Young people who aren’t ready to settle down into committed relationships yet — and none of them are, although often they make the mistake of thinking otherwise — sometimes approach sex or sexual exploration by way of light-hearted sexy games.

In small groups of friends they’ll play spin the bottle, truth or dare, strip poker, or drinking games with risqué forfeits. Usually these stop well short of orgy territory, but everybody remembers there was that one night where everybody drank a little too much and nobody can quite remember what-all exactly happened…

These games of light-hearted ice-breaking sexual exploration most often happen among mixed groups of friends, friends with benefits, casual couples, tonight-only hookups, and a few shy orbiting singles who just need a nudge to get properly hooked up. Throw enough alcohol into the mix and a good time for all is practically guaranteed, with the safety-in-numbers factor keeping things from getting too far out of hand. But if you and Susie get dared to go into the coat closet together, who really can say what else might happen in there?

Dares and bets can lead to another fun opportunity for turning a “games with friends” situation into a “friends with benefits” situationship: if you take the bet, and you lose the bet, and your honor compels you to do the thing, then you don’t have to ever admit that you’ve been secretly wanting to do the thing since forever. “I lost a bet, I simply had to bend over for my best friend and her enormous strap-on. What choice did I have?”

Another really convenient use for games: when it’s a booty call or a hookup situation but not a romantic scene, that first step toward getting naked and fucking can be super awkward, especially if both personalities are strong. That’s when a deck of cards is your savior. “Strip poker?” and a challenging raised eyebrow can totally rescue your evening, because there’s no way to lose, no matter who winds up naked first. Just don’t let male pride get in your way if she’s better at cards than you! Accept defeat magnanimously. Your evening can only get better.

You can use any game for this, and take it as far as you like. Victorian party games often had specified forfeits (the tamest ones were chaste kisses) that losers had to perform for winners. You don’t need this spelled out for you, do you? Do you need a visual aid? I can give you a visual aid:

Image credits: The eight friends from the Naruto manga franchise drinking together and playing a strip hookup card game are by Scy–25. The four beautiful women from League Of Legends in the process of losing a friendly game of strip poker are by Nanoaoi. The woman who just forfeited her own untried ass to her lesbian friend’s monster strap-on in a card game is by Polybius. The scene of Siefer from the Final Fantasy videogames gritting his teeth as he loses some sort of strip card game to Quistis — don’t be a sore loser, man, she’ll be gentle with you! — is by Pudelmudel. The two characters from Genshin Impact sharing the traditional exchange of oral pleasure and respect after a challenging game of Go are by the yuri artist Lux Lin.

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