Reception Games
15 prompts for the gap between the meal and the dancing.
15 questions · Free
Who was more nervous this morning?
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About Reception Games
Every reception has a flat twenty minutes between the meal ending and the dancing starting. These 15 prompts are written to fill exactly that: no props, one host, everything readable off a phone, and the couple at the centre of all of it.
Sample questions to get you started
- 1Who was more nervous this morning?
- 2Who cried first today?
- 3Which of you did more of the planning?
- 4What was the first thing you said to each other today?
- 5Who chose the first song for tonight?
- 6Which guest has travelled furthest to be here?
- 7Which of you is the better dancer? The room decides.
- 8Who will fall asleep first tonight?
- 9What is the one thing you would change about today?
- 10Who is more likely to forget the first anniversary?
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- 11Which of you will do more of the cooking?
- 12What is the best piece of advice you have been given today?
- 13Who in this room introduced you?
- 14What are you most looking forward to about being married?
- 15Everyone: raise a glass and one word each for the couple.
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How to play Reception Games
- One host, one phone, a microphone if there is one.
- Read each prompt to the room and get the couple to answer.
- Involve the guests where the prompt allows.
- Keep the whole thing under twenty minutes.
Why couples love this game
The post-dinner gap is where receptions lose momentum. Something structured, short and involving the whole room carries the energy across to the first dance, which is the only job that stretch has.
Tips to make it more fun
- Have someone confident host — it lives or dies on the host.
- Do it before anyone has had too much to drink.
- Film the couple's faces, not the host.
- Twenty minutes maximum, then straight into the music.
Frequently asked questions
What games work at a wedding reception?
Short ones with no props that a single host can run from a phone. The gap between the meal and the dancing is about twenty minutes, and anything longer than that loses the room.
Who should host reception games?
Someone confident who is not the couple and ideally not immediately related to either family. The format lives or dies entirely on the host.
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