Recommend a Good Board Game for Adults

[Mondaymoultingtherestoftheweekisgoodtoo]

A few family and friends meeting up for Christmas, and I would like some ideas for a Board Game to amuse and interest us. Any recommendations please?

I heard of one called: Things they dont teach you in School
and another called: The Hygge Game

Are they good, or of course any other please???

Thank you

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Camel Up (betting on a camel race) is our go to board game to play with adults who aren’t board gamers.

Love Letter is a quick card game that's more fun than Uno, I think.

More fun than Uno? Impossible!

The shine did come off Uno at about game #367, when the DC were younger, it's true ... I was so glad when Exploding kittens and Love Letter came along!

If you are broad of mind
Cards against humanity
but only if you are all on the same 'wavelength' (can be rude etc)

Mysterium is a great game for a group.

As victorian mediums you have to work out who was murdered, in which room, and by what method, only receiving 'visions' from a ghost in the house. Each player has their own murder to solve, and the 'ghost' will try to communicate this with a series of vision cards across 7 rounds. In the final round players must use the information they have collected to identify which victim has been communicating with them and still haunts the house.

The game lasts a good hour or so, but due to the set number of rounds won't go on for eternity, and personally I find the victorian theme quite 'christmasy'.

We love taboo but its not a board game, just howl inducing fun

Scrawl is really good - light-hearted, as rude as you want to be, and very funny.

And also Chameleon

Some classics we love:
Bananagrams
Monopoly Deal
Skulls
Perudo
Articulate
Boggle
Upwords

We have travel Rummikub, it's been to Mexico, Cape Verde, Mauritius, Scotland. Me and DH love it!

We love cards against humanity but it's filthy

Phase Ten is brilliant (card game similar to Uno)

Articulate great for a big group

Listography is our favourite.

Which would you choose for yourself and partner and two adult daughters with a few drinks and loads of laughter Telestrations or one of the others?

If you like Uno, you have to get Uno Extreme as it launches cards out of a machine at you - so brilliant!

Haven't RTFT but I'd always go with Balderdash. It's the best game for people who don't 'do' board games, and it can be absolutely hilarious

Balderdash, which has been mentioned, is great fun. Sillier, but also great, is Speak Out!

Placemarking! Great thread!

Has anyone got Taskmaster the board game? During a family discussion yesterday re how to entertain my ........... errr tricky ...... in-laws for a few hours on Boxing Day, since we won't be able to go out for our traditional walk due to mobility issues, Dd said we could do with something like taskmaster where you're not tied to an actual board and can do challenges around the house etc and I saw today there's an actual game of it - reviews look good but you can never tell! Is there somethings similar/better perhaps?

Linkee and Bananagrams always go down well with our family at Christmas.

Cards Against Humanity is good with an older, open-minded crowd.

Splendour
Boggle
Articulate
Catan
Exploding Kittens
Scattergories
Rummikub
Yahtzee

Excellent site

and don’t forget you can often watch tutorials on YouTube - gives you a good idea

Oops, didn’t mean Boggle - should’ve put Dobble!

also - Yahtzee can be played without buying a game (just need 5 dice, and can download and print out scoresheet) and likewise Scattergories - no need to buy it - can google some lists and use a phone timer

we play loads but a fave at the moment is secret hitler

In a similar situation we usually play the card game Uno Flip - but more exciting/strategic than the traditional Uno but just as easy to add more people, quick rounds so fits around good courses etc