Board games (yes I know you've been asked this 287363 times)

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Top ones for families with over 8s - labyrinth, great game of Britain, escape from Atlantis, quirkle, dibble, carcasson, settlers. All 8/10 upwards.

As always, I suggest visiting your local board game cafe and trying some games so you know what you like as a family.

Sorry, I mean they score hightly,
1/2 out of ten for Walton family time.

Oh and ticket to ride. But not uk/Pennsylvania because it’s hard.

I love carcassonne, it is as simple or complicated as you like, really. If you have a local games shop I'd definitely recommend going. In Reading we have eclectic games which is utterly brilliant and has a huge range of board games which the staff know backwards and can recommend themselves.

Mine are adults and the biggest hit of last year was Cards Against Humanity. We've also discovered a whole new wicked side to some family and friends!

There's board game cafes?

I'm in Edinburgh so I'm hopeful there'll be one here!

www.noughtsandcoffees.co.uk/phone/index.html

Thank you!

I'm genuinely so happy. I've just done puppy dog eyes at my DH and he says he'll go with me (he's not much for games)!

For older ones I like Pandemic (collaborative), would second carcassone and labyrinth, and also recommend flux. I enjoy ticket to ride and great game of Britain as well but we have found the latter can cause frustration - we had to alter rules so one person couldn't be trapped forever.

Scotland Yard - fun but a bit complicated to start with!

Articulate, blokes, scrabble here!
All love Jenga too - not strictly board games but .....

my 6yo can manage carcasonne and labyrinth. And Exploding Kittens.
10yo's favourites are the Discworld one (better than it sounds, enough chance elements to give younger ones a good chance of winning) and Splendour.

Suggestions like Jenga are definitely appreciated too, Middle. Really any games that a family can play. We don't actually have Jenga so that's one for the list!

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone, I plan to google them all!

Our favourite is still Happy Families!

Articulate

I bought Cards Against Humanity ( we have a 15.6 DD and a near 18yo DS) so not small DC.
DS flicked through the cards and point blank refused to play this game with his Mother even though he'll watch Russell Howard, Game of Thrones, The Last Leg etc quite happily with DH and I.

Mine like Christmas Dominoes
We have Cluedo (Sherlock Holmes edition)

Still not tried The Big Bang Theory game yet

Monopoly Go card game, - 7
Exploding Kittens card game - 3
Labyrinth - 6

High scores only because my eldest is competitive and they involve strategy to block others.

My youngest loved and still secretly loves Payday
Both love Pictionary (it has a child's option as well as adult)

I bought Beat the Parents today and we all really enjoyed it. Ticket to Ride is another favourite along with Cleudo (and Monopoly, but that takes too long to play!)

My current favourites are Dobble, Pass the Pigs and Monopoly Deal. All quite short, not too much to set up and lots of fun :)

Dobble a thousand times over

Dobble here too. My DS (5 in Jan) can play the regular version, and DD(2) likes shouting out the things she can see on the cards. We're getting him it for Christmas because normally he can only play it when my sister is around.

Jungle Speed is good, though it takes a while to get the hang of the rules/card patterns. I'd say it's quite likely to cause fallings out though - my brother rugby tackled me one year to get to the totem before I did

Mine are 12 and 10 and our favourite by far is ticket to ride. Its had a lot of outings. They also like exploding kittens but DH and I are not as keen.

Going for pandemic this year..

@70isaLimitNotaTarget i've just ordered christmas dominos from Amazon thanks to you!

Another vote for Carcassone. DW and I love it, we're going to teach the 7 year old this year.

We have a range of games and Uno Blast is a current favourite. Everyone has to stop what thete doing for a round or 4 with DS (6).

Ive been looking at what games to get DS and DD (9) for Christmas. I have been considering family trivial pursuit, 5 second rule junior and cludo but Ive not closely looked at the reviews

DS is 8 and enjoys:
Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne.
Monopoly card game (quick to play, so much better than the"normal" version)
Uno brilliant for all ages