1. PRINT GAME CARDS - At any time prior to or during the TV sporting event, you visit this web site (http://www.sportspartychallenge.com) and print a set of game cards according to the number of friends that are present at your party. The game cards sets are customizable based on the sport (baseball, basketball, football or soccer) and the names of the teams competing on TV. You can produce up to 500 randomly generated cards at one time.

2. DISPLAY A PRIZE, DISTRIBUTE THE CARDS AND PLAY - It adds to the excitement to provide a prize for each game winner. After the TV sporting event starts, you pick an appropriate time to distribute game cards and markers to your friends making sure to prominently show off the prize.

3. FACILITATE THE FUN - As the Challenge game proceeds, you should remain accessible to assist when issues arise during the game. The most common issues that occur are:

• Helping someone understand the meaning of a card square
• Deciding whether or not a marked square is valid
• Determining how close the game is to having a winner by occasionally asking your friends as a group, “How many of you have one square remaining?”, “How many of you have two squares remaining?”, etc.

4. PLAYER WITH A WINNING CARD WINS THE PRIZE - Eventually one of your friends marks five squares in a row and shouts “I Win!”. At that time, you stand alongside your friend and read each marked square aloud, one at a time, so that your other friends can hear whether or not they agree with each marked square. This process is easy and fun because many other friends have also marked the same squares on their own cards. When the winning card is confirmed the game ends and you present the prize to the winner in front of your entire group of friends. Playing multiple card games during the TV sporting event increases the fun!

1. DETERMINE HOW MANY CARD GAMES TO PLAY DURING YOUR PARTY - Prior to the day of the TV sporting event, you should decide how many card games to play during the sporting event so that you can arrange to acquire a novelty prize for each game ahead of time. The number of card games to play is entirely up to you. But, here are some suggestions based on our own experience:

2. ACQUIRE A NOVELTY PRIZE FOR EACH CARD GAME TO BE PLAYED - For each card game to be played, we suggest that you acquire a novelty prize to make it even more fun for your friends to play. Examples of novelty items: a jersey with logo, a jacket with logo, a sweatshirt with logo, a t-shirt with logo, a mug, a ball cap, a bag of candy or chocolate, a squishy foam ball from a party store, a gift card to a store or restaurant, etc. For low budget games, a local dollar store often has sports themed items that can be purchased for this purpose.