Family board game recommendations!

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We played Monopoly the other night (mum, dad and 12YO son) and that went OK.

It's been a while since we played anything else though - am keen to know what you and your tweens enjoy?!

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We’re not great with board games but a pack of cards can bring a lot of fun!

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This is our favourite game at the mo, 4 players is best but it also works with 2 or 3.

Takenoko

We are quite enjoying Pandemic right now 😳
Carcassonne (played without "farmers" with younger kids)

Forbidden Island is great, as it’s a cooperative game.

King Domino
Settlers of Catan
Ticket to Ride
Karuba
Exploding Kittens

Pandemic

It’s actually a really good team game; family versus the board.

Munchkin
Dixit
Balderdash

Ticket to ride and Scotland Yard are very popular with my 12 and 15 year olds.
Also qwirkle.

Harry Potter Battle for Hogwarts.
Best game ever.
Also pandemic, forbidden Island

King of Tokyo
221B Baker Street

Qwirkle.

Cluedo. (We have Harry Potter Cluedo as well, which adds an extra dimension).

We’ve got pandemic which we love but haven’t felt like playing. We played Scotland Yard on Saturday. That was quite good.

Risk will keep you going ...... for at least 3 months 😴

Labyrinth, we love it. You can play in several different ways to make it easier or harder depending on the kids ages. Also dobble is very addictive..

We always enjoy Labyrinth. Exploding Kittens is a good giggle, as is Hotel Tycoon. I impulse-bought a cheap game called Man Bites Dog a couple of years back that involves making funny newspaper headlines and has provided hours of entertainment.

Second Harry Potter Battle for Howarts. Although we haven't played it since my ex left. Too many memories for me right now.

Cluedo (we have regular, Harry Potter and Dr Who)
Harry Potter headbandz
Sorry (we printed a 'board' off of the computer and use an app called 'virtual sorry deck')
Rubiks Race
Scrabble (we have the Harry Potter one)

We play more card than board games.
Current favs are
Uno
Dos
Whot (the Harry Potter version natch)
Monopoly Deal
Rubiks Match

For online games we use AirConsole. We've had hours of fun from that. And at the moment it's completely free.

Faves here at the moment are
Risk Europe
Pandemic
Exploding kittens
Banana grams
Countdown
The London board game
Trivial pursuit family edition
Trump cards
Split second

Articulate or charades are good fun
We also have a game called payday I got from a charity shop but I have seen it in WHSmith great family board game

Rummikub is a favourite here....Also good old fashioned Scrabble

Another vote for Ticket to Ride. Not too long and one game I really enjoy playing as an adult.

YY to Ticket to Ride
We’ve got Europe, but kids are campaigning for other locations.

If you want educational:

Cyber Crisis is great, teaches all about online safety. I bought it on a whim and my 'hacking is sick' kids loved it.

www.cybercrisismetis.com

Yahtzee, Pass the Pigs, Dobble.