Cootie/ Cooties is one of the very popular kids games falling under indoor party games accommodating two to four players in its gameplay. It's played as a roll-and-move tabletop game in which players set on to build a three dimensional bug-like object known by the name of the game, with help from a collection of plastic body parts provided for the purpose.

This indoor party game was first created by William Schaper in 1948. When it was launched the next year, it took the market by storm and sold millions in its very first year. In 1973 Tyco Toys acquired the game; and in 1986 Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley acquired it again, giving it a whole new look.

Though many companies had published this kids game design with the same name, it was Schaper's design only that stood the test of time; and is as popular in the twenty first century as it was when it was published the first in the earlier half of the twentieth. It is listed in the Toy Industry Association's "Century of Toys List".

The players compete to build the 'bug' from the plastic parts as fast as possible so that they are able to build it before anyone else does. The plastic body parts comprise a beehive-like body, a head, antennae, eyes, a coiled proboscis, and six legs. The whole fun of the game is that these plastic parts are to be earned through the roll of a die depending on the number it shows on the table.

The body corresponds to 1, the head to 2, antennas to 3, eyes to 4, mouth to 5, and the legs to 6. The players must acquire the body first and the head next to it before they are permitted to acquire the remaining parts in any order they prefer. Acquiring a part also permits an additional throw of the die to acquire another part if the player can. The player who completes the assembly before everyone else is declared the winner of the game.

Cootie/ Cooties as one of the very popular kids games falling under indoor party games was given the honor of being listed in the Toy Industry Association's "Century of Toys List" in the year 2003, meaning that it has been recognized as one of the 100 most popular and most creative toys of the 20th century.

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Pin the Tail on the Donkey is very popular among kids party games and is fondly played by children all around the world.

The game is as simple to play as all fun party games are. A picture of a donkey that is missing its tail is stuck on the wall at a height where the shortest of the kid is able to reach with her/his hands.

The kid whose turn it is, is blindfolded first of all. Then s/he is handed over a paper tail with a push pin attached to it. Then the kid is spun around so that s/he loses her/his orientation of direction.

Now the kid is supposed to reach the donkey and pin the tail where it is supposed to be. The distance of the tail where the kid pins it from the donkey's behind becomes a matter of laughter by the entire party of kids.

Everyone gets a chance and the one whose pinning has been closest to the donkey's behind wins the game. Of course winning the game is not as important as the fun of the light-heartedness that the game provides the party with, is.

The game is played by adults as well turning it into a drinking game where the worst pinning is awarded a shot of a particular variety of alcohol before the next round begins.

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Monopoly is the most popular of all the board games ever invented under the category indoor party games; basically designed as kids party games, which later transcended all the age bars and became a bestseller in all the age-groups among all the games ever sold.

Today 500 million people play this game very fondly all over the planet.

Charles Darrow patented the game in 1935 before Parker Brothers published it and started selling in the market.

The concept of the game revolves around the economic goal of every business that aims at monopolizing the market. The competitors must be pushed into bankruptcy in order to achieve the goal - a very realistic situation that we keep witnessing in the business world all day and all night every day and night.

On board also the players move in the same way with the roll of the dice trying to own every single piece of property, moving around the board, through buying, renting, and trading using 'play money' and trying to drive the other players into bankruptcy.

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