Pirate Party Games created by Me. Use Your Own Imagination.

Pirate party games can be made up as any other kind of games with a little bit of imagination, after all it is not about discovering a new scientific formula or theory it's just a game. You can use your imagination creating a pirate map, a pirate party invitation, a pirate costume, etc.These pirate games stated below are just sprouting out of my imagination or just are some games that I have played myself and I have pretty much adapted and modified to become themed pirate party games. You can spice up the pirate party just telling or doing some pirate jokes.

Enjoy them!

PHYSICAL PIRATE GAMES

1. Pirates find the navy crew treasure or find each other's treasures (This game is ideal to be played in the countryside, forest or among a vegetation environment in the evening time).It can be extremely fun though slightly dangerous and is specially designed for teenagers even though can be good fun for adults too. Make 2 groups. One group are the pirates who are camped in one spot, the others are the navy crew who are camped a bit far away in another spot. You can make the pirates wear a red bandanna or head scarf on their heads and the navy crew a blue one or of any other colour to distinguish the two teams. The members of the navy have to protect their treasure that can be anything surrounded by a piece of rope forming a circle of aproximately 2 metres of diameter around it. Additionally you can create a pirate map to help the pirates know where the navy crew treasure could be.Both teams go with torches so they can see while they walk through. The pirates team have to get inside the circle where the navy crew treasure is and get it whilst the navy members have to protect the treasure using their torches and trying to light up the body of the pirate members with the pirate member face looking towards them, then the pirate caught this way is eliminated. You give the pirates team around 20 to 30 minutes to find the treasure, if they can not get inside the circle made with a rope and get the treasure then the navy team wins.Another variation of this game could be when both teams have got their own treasure surrounded by a rope that forms a circle around it. The team that gets first the other team's treasure wins.

2. Pirates versus navy crew handkerchief duel

This game is more appropiate for children-teenagers or for those adults who want to make some exercise.You make two lines on the ground on two different sides one for each team and each team stands behind his own line. The pirates hang sligtly loose a long red handkershief or piece of cloth on the top back side of their trousers and the navy team a blue or any other colour long handkershief or piece of cloth. The goal in this game is to go and get the other team hankershief or piece of cloth from the back side of his trousers and go back running behind your team's line without being caught and touched by the opponent who has to run chasing after you before you get behind your camp line. If a person runs holding the opponent's handkershief behind his own camp line he wins, if the opponent chases and touches him before the other one gets behind his line he wins.You can skip the chasing after the opponent part and whoever gets the other's handkershief from behind his trousers wins this game. Rules: you can not get his handkershief from underneath the legs.Wins the team that gets the more handkershiefs or pieces of cloth from the other team. You can make a one-to-one duel hankershief, pairs duel or everybody at the same time duel. It is up to you.

NON-PHYSICAL PIRATE PARTY GAMES

1.Match lingo pirate words with their meaning or definition

This game can suit pretty well at the beginning of a series of pirate party games because it is fast and easy to play. You can for example get a list of pirate lingo words and their definitions and meanings by clicking here. Print as many pages of this pirate words list as participants will be playing in this game. Cut off each word and definition so that you get all the pirate lingo words and definitions separated in little pieces of paper and mix them up, put these pieces of pirate lingo words and definitions into individual envelopes to be given to each participant. They have to match each piece of pirate lingo word with their definition. Wins the game the person who does it the quickest.

2. Playing cards and Driking Rum Pirate Game

Pirates used to drink rum mixed with gunpowder they say. I don't know about the gunpowder but they drank rum for sure.The bottom line of this pirate party game idea would be to play any card games: poker, blackjack, speed, etc. and to make a competition with several games and the winner would be the player that wins the biggest number of games.Every time a game finishes and there is a winner, this person has to choose 2 or 3 people that can include himself too to drink a shot of spirit: it could be ideally rum or perhaps whisky, gin, vodka, etc.The winner of the competition will get as a champion prize a bottle of rum or of any other good bottle of spirit.

If you feel like it you may want to check our pirate card game page for more ideas and resources.

2. Pirates Trivia

Another of these fun pirate party games could be a multiple choice trivia in which there are two teams with a spokesman or spokeswoman who is the person who would say aloud the answers on behalf of his team and a kind of broadcaster who would be reading the questions aloud and the possible multiple choice answers (only one answer is the right one). The team that answers right the most questions wins this game.If you want to make it more difficult you can leave the questions totally open so that the teams have to answer the questions straight away without giving them any multiple choice answers beforehand.

I just took a pirates book and figured out some pirate multiple choice questions. More should be added soon. Perhaps you can figure out some more questions and create longer and more comprehensive trivia pirate party games. (Underneath the questions you have got the answers to the questions):

1. Which are the first pirates known in history? a. Pirates living during the Old Greek Empire b. Pirates living during the Roman Empire c. The Vikings d. The Arab Pirates

2. Who was captured in 75 BC? a. Augustus Cesar b. Julius Cesar c. Claudius Cesar d. Tiberius Cesar

3. What was the test that the men who wanted to join XIV century pirate Störtebeker crew had to pass? a. Drinking a big glass of beer at once b. Drinking a big glass of wine at once c. Drinking a big glass of rum at once d. Drinking a big glass of whisky at once (Can you see now where I got the ideas of some of my pirate party games?)

4. Vikings were the pirates of the north. What does the Scandinavian word "viking" mean? a. Go and attack on the other side of the sea b.Sail fastly and steadily c. Win the enemy on the sea d. Throw a spear to somebody

5. Which was the vikings' favorite weapon? a. The sword b. The spear c. The axe d. The knife (Of course the vikings used some of these weapons with a home purpose too and as well as part of their own fun pirate party games, not only as killing weapons. These weapons were part of their culture and identity).

6. What was the name of the European Sir that became an Arab pirate? a. Sir James Drake b. Sir Jim Mckein c. Sir John William Dickinson d. Sir Francis Verney

7. What speed could the Arab pirate galleys reach in short distance?

a. 16 kms. per hour b. 25 kms. per hour c. 10 kms. per hour d. 28 kms. per hour

8. What is a privateer or corsican? a. A wealthy pirate of the caribbean b. A Middle Age pirate c. A pirate of standing because of its several previous successes d. A pirate who was allowed by the kings to attack and steal other ships.

9. Where and when the corsicans or privateers were more abundant? a. In Europe between the XIII and the XVI centuries DC b. In the Caribbean between the XIII and the XVI centuries DC c. In the Caribbean between the XVI and the XVIII centuries DC d. In Europe between the XVI and the XVIII centuries DC

10. Where was the striking place of the English pirates against the Spanish float? a. North Africa b. The English Channel c. A mixture of a. and b. d. The Caribbean and South America

Answers: 1.a 2.b 3.a 4.a 5.c 6.d 7.a 8.d 9.d 10.d

This would be most likely the most cultural-orientated of these pirate party games so far.