Best Family Games over Christmas

[rosemole]

We usually end up playing

Botticelli
Charades
UNO
The name game (with an app)

What are your family favourites?

Labyrinth and Forbidden Island. We started playing then when youngest started school. Youngest is now in Y13, and these two board games still come out every Christmas and are enjoyed by the whole family. We've tried and enjoyed many board games, but these two have been the best.

Taskmaster - if you have a lot of energy and a sideways sense of chaotic humour! We do love this board game, but we have to be in the right mood for it.

@Aparecium never heard of them! Off to investigate

Is Taskmaster based on the tv show?

Dixit

Herd Mentality
Cards Against Humanity
Dobble
Skulls

Yes!

Outsmarted is amazing we got it a year or two ago and we all love it and play regularly, 20, 15 and 11 year old kids and my 85 year old father in law enjoys it too.

@ChaosHol1 that looks right up our street, thanks!

We love cluedo

Someone also told me about Ticket to Ride, anyone know if that's any good?

Yeah ticket to ride is good!

If you want a fun one, I’ve seen this one being played and have ordered it, you have to describe words using words of one syllable.

https://amzn.to/4g18UrX

Also we have Telestrations where you draw the word in turn

https://amzn.to/3VqU6us

We have a set of name game cards. We do three rounds, one normal one with descriptions, then in round 2 you can only say one word, then finally it’s mime. We’ve been through them so often that we have odd shortcuts, the reasons for them are lost in the mists of time - so “freckles” is James Cordon.

@CitiesInDust the Neanderthal poetry one looks really fun 🤩 thank you