Choosing the board games is my favourite part of Christmas shopping! :o
Unfortunately it is DH's turn to choose the main family game this year so I've reluctantly relinquished control 
- he's chosen Castle Panic, although the new cooperative Thunderbirds game came a close second.
For the DCs I've got that Bounce Off one that is advertised on telly - looks a bit of a five minute wonder, but they both go gooey over it whenever it comes on, and I'm thinking that will be the Santa present (as they know mum would never buy it 
).
DSCs (teens/young adult, all live together) are getting a couple as a joint gift - the Batman edition of Love Letter, and the London Game.
DCs always get Top Trumps in their stockings, so DD (8) has Monster High and DS (6) has the retro style Transformers.
Trying to resist the temptation to add more 
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fuzzpig · 23/11/2015 14:23
Castle Panic is good! We got that last year and our older DC (9 and 7) love it. We like Love Letter in our house too, and for our Christmas Eve box we've got a Coup expansion pack. Last year we also got King of Tokyo, which is great fun, Fluxx the board game, and Forbidden Desert (quite a bit harder than Forbidden Island which friends bought us a couple of years back, but just as fun).
Have realised that we are £200 overdrawn with a week til payday so mustn't buy any more!! 
Ooh King of Tokyo is one I'd really like to get. Actually a lot of the games on my ridiculously long wishlist are either Japanese or Japan themed.
Good to know about Castle Panic - I think I first heard of it on here. It says 10+ but don't think that's such an issue when it's a co-op anyway. We played Flash Point recently and that is brilliant (you have to work together to save people from a burning building before it collapses).
I didn't know there was a Fluxx board game 
we have the card game, Monty Python edition :o
Love Cluedo, I must start playing that with DD (DS can't read well enough yet so he would struggle). I am coveting the Big Bang Theory edition :o
Recent ones we've enjoyed are Indigo (got it for DS' birthday, he's a demon at it!), Steam Park and Takenoko.
I'm really tempted to get them another card game each too, I like the look of all the Gamewright ones such as Sleeping Queens which I've seen untold recommendations for on here. But then there's a couple of Egypt themed ones, and Egypt is currently our main home ed topic.
In June we are hoping to go to the UK Games Expo at the NEC. With a spare suitcase and as much cash as we can save up!
Millions we LOVE ticket to ride! We have the Europe one.
Sushi Go is one that I'd like to get for myself DD :)
Actually my Grandma has, as usual, given us some money for my birthday and the family's Xmas presents... might use my portion for another game
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We're getting Takenoko for DD, Gravity Maze, Dinosaur Brainbites and Rex for DS. Rory's Story Cubes and Dixit for the family. I've picked Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and Machi Koro, DH has finally chosen Space Hulk, Jaipur, The Grizzled and Mysterium (which I cannot wait to play!). Am getting Sushi Go for his stocking as well!
Need to stop now
Love Letter and Flashpoint are fab! We recently got 7 Wonders Duel which is fun for us and And Then We Held Hands which is just lovely, very calming but difficult.
Our enduring favourite is Bananagrams (like Scrabble but without the dull bits). We take it on holiday every year. Also Dh likes card games. His family all love them too and are really good. I always have to be re-taught every time which is .
Got Articulate last year which was fun.
Might give Cluedo a go this year. I still have my old set from when I was young.
Maybe...maybe Monopoly. I've put it away for the last few years vowing never to play it again, it was causing too many arguments. Perhaps dc (and Dh ) have grown up a bit more now.
I love Bananagrams! I should get DD to play it. I recently got Boggle Slam, a card game, and just used it to get DS thinking of words rather than playing competitively. Could do the same with Bananagrams I guess :) I don't like Monopoly though. I haven't the brain for it, or the patience!
I think we're getting to the stage where the amount of game they're able to play has increased. We play a lot. We had our first home ed 'inspection' from the LEA earlier this year and she was very pleased with our range of games, she even mentioned it in her report as a brilliant educational resource :o I've played Labyrinth and Indigo with DD this evening while DS is at Beavers, and then we curled up on the sofa and started designing our own Greek Myths game. The kind of evening I always dreamed I'd have with my DCs one day :)
Sorry to have gone off on a tangent. This is something I could go on about for hours (typical Asperger's obsession!).
Currently looking at Sleeping Queens, Rat a Tat Cat and Sushi Go for the DCs (Amazon descriptions aren't always that helpful so I'm looking at the PDFs of the rules!) although I really shouldn't actually buy any . If I use my birthday money to get a game for myself I am thinking either King of Tokyo or Tokaido. Although Phantom Society looks pretty cool... as do several others...
My husband got Seven Wonders at the weekend. I really enjoyed playing it.
(Our daughter is named after a wonder, she will like playing it!).
I have had to insist on a one-in-one-out rule with table top games now. We have a lot. So I don't think we'll buy any more just for Christmas. Unless we get an expansion to something!
Ticket To Ride is a favourite, the app version (and Europe) were free on the Apple app store empty long ago.
Fuzzpig we are also hoping for a family trip to Games Expo this year. My husband went on his own last year (and came 4th in the Attack Wing nationals!).
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