AD | Hosting the perfect games night with giffgaff

There's something so fun and pure about a games night isn't there? Give me a night around the dining table with my best mates, a chippy tea and a few games over a night of clubbing any day - it's just so NICE. So when giffgaff asked me to host a games night and invite my nearest & dearest, I was so excited and started planning immediately. Thanks to the giffgaff's free sims and goody bag deals, it's so easy to get in touch with your pals and invite them round to play games with you - so there's no excuses for not getting together!

Of course, when you're an adult everyone is busy all of the time. And it's coming up to autumn/winter, so everyone's ill all the time as well. After a few minor setbacks and date changes, we finally managed to have 'games afternoon' on Saturday - I invited my boyfriend and my best friend Holly, and her fiance Mike who is also one of my best friends. giffgaff are big into community spirit and bringing people together, and I'm so glad we made the time to spend the afternoon arguing over game rules and generally having a laugh. Here's what went down...

The games

Big Potato Games had kindly provided some games for us to play: Obama Llama 2, Bucket of Doom and Weird Things Humans Search For. I'd heard of the brand through Brogan's videos, and always thought that the games looked like so much fun - and I wasn't disappointed. Our favourite was Weird Things Humans Search For, and we just had a right laugh playing them all.

The food

I actually just went to Asda and got a load of snacks in - gluten free biscuits for me, crisps and dip, sweets, pop, flavoured water, fresh fruit. The perfect games night wouldn't really be complete without a takeaway, but seeing as it was only the afternoon I didn't want to go nuts with the food. Doing it this way means you don't have to spend a lot, either, making a games night (or afternoon) a much cheaper alternative to a meal out, night on the town or trip to the cinema.

The tech

giffgaff, being the babes that they are, provided me with an Amazon Echo Dot to amp our games afternoon up a bit. Of course, I made a banging playlist to have on in the background that I think covered everyone's music taste. It was definitely eclectic, put it that way! You can listen to it here if you want to... They also sent me an action camera, which I didn't set up this time around - I'll be saving it for next time when there's more alcohol and I want to catch some funny moments on camera to blackmail embarrass my pals with.

All in all we had a fantastic afternoon catching up, playing games, eating snacks and listening to some tunes! I want to say a huge thanks to giffgaff for sorting me out with some goodies and prompting me to host a fun day for my favourite people. I definitely want to make it a regular thing, as it's so important to set time aside for your friends and loved ones.