deep-cut recovery move every MC eventually needs.
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60 Funny Wedding Shoe Game Questions (Sorted G to R by Audience)
Sixty shoe game questions organised in four tiers — G, PG, PG-13, R — plus the three question types that always land, the two that always bomb, and the audience-fit matrix.
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How Well Do You Know the Couple? 50 Quiz Questions by Difficulty
Fifty quiz questions in three tiers — easy, medium, hard — with the 40-40-20 difficulty rule, four question categories that produce the best moments, and format-fit notes for receptions, bridal showers, and Zoom.
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Bridal Shower Trivia: The Couple Quiz That Actually Works (3 Formats, 4 Failure Modes)
Bridal shower trivia isn't one game — it's three. Format-by-format selection (intimate, family-mixed, Zoom), the four failure modes that kill the bit, and the private prep script for the bride.
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