• Game playing with a partner can bring a new level of intensity to your favorite games. Working with a partner will help you build your teamwork and communication skills. Two heads are better than one, especially when it comes to planning a winning strategy. Partner games are also good for large groups because they keep the game-playing personal and the conversation flowing.
  
  

Spades

• The card game Spades requires partners to work together bidding and winning hands. In this game, spade cards are of high value and can trump all other suits. Partners work together in playing the spade cards sparingly and in keeping track not only of their played cards, but the played cards of their opponents. Partners can work together to "set" the other team and win a victory.
  
  Bridge and Whist, with their sophisticated bidding techniques, are also partner card games.
  
  

Three-Legged Race

• A three-legged race is a game that is played outside or in a large area like an auditorium. The partners are paired together with one of each partner's legs tied to the other's. They have to work together, hopping simultaneously to reach the finish line first. Some three-legged races require partners to troubleshoot an obstacle course while hopping. Young people, especially kids, enjoy this game. It is often played at family reunions and at birthday parties.
  
  

Partner Tag

• In this game partners stand together in pairs throughout the yard or field. Only one player is left single and he is "It." The partners hook arms throughout the game and run together to tag "It." If "It" can hook arms onto a partner, then the player on the opposite end becomes the new "It." There are no back-to-back tags in this game. Partner tag is also known as Hook Up or Elbow Tag.
  
  

Blind Kickball

• This game is played like regular kickball. The only difference is that the kicker is blindfolded. The seeing partner tells the kicker when to kick the ball. Or a seeing kicker kicks the ball and the blind partner runs the bases while following her partner's commands. The seeing partner can run alongside the blind one to the base, but can not touch or guide him by touching.
  
  

Blindfold Obstacle Course

• Create an obstacle course in your yard or in an auditorium. Turn off or dim the lights to make this game really fun. Pair off teams to compete for the best time to get through the obstacle course. One partner is blindfolded and the seeing partner talks the blind partner through the course. The seeing partner can not touch the blind partner, and can only lead her by his voice. If they do touch, they must start over.