SUPER HALLOWEEN PARTY HOST FIGHTER: CHAMPIONSHIP TURBO EDITION

imdointhis

You have:
A 5,500 sq ft house
More than half of the rooms are unfurnished.
30ish guests around the age of 25-30

Your mission:
Throw a badass halloween party.

I've never been much of a party host, so what can I do to make this -amazing-?

pirateluigi

imdointhis wrote: »

You have:
A 5,500 sq ft house
More than half of the rooms are unfurnished.
30ish guests around the age of 25-30

Your mission:
Throw a badass halloween party.

I've never been much of a party host, so what can I do to make this -amazing-?

Are the unfurnished rooms capable of having people in them? Or are they unfinished with exposed nails and such?

Because you could potentially do a really sweet party with each room having a different theme. That said, 30 guests in a house that big? It's almost too much space for that many guests. You don't want each person to wind up alone or waste time decorating rooms that won't be visited.

Here's what I'd do: Close off most of the FURNISHED rooms (leave important ones like drink prep area and place with good seating). Decorate the unfurnished rooms.

People 25-30 (like myself), tend to like more opportunity to talk / hangout, as opposed to the noise-fest parties of our college days. But we still like drinking games! With people that age you can get away with BYOB, but you should still provide something. Hard apple cider is always good for a halloween party and everyone likes beer / easy mixed drinks (rum and coke?)

Make costumes mandatory. It sounds silly, but it always seems to make parties more fun.

imdointhis

they are finished and can have people in them.

we just moved in a few months ago and just dont own much furniture yet

TychoCelchuuu

Pay someone to cut the power halfway through the party, bar the doors, and start systematically killing people. Party of the century! Maybe at the end it turns out nobody was actually being killed or whatever. I don't know. Either way works.

YoSoyTheWalrus

- Mandatory costumes are a good idea. Think about having a costume contest, perhaps with everyone kicking in a dollar for the prize money
- As many women as you can possibly invite. Nobody wants to be at a sausage fest, girl or guy.
- When inviting people make it clear that they can bring friends/SOs if they want. If you invite half of a group of friends, zero of them will show.
- I usually say I'm getting a keg of drinking-game-worthy beer and tell people to bring whatever else they might want.
- I don't usually provide food beyond a few bowls of chips and pretzels for nighttime parties. This is up to you I guess
- Two large tables for drinking games, preferably relatively close to each other but far enough apart that people aren't squished. Two empty adjacent rooms maybe. Sign up sheets for games taped to the wall are good
- More Solo cups than you could possibly believe you will need. Think about the maximum you will need then double that. Cleaning out your own dishes the next day because some bro was drinking whiskey out of your cereal bowl is the worst.
- Decorations are cool. Lighting such as orange christmas/string lights provides SPOOOOOKYYYYY ambiance. Do not worry about being corny, it gets into irony real fast
- I wouldn't feel the need to close off any rooms except bedrooms. People will gravitate towards the booze/games and it's nice to let people spread out a bit in case they want to get in a drunken relationship fight or make out
- Avoid video games or board games at a party this size unless they are part of a larger Booze Olympics type deal but even then probably not
- Make a playlist of songs that everybody will know and don't give people a chance to start fucking around with the music. The music at bars is shitty Top 40 for a reason. You can intermix some indie stuff if you want but keep it simple. 80s/90s songs are good too. There is nothing like a house full of wasted people singing along together - tough to do that with Cut Copy or whatever.
- Invite your neighbors or at least stop by and give them your phone number so they can call you instead of the cops when they inevitably get pissed off
- Bonfire if possible

That's all the stuff I usually do.

schuss

Empty rooms? Make your own version of "hidden temple". Have a competition.


Also - hide your valuables. Seriously, lock em up.