Giants, elves and wizards

Stolen from: A Network for Jewish Youth

The idea is based on rock, paper scissors but played in teams. Giants beat wizards, wizards beat elves and elves beat giants. Each team goes to their side of the room and chooses what they're going to play, then both teams come to the centre of the room and stand in lines facing each other.

Everybody shouts "Giants, elves, wizards!" and does the appropriate action for each one. For giants, you stand on your tip toes and put your hands in the air. For elves, you crouch down and use your hands as pretend pointy ears. For wizards, point your arm forward as if it's a wand. Each team then shouts out their chosen fantasy creature and does the appropriate action.

The winning team then has to chase the losers back to their side of the room; anyone they catch becomes part of the winning team. If the teams do the same action, they hug then start again.

I played a similar game in the Philippines, but instead of giants, elves and wizards it was called Bunny, hunter, wall. If you have a particular theme for the night, change the game to fit in with it.