Once you’ve finished setting up your man cave, a relaxing guy’s night is inevitable. Here are five awesome guy-centric ideas that you can use for hosting a guys’ night in.
1. Poker Night
Poker night is a great way to get out your competitive juices without a need for a whole lot of extra hardware. All that you really need is a table, a deck of cards and a few drinks. Make sure your friends understand the basic rules of poker, or you will have a slow night trying to teach the one guy who does not know how to play how to catch up.
This may be an idea for only a certain number of friends as well, because you may have space constraints in the room. If so, you may consider having two tables and running a small tournament. There is definitely nothing wrong with this as long as you have the floor plan and enough chairs to accommodate everyone.
2. Liquor Tasting Night
Tasting liquor is one of the best ways to bond on a guy’s night out. If you have two groups of friends with different sets of tastes in alcohol, then you can run two separate nights if you need to.
On the same token, if you have two separate sets of friends that you want to see at the same time, you can have a liquor tasting night in one area of the house and a poker tournament in another area of the house. Since the entire concept of the evening is guys bonding, you are actually getting yourself closer to the goal without having to spend time wondering if one group of friends will like this activity or that activity.
3. Game Night
Game night is another way to get out your competitive juices without a need for a whole lot of new hardware. If you happen to have games stored in your cabinet, then you can be the one to break them out. You can also have your friends bring games if you have something that everyone loves to play. One of the best ways to make sure that everyone participates is to have a game that everyone played as a child. Skill-based games are best with guys, because you can build a bit of competition around it.
However, a new age game night with video games is perhaps the best way to make sure that everyone in your social circle can participate. Everyone loves video games these days, and as long as you have a setup that can accommodate everyone, you are guaranteed to have a great night. Make sure that you upgrade your own set up before the game night occurs. You want to be sure that you have the hardware for the evening as well as a game that everyone can get into.
4. Sports Night
Sports is something that most guys are into, and you can have one hell of a night if you have a big-screen TV in your living area. You can switch between games or center the night around one particular game if there is an exceptionally important or entertaining match upcoming.
This is also a way to get people involved in a competitive way. You can take bets before the meet up, or you can have a small betting pool once everyone gets there. Money is not required to have fun. You can bet on beer, or have the loser clean up the space after the party is over.
5. Grilling and Chilling Night
Guys love to grill. This is great if you are in the summer months. You do not have to bring everything yourself – plan ahead and have each of your friends contribute something.
Make sure that you take requests so that you can see if people have food allergies before you start grilling and chilling. Although you are definitely not looking to run a health spa, you do not want anyone to be left out by accident because they cannot eat the food that you are grilling.
Take the following ideas to have the best guy’s night in. You do not have to get overly complex – just get the basics down and the theme centralized using one of the ideas above!