Pre-glow (living room, 7 people)
While the crew is gathering, you need something that will work when someone is on the outfit and someone else is just arriving. Low concentration, high connection ability.
1. Ice Breakers
If the crew doesn't all know each other (maid of honor from college, sister from the family, new work colleague), Ice Breaker is the clean opener. Cards are written so that the answer is a story for everyone else to pick up on.
2. Own challenge
Collect five cards in advance in the family chat (inside jokes, embarrassing memories, predicted marriage peculiarities). In the game, the cards are drawn during the evening and no one knows which card will come when. Works better than any generic card collection.
Main part (living room full, cocktails there)
3. Who would rather
The most honest version of a character study. On three, the round simultaneously points to the person it matches. It's fun because the answers often prove who on the crew really knows who.
4. 10/10...but
If the groom should be the topic without it becoming embarrassing: in 10/10 the statement is "10/10, but [dealbreaker]". The round evaluates how disruptive the dealbreaker would be. Anything goes, from “snores” to “has 17 tabs open”.
Late evening (cocktails half, energy high)
5. Impostor
Seven people, seven cards, one of them empty. Three rounds of discussion, then voting. The bride is given the blank card twice without the crew knowing. Very cinematic because the maids of honor accuse each other.
6. Werewolves
For the real werewolf fans in the crew. Works for six people or more, seven and up is better. The app controls the game, you don't have to prepare anything or read anything. A werewolf evening lasts 20-40 minutes.