Board game recommendations

[3wheels]

Hi, can you please recommend some good board games for 2 adults and an 8 and 10 year old. We're self isolating this half term so it'll give us something else to do if I order some up. Thanks

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Wow! So many brilliant recommendations- thank you! Great ideas for Christmas too. I'm going to look on eBay for some of the older ones. Feeling quite excited now about playing all these new games.

If you have a computer and a printer, then Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a really good game.

Sushi Go Party
Shhh Don’t wake dad
Looping Louis
Bugs in the Kitchen
Monopoly (Mario version)
Mysteries of old Peking
We love a board game!!

Qwirkle
Exploding Kittens
Yhatzee

We loved playing Scotland Yard when I was younger. One player is a spy and is hidden on the board. The others have to find them and you all move around using buses, taxis and the underground trains.

We like the last days of old peking

Currently isolating with a 6 and 11 yo and we all enjoyed an Exit escape room this afternoon (too hard for 6yo really but he enjoyed being part of the team and reading stuff out).
I'd agree with Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Bugs in the kitchen, Forbidden island and exploding kittens.
We downloaded the test version of cards against humanity family edition during the first lockdown and it had my then 10 yo dd laughing more than I've ever seen her laugh, although the novelty did wear off.

I’m new to Blokus this year from the Christmas board- super easy to learn and we got absolutely beaten by the youngest one.

I second exploding kittens so much fun

I'm loving this thread for ideas! Not a card game but...Zombie Fluxx is brilliant once you get the hang of it. The rules change constantly and it's brilliant.

*board game.... d'oh!

The family edition of cards against humanity

Cobra Paw - so much fun

Taco,cat,Goat cheese,pizza is a really fun card game

Quirkle is brilliant. Also Ingenious.

I don't know if it's still in production but pizazz has been a favourite in our house for years.

Settler of Catan

@BlueShirtGirl

Sushi Go Party Shhh Don’t wake dad Looping Louis Bugs in the Kitchen Monopoly (Mario version) Mysteries of old Peking We love a board game!!

We were "gifted" don't wake Dad. The damned thing gave me nightmares and had to the charity shop so other could enjoy

Outfoxed is like a more fun Cluedo, and suitable for small children

Another coming in here to mention Catan ( or Settlers of Catan)
Having been a monopoly/cleudo/risk woman for many many years i am fully converted to Catan, have bought some expansions and we even have a house variant for when there are only 2 playing.

Camel Up
Exploding Kittens
Goat Lords

Scotland yard

Pandemic
Forbidden dessert or forbidden island (not both, they're virtually the same game)
Dixit
Coup
Secret Hitler (though generally better for larger groups)
Deep sea adventure
Sheriff of Nottingham
King of Tokyo
Bang! The dice game
Power grid
Small world (one of my favourites)

Bedlam

Very funny card game with secret rules

P is for pizza is really good fun for all ages

Shot in the dark (not a drinking game ) gets dcs thinking and learning too whilst being good fun