My first attempt to raise money was to use an already planned dinner party and raid my friends’ banks, sorry piggy banks. The plan was to woo them with home-made dim sum and get them “happy” on drinks, including Belorussian vodka … then get everyone playing games. 
Cooking took quite a few hours, as well as some preparation the night before. All the ingridients were sourced from local Chinese supermarket (very authentic!). I've got to say it was pretty hot in the kitchen!! Since dim sum are easy to cook once prepared, we have literarly cooked them in front of guests, and then I finally got dressed. No, only kidding, got dressed before sitting down to eat! Couple of ££’s to play and once called you can start crossing out yours and your friends funny and embarrassing pictures.. That was fun and everyone kept the little pictures – of themselves, of course! Money raised! Tick!
Perudo
I swear to this day no one from the group (except for me, obviously, otherwise it’s a disaster from the offset) understood the rules. We played through the winging from the players and actually finished the game.
Perhaps, it was the drink. Perhaps, it was the “Russian” explanation. But the money was raised for every dice out! Another tick!
But in case someone interested, here is a link to the game ;) http://www.perudo.com/
