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Adult Games, Gifts and Books

Naughty gifts and games work two ways: as something to hand over, and as something to actually use with someone. Card and dice games for couples, sex position and bondage books, bondage plush, and the novelties that fill out a gift bag.

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What is a naughty gift?

A naughty gift is the low commitment end of an adult shop, and it does two jobs. One is gifting: something that gets opened in front of other people without anybody needing an explanation. The other is the one people are quieter about, which is buying it for themselves, because a game is the easiest way to start a conversation that neither person quite knows how to open.

That second job is what keeps this category selling. A card deck or a set of dice gives two people permission and a structure at the same time. Nobody has to suggest anything, nobody has to go first, and the game takes the blame. For couples a long way into it, that reignites things faster than another toy usually does. Books work the same way at a slower pace, since a position guide left out on a nightstand raises the subject without either of you having to.

The thing worth knowing before you buy a game: most adult card decks get read once and then shelved. The ones that survive have a mechanic. Dice you roll, a tower you pull from, a deck you draw against a timer. A mechanic gives two people something to do rather than something to answer, which is why prompt only decks make a better gift than a Friday night.

Types of adult games, gifts and books

Several things live here, and they get bought for different reasons.

  • Games and Novelty Gifts: card decks, dice, tumbling towers and party games for couples and bachelorettes. The largest part of this page.
  • Sex Coloring Books and Adult Books: position guides, bondage primers and mini books. They hold up on their own and do even better inside a bundle.
  • Bondage Teddy Bears and Stuffies: plush in cuffs and harnesses, plus keychain sized versions. The least expected thing on this page and the most gifted.
  • Enamel Pins: hard enamel pins for jackets, bags and sashes. The cheapest way to make a gift feel like it was chosen.
  • Candy: novelty sweets for gift bags, party favors and bachelorette tables.

How to choose the right one

If you are buying for the two of you rather than for someone else: dice or a tumbling game, not a prompt deck. The whole point is that neither of you has to be the one who suggests something. A mechanic does the suggesting, and that is what makes it easier to start on a night when nobody feels like starting.

If it is for a bachelorette: buy one game with a mechanic and fill the rest with small things. One tower or dice game carries a whole night. Pins, candy and keychains do the gift bag.

If they already own a shelf of games: go for a book instead. A position or bondage guide gets picked up more than once, and it does not need two people in the same mood at the same moment to be worth anything.

If you have no idea what they are into: plush. A bondage teddy is funny before it is anything else, it survives being opened in a room full of people, and nobody has to explain it.

On budget: the small things punch above their price here. A pin, a keychain or a candy costs a few dollars and lands better in a pile than one expensive thing in a box.