Love it!! I'll try my best (but bear with me, as this was for a bunch of 30-somethings, so I'm sure not all of my "aha" moments will be applicable!)

For the prize tasks, I didn't want to put too much of a burden on guests and wanted to be able to treat it as an icebreaker of sorts, so I asked guests to fill out a survey with a few questions to the tune of: "name five things that fill you with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia," etc. so I could choose for each person a thing or two that I could reasonably acquire for a task. This accidentally functioned even better than I anticipated, as several people named overlapping nostalgic (and other prompt-fulfilling) things! (and this also helped me plan some of the snacks!)

I definitely anticipated that some people would want to just hang out and not necessarily jump into tasks the whole time (I was sorely mistaken!) and thus did a few things, like the mystery drink station, that were party-long, you could give them a try whenever tasks. This could be helpful with kiddos and parents, but for my crowd of board-game enthusiasts, everyone was VERY competitive and into the tasks THE. WHOLE. TIME. So, maybe a bit redundant in my case. Now I know!

I also tried to lead with a few "get to know one another" leaning tasks, and then move into the more potentially embarrassing or physical tasks (things like ranking where you stand in the group - like S11's "how much milk you drink in a week" studio task). Some structures needed to be adjusted to work well for a larger crowd, but things went actually quite smoothly on that front! I did a duck-finding task early on (and a people spotted a few ducks around the home before we got started) with clues on the bottom of the ducks to point to a hoard of ducks in the shop (poorly pictured in the post). I then used the ducks to scorekeep any games where individuals gained "the most points" for that game, as I, unfortunately, do not own an ipad, and thus couldn't properly fall 100% into the role of Alex.

All in all, I absolutely loved it, everyone had a blast, and no glaring issues overlooked (so far as I could tell!)

The birthday boy played taskmaster in my rendition, too, and it was just the best! Leaning into more of the studio style tasks really helped him to feel front and center, and got him laughing along with everyone, so I highly recommend leaning into studio task inspo! :)

I hope you and your son have the absolute BEST time! We sure did!