Common Play Types in BDSM

WARNING: Many play types are inherently dangerous if you are not experienced with them. Please do not attempt any of these without proper research and instruction!
  
Here is a list of some of the more common play types you might see or hear about in the BDSM lifestyle:

• Age Play: Often portrayed as a non-sexual Daddy or Mommy and child dynamic, but can also include other dynamics where an age difference changes the way the participants interact with each other.

• Anal Play: Play that involves the anus, such as:
  • Anal Torture
  • Butt Plugs
  • Pegging  - A woman penetrating a man's anus with a strap-on dildo

• Bondage: There are a wide range of different types of bondage, some for aesthetic purposes while others serve for the practical purpose of binding someone to something. Common bondage types include:
  • Leather Cuffs and Straps
  • Rope Bondage (which are broken down further into different styles such as "Western" and "Eastern" based on tying styles and aesthetics)
  • Rope Suspensions
  • Mummification - Use of plastic sheeting or plastic wrap to bind a person, similar to the look of ancient mummies
  • Scarves, Neck Ties, Etc.
  • Caging and Confinement (which uses cages and other structures to confine someone rather than rope or straps)

• Clamps and Clothespins: The use of various clips, clamps, and clothespins to pinch areas of the body

• Electricity Play: Play done with vary specific equipment that causes safe electric stimulus, such as:
  • Violet Wand
  • TENS Unit
  • E-Stim

• Fire Play: Play that involves small, controlled amounts of fire to stimulate the skin for short amounts of time

• Forced Orgasms: A type of play where the recipient is forced to endure (typically) multiple orgasms

• Humiliation / Degradation: A type of play that involves any number of activities or verbal remarks to make someone feel humiliated or degraded.

• Impact Play: An umbrella term for play styles that involve hitting someone with an implement or part of your own body, including (but not limited to):
  • Floggers
  • Whips 
  • Paddles
  • Canes
  • Crops
  • Spankings
  • Pummeling  

• Pet Play / Pony Play / Puppy Play, etc: A type of play where the participants act like a specific animal of their choosing and interact their human owner and / or other human animals. This type of play has nothing to do with Beastiality!

• Wax Play: Play that involves dripping, pouring, or other methods of applying melted wax to another person.

There are many other types of play to explore, so if you don't see something that sparks your interest here, keep checking back for more info! ​​