Predictions for a stag or hen party – bingo with Typical
A stag or hen do isn't just about the programme – it's about the moments in between: the guest of honour asks for the third time where you're actually going, whoever organised it checks the schedule every ten minutes, and someone tells the story of how the couple met. Typical turns exactly these moments into a game. Before the big day you write predictions about each other, during the day you tick off what happens, and whoever fills a line first wins. The best part: whatever is written about you stays hidden until it has happened – for the bride or groom too. The how-to-play guide explains exactly how the game works.
Typical needs neither alcohol nor dares. All it takes is a day or a weekend together and knowing each other well enough to guess what's about to happen.
How to set up the round
- Who sets it up. Ideally the person who plans the programme creates the round – usually the best man or maid of honour. As host, they choose the card size, end date and prize, and start the round once everyone has written.
- Card size by length. For one day, 3 × 3 fits; for a whole weekend, 4 × 4. If there are eight of you or more, team mode is worth it: each team shares a card, and then even 5 × 5 fills up.
- Put the end date at the end. Use the evening of the last day or Sunday's departure. The round then ends by itself, even if nobody has a line yet.
- A prize that suits the occasion. The winner gets to request the song for the first group dance at the wedding, is treated to breakfast at the next meet-up, or picks the music on the way home.
- Free writing or Blitz. For a stag or hen do, free writing is the better choice, because your own sentences know the group's history. Short on time? Choose Blitz mode with the category “Chilling & chatting” and the cards are filled straight away.
14 predictions for a stag or hen party
These sentences fit almost any stag or hen do, whether it's canoeing, a cooking class or a hiking weekend. On the card, each sentence is preceded by the name of a person from your round – that can be the guest of honour, but just as well anyone else:
- asks what's next on the programme
- guesses a surprise before it's revealed
- tells the story of how the couple met
- shows photos of the wedding venue on their phone
- calls home between two activities
- takes off the theme T-shirt before anyone else
- asks a stranger to take a photo of the whole group
- takes a harmless group game far too seriously
- is moved to tears by a speech or a letter
- starts dancing before anyone else as soon as music plays
- accidentally gives away a detail of the wedding plans
- gets lost on the way to the next activity
- asks for the day's photos before everyone is home
- falls asleep on the way home
More sentences from Blitz mode
Many sentences from the “Chilling & chatting” category hit the mark at a stag or hen do too, especially during an afternoon break or at dinner together:
- tells the same story twice
- suggests a game for the whole group
- laughs until they cry
- already suggests the next get-together
- tells a story from school days
- starts reminiscing about the old days
Tips for a great stag or hen do with Typical
- Don't give away a surprise. The guest of honour reads everything written about the others. If it says “falls into the water while canoeing”, the canoe trip is no longer a secret. Phrase sentences about the programme so they don't reveal anything: “gets wet during an activity” gives nothing away.
- Write beforehand, not on the day. Have everyone write the evening before or on the way there. On the day itself, Typical runs alongside and doesn't hold up the programme.
- The guest of honour gets no more sentences than anyone else. Typical hands out the writing tasks so that every person gets the same number of sentences. That's a good thing: the bride or groom plays along and ticks off whatever happens to the others.
- Tick off straight away. Whoever sees something ticks it off immediately; there's no vote. If you wait until the evening, nobody remembers for sure whether it really happened.
- Include newcomers and quieter people. A stag or hen do often brings together people who barely know each other: school friends, colleagues, siblings. Anyone who doesn't know the others well can write about what might happen that day instead of old stories. And anyone who doesn't want to install an app can play in the browser – a name is all it takes.
- No in-jokes. A sentence has to make sense to someone who only met the group this morning. “Does the Mallorca thing” only works for those who were there.
- Nothing that embarrasses. No exes, no stories only two people know, nothing about bodies or money. In the end, a good sentence makes the person it was written about laugh too.
After the bingo
The win ends the round, and everything is revealed: each person sees what was written about them – including what never happened. Take ten quiet minutes for it, over dinner for example. The sentences that never came true are often the funniest, and some of them still fit the wedding itself perfectly.