The Best Outdoor Games for UK Corporate Events

The tabletop original is fine. The giant version is a social event. When it's standing at over a metre tall in the middle of the garden, people gravitate towards it. It becomes the focal point of the whole gathering.

We sell three sizes depending on your needs:

• Maxi 4 (58.5cm) - Compact, wooden frame with solid plastic counters. Great for tabletop use or smaller gardens.

• Jumbo 4 (75cm) - Slightly bigger, brilliant for younger children. Comes with a handy nylon storage bag.

• Up 4 It (1.1m) - The true giant. Weatherproof HDPE plastic, built-in counter storage, and genuinely impressive at any outdoor event.

One customer bought the Up 4 It for a work conference and told us: "Everyone enjoyed using it - it was great." Another bought it for a wedding reception and ended up running a full competition league over the weekend. That's the power of the right game at the right gathering.

Best for: All ages, all occasions. The one game that earns its price every single time.

Best for: Groups of 3 or more. Particularly good after food, when people want something engaging but not too energetic.

Ask anyone in the UK if they know how to play Snakes and Ladders. You'll get a 100% yes rate. That familiarity is genuinely valuable at family gatherings, because you spend zero time on rules and all your time actually playing.

Our Giant Snakes and Ladders rolls out on the lawn and turns the garden into the board. Kids love the physical element of moving around the mat. Adults enjoy it too - there's something nostalgic and oddly satisfying about it.

It's also one of the few games where a very young child can win entirely on luck, which means no tears and no tantrums. The five-year-old lands on a ladder, shoots to the top, and the whole family cheers. That's a good afternoon.

Best for: Families with young children (ages 3+). Great as a warm-up game before moving on to something more competitive.

Not every game needs to be loud. Giant Draughts fills a different role at a family gathering - it's the one that draws in the quiet, strategic thinkers. Grandparents who grew up playing the tabletop version are often surprisingly good at it, which creates a lovely dynamic where they're suddenly teaching the teenagers.

Our Giant Garden Draughts set uses chunky, solid pieces that are easy to handle for all ages and look brilliant on the lawn. The rules are simple enough for children to learn in minutes, but there's enough depth to keep adults genuinely engaged.

It also works as a spectator game. A tense endgame draws a crowd, and there's always someone offering unsolicited advice from the sidelines.

Best for: Ages 5 and up. Ideal for pairs who want something more focused while the rest of the group plays other games nearby.

Quoits is one of those games that gets underestimated until someone actually plays it. Then it gets picked up again and again throughout the afternoon.

The premise is simple: throw a ring over a peg. The skill ceiling is deceptively high - distance, angle, and spin all matter - but beginners can get lucky throws from the start, which means nobody feels excluded.

Our Garden Quoits set is compact enough to set up anywhere in the garden and packs away in seconds. It's one of the best games for keeping younger children entertained while adults are mid-conversation, because they can play independently without needing a grown-up to referee.

It's also genuinely good for mixed-ability groups. A steady-handed 10-year-old can regularly beat a distracted adult. That levelling effect is what makes it such a reliable crowd-pleaser.

Best for: Ages 4 and up. Works especially well as a side game running alongside something bigger.

Dominoes doesn't always get the credit it deserves as a garden game, but the giant version changes the dynamic completely. When the pieces are large enough to stand upright and knock each other over, suddenly you've got a game that's as much about the setup as the play itself.

Our Giant Dominoes Set works both as a traditional matching game and as a creative domino-toppling activity for younger children. Kids who aren't quite ready for the strategy of the full game can spend a happy 20 minutes setting up elaborate chains and knocking them down. Adults can play the proper game alongside them.

It's that dual-mode quality that earns it a spot on this list. One set, two completely different experiences, zero arguments about what to play.

Best for: Ages 4 and up. A surprisingly versatile pick that works across very different age groups simultaneously.

If you're hosting a bigger gathering, the best approach is to run two or three games simultaneously rather than one at a time. Here's a simple setup that works well:

This way, different personality types find their game naturally. The competitive ones gravitate to Connect 4. The casual chatterers drift to Cornhole. The quiet strategists settle in at Draughts. Nobody feels left out, and nobody feels pressured to play something they don't enjoy.

Browse our full garden games collection to see everything in one place, or head straight to our giant games range if you're ready to go big.