10 Fun College Dorm Games Students will Love

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In this article we’re going to share some of our all time favorite college dorm games.

College years are said to be the best 4 years of your life. This is where we make friends who last a lifetime, learn skills that will help us start our career and most of all, make lifelong memories. 

Living in a college dorm with two or three people side by side can be a once in a life time experience. We completing assignments together, studying for exams and partying from dusk till dawn.

At least, that’s the perception anyway because the moment you set foot on that campus, all your perceptions are set straight and reality hits you like bulldozer. Surprisingly, we find ourselves a bit bored at some points.

With nothing to do, you can always go to the old ways of entertainment. Remember, before you and I had Netflix or a PS5, we had games keeping us company. They’re still the best when it comes to lifting the mood and getting to know your roommates better.

Games to Bring to College

The beauty of college is that you can find other people who are probably interested in the same things you are. There’s bound to be a formal or informal group of people who like to do the same thing. 

Which means, you should bring any of the games you enjoy playing. If you love zombie board games, bring them. If you’re really into co-op board games bring those too.

Now, in most college dorms space is at a premium so you’ll want to keep that in mind when deciding what games to bring to college. You may not want to bring along every expansion pack. Just bring the few you enjoy the most.

But be sure to go with realistic expectations. Don’t assume your roommate will love playing those games too. It may take you a little while to find others who really enjoy the games. Look for campus groups or events that may draw other board game fans and head there to find your people.

So, without further ado, we’ve come up with a list of the 10 most fun dorm games you can play.

Cards Against Humanity

If you want to have a lot of laughs with your pals and each of you don’t mind the dark humor, this is the perfect game for you. Cards against humanity is literally described as a game for ‘horrible people’.

The game is fairly simple. The black cards are all questions and the white cards are the answers. People take turns to ask one question and the rest answer with their most despicable white card.

The game is described as ‘hysterical’ and also offensive, so be careful while you play it. You don’t want to offend anyone so before asking the funny questions, ask them the serious one.

Do you really want to go through with this? It might just save you a friendship or two.

What Do You Meme

Do you love memes? Do you end up sharing them on you wall quite often and your friends can’t get enough of them? Well, this game is perfect for you. What do you meme is an adult meme making game where there are images and captions.

At every turn, the judge of the game brings out an image and whatever caption cards you have, you choose from them to make it as funny as possible. This game, like the last one, is based on humor.

While taking turns, the trick is to understand the judge’s humor level and then create captions accordingly. If you’re ready for some fun pick up What Do You Meme today.

Ticket to Ride

This game is an all-time favorite at parties and generally takes around 2 hours to complete. If you’ve got a lot of time on your hands, we suggest you go for it. 

The game can have a maximum of 5 players and each of them gets a train that has to follow a certain colored route to get to its destination.

Each turn, players get to advance forward and you get points by adding carriages to your trains. You also gain points by being able to connect two cities.

As boring as it sounds in the description, in real life, it’s a really interesting game to play because the strategies you can cook up while playing the game are infinite.

Codenames

This is easily one of my favorite college dorm games. This game can be played by 2 to 8 players in teams. This game requires some whit and clever thinking.

And it really helps if you know your teammates really well so you know how they think. The maximum playing time is known to be 30 minutes. 

If you’re cooped up in your dorm and don’t want to put in a lot of effort but still feel like being entertained, we recommend you go for it.

The game begins with two spymasters knowing the names of the 25 agents in the game. The rest only know of their code names. Both teams must play and guess their own team’s code names without guessing the opposing teams code names.

Throw Throw Burrito

Throw Throw Burrito isn’t a traditional board game. This incredibly active game involves throwing things at one another, jumping, and diving. It’s easily my favorite game on this list.

If you have neighbors below you, you may want to warn them before you play, it can definitely get roudy.

But if you’re looking for a game to get the adrenaline flowing and have a fun time with roommates and friends this is it. It’s made by the same company that created Exploding Kittens, another top notch game you could play in your dorm.

Snack While You Play

Lets be honest, board games and snacks go hand-in-hand. Here’s our list of the best college dorm snacks for those late night gaming parties.

Kingdomino

If you’re looking for a casual game for your college dorm this is it. 

This board game has won the coveted German ‘Board Game of The Year’ award and has also been ranked as the best board game of the year 2017.

The game is another list of strategic games that will take you and your friends back to when you were in high school.

Every player gets a turn to add land (the game calls it as dominos) to their kingdom. Each piece of land has several perks attached to it and the game is won by someone who has the best lands in the kingdom.

At the end of the game, every property you may possess is ranked and given points based on the number of crowns that land has.

Players of course, can strategize, team up and even take the lands from the other kingdom if they want to.

Unstable Unicorns

This game is as cute as it is destructive. The game begins with players getting unicorn cards and must end when a player has built a unicorn army of 7 unicorns.

The game is known to destroy friendships but in a good way because of the ‘betrayal’ tactic involved in it.

Say for example, you’re on your way to winning very quickly.

This only makes it a bigger problem for you because your friends will gang up on you in their effort to stop you from winning.

This creates temporary alliances between people who might not even get along well together which makes it a lot of fun. Imagine the amount of drama you will get to see.

If You Had To

Another game that puts you in horrible scenarios. ‘If you had to’ is a card game that is built on putting players in hilarious situations where they have to get out of them using the cards they are given.

The game is much more fun if you had in a lot of players. This game is made by the owners of ‘Drunk, Stoned or Stupid’ and has the same amount of dark humor involved in it.

There is a judge that gets to decide which scenario they want to play. Each player shows a card and has to convince the judge that their card is the worst one or what the judge would least want to do. The first one to convince them, wins the point.

Drunk, Stoned, or Stupid

This game is played with a minimum of 3 players and is perfect for college students who just want to play something dumb and hilarious at the same time.

The game is built on finding out your friend’s most incriminating stories however that puts you in the spotlight as well. Every turn, a card is drawn and must be assigned to somebody in the group.

Whoever the card is assigned to must do as the card says.

If no one is able to decide who the card goes to, the judge gets to decide that. In the end, the first person who gets 7 cards end up losing.

There are no winners in the game only losers and that too because they did something stupid in the past. It’s really fun to play and can go on for a long time because most of the time, you end up laughing.

5 Second Rule

This game can get really fast. Every player that plays the game is given several questions and they are all trivia questions.

The player has only 5 seconds to guess the answer and failure to do so ends up in them losing a point. The quick paced games becomes a stage for laughter because the words that sometimes come out as answers to questions can be really funny.

That’s because sometimes, people might not think before they answer a question because of the fear of the time running out.

Conclusion

Every dorm should have at least three of these college dorm games with them to pass the time. Sometimes, the best way to bond is to play games the traditional way and get off the internet.

We’ve got nothing against the internet or anything but when you have your buddies with you, why play with someone who might be miles away.

Take your pick. 

Having a party at your place with a few drinks and a lot of board games can become the best time you have ever had at college!

Which board games are you going to add to your list of dorm room essentials for guys and gals?

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