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The start of your first year at uni can be a little scary, so here are some fun things you can do while settling into your new home. They will also help you prepare for life as a Scarfie..

5. Minefield: This game requires you (and some friends) to sit in the corner of your room facing the wall, but opposite to the door. Get stuck into a 12- pack and, as you finish the bottles, toss them backwards over your head as hard as you can. When you’ve all finished, turn around and try to leave. You’ll then see why it’s call Minefield! Fucking Scarfie as bro! Bonus points: no footwear allowed.
 
4. Room Reverse: While not the most original thing to do, this remains a classic prank. Choose your target, get your hands on their bed, drawers, wardrobe, and everything touching the floor, and tie it all to the ceiling. The recipient of this prank will come home (ideally after a night out) to find their room empty until they look up to find their belongings entangled in an intricate web on the ceiling. It’s like walking into the lair of that spider from Lord of the Rings, except that instead of Frodo dangling from the ceiling – it’s all your shit. Bonus points: put a shitload of glitter on everything you hang up.
 
3. Room Swap: Another oldie, but a goodie, and it’s as simple as it sounds. Swap one person’s room with another. And by swap I don’t just mean grab everything out of one room and throw it in the other. That’s not funny. I mean meticulously recreate each person’s room in the other’s space, with every item arranged just as it was originally. This is a winner because when both people arrive home (assuming you’ve only been staying at the Hall for a short amount of time) their extreme confusion will be hilarious. Bonus points: cover every single item in newspaper.
 
2. Hermits: This game requires a 12-pack and a bucket. No electronic devices are allowed. Participants get in their wardrobe, and don’t come out until they’ve finished the 12-pack. Bonus points: do it in someone else’s wardrobe. Naked.
 
1. Sand Castles: Nothing says “Welcome home!” like a quarter-tonne of sand piled in your room. If you’re going to do this, don’t be a fuckwit, and make sure you put some plastic down first. Other than that, everything is free game. Chuck a bit of sand in their drawers just for the hell of it. Bonus points: sand storm – close the door and use a leaf blower for five minutes.