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At my age with my group of friends, it's easy. Here's what you need:
A place to hold the party
two sawhorses
one piece of plywood
one big pack of Solo cups
ping pong balls
two or three cases or one keg of light beer (gross, but effective,) two to three bottles of liquor, 30 pounds of ice, couple gallons of fruit juice, flat of red bull (assuming 20 people)
boombox (or better, if available)
optional:
ping pong table
pool table
big TV, consoles and party games like Smash Brothers, Goldeneye, etc. DDR, Donkey Conga and Guitar Hero are awesome while drunk.
Of course, some of us like a little more class, and put a new twist on the old-style college parties, holding black tie formal parties. If we want to get really snobby and high-class, a non-driker who owes the host a favor or is desparate to be accepted may be posted at the sidewalk for the first half hour or so to provide valet parking. The highest quality hors d'oeuvres that can be bought at BJ's or Costco and baked, fried, or microwaved to perfection are served by the host and his friends periodically throughout the night. As formal social events, blasting top 40 hip-hop is unnecessary as the conversation is the main source of entertainment. Alcohol, however, is a constant, with respectable liquors and wines of reasonable quality and price served at a real bar, and the tradition of driking games is maintained by my faux-high-class adatpation of a classic, champagne pong (cheap bubbly, old-style wide-mouthed champagne glasses rather than flutes.)
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