Free printable, no sign-up Office Most Likely To Cards

What's in the office Most Likely To deck

Each card finishes the question “Who's most likely to…?” with something from everyday office life. There are 100 cards in five categories of 20, written for coworkers who know each other a little or a lot. Nothing is about job performance, pay, looks, dating or drinking, so the deck is fine to play with a manager in the room and a new hire at the table. One category prints on 3 pages, and the full deck takes 13.

The cards are the same prompts as our most likely to questions for work, which is where you can read them all before you print. See all 100 as a list →

Run it as office superlatives

In December, a lot of teams hand out office superlatives: small, silly awards that end the year on a good note. These cards do the hard part for you. Each one is already an award category, so nobody has to invent twenty award names the night before the party.

1. 1Before the party, pick one card per person, plus a few spares. Office superlatives is the safest place to start, and Career futures adds a few laughs.
2. 2Read each card like an award: “And the award for most likely to stay calm when the internet goes down goes to…” Let the room point or vote, then hand over the card.
3. 3Print on cardstock and write the winner's name and the year on the back. The card becomes a little certificate they can pin to their desk. Next December, read last year's winners before the first card.
4. 4Make sure everyone wins one. Near the end, give the last cards to anyone who hasn't won yet, and choose ones that fit them.

How to play at the office party

1. 1Shuffle the cards and set the stack face down in the middle of the table.
2. 2The reader takes the top card and reads it out loud: “Who's most likely to…” and the line on the card.
3. 3Count to three. On three, everyone points at one coworker at the table. No pointing at yourself.
4. 4The person with the most fingers pointing at them keeps the card. If there's a tie, the reader decides.
5. 5Pass the stack to the next person, who becomes the reader. When the cards run out, whoever holds the most is the team's office legend for the year.

Give each card keeper one sentence to defend themselves. The stories that come out, like the time someone fixed the printer with a paper clip, are what people still talk about on Monday.

How to run it kindly at work

An office party is not a family dinner. Some people have worked together for ten years and some started last week, and nobody wants to be put on the spot in front of their manager. The cards are written to be harmless, so most of keeping it kind is in how you run it.

• Say at the start that anyone can pass on any card, no reason needed. Skip any card that doesn't fit your team.
• Managers point last, or just read. A vote from the boss feels heavier than a vote from a peer.
• Spread the cards around. If one person already holds three, the reader can skip a card that would go to them again.
• Go easy on new hires. A card someone wins in their first week should be a compliment, like “give the best compliments.”
• Only vote for people who are there, in the room or on the call. Coworkers who are out can't laugh along.

For 10, 25 or 40 people

Pointing works best with 4 to 10 people who can all see each other, so under 10, play as one group with one stack.

With 10 to 25, split into tables of 5 to 8, one category per table, and swap stacks after ten minutes.

With 25 to 40, or a hybrid party with people on video, run it from the front as an awards ceremony. One host reads 10 to 15 cards and the room votes by show of hands, or collect secret votes ahead of time with the nominations variation below. Either way it takes about 20 minutes.

Variations

More office party printables and games

Want to skip the printing? Open the most likely to questions for work and tap Play this list to play the same 100 prompts on one phone.

For the rest of the party, print the Secret Santa questionnaire so gift buyers know what to get, the White Elephant numbers and rules for the gift swap, the Christmas trivia cards for a team quiz, or the get to know you cards for teams that just met. All of our picks are on the office holiday party games page.

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