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Board game to play over Zoom?

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HuevosRancheros · 30/10/2020 19:02

Seeing as we're not likely to be able to spend Christmas with as much family as usual this year, I was thinking of playing a board game via zoom.
On another thread, someone suggested Herd Mentality, which sounds like it could work, if we all had our own set.
Any other ideas of games that would work?
Thanks Smile

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BrieAndChilli · 30/10/2020 19:13

It’s not a board game but during our family quizzes everyone has loved the following:

5 catergories eg boys name, girls name, food, country, film. Then 5 random letters.
Everyone has to write down something in each category starting with each letter.
Then you read them out and get a point for each one that everyone agrees is right. , if someone has out the same as you neither get a point. Get funny when someone says something and other people suddenly groan as they also put it! Then some discussion of certain things are really a boys name or a country etc.

A zoom quiz works well with everyone creating a round each.

Trivial pursuit of everyone has a copy of the game.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 30/10/2020 20:09

5 second rule
Dobble
Articulate
Boggle
Charades
Taboo

NickMarlow · 30/10/2020 20:14

Sign up to boardgamearena.com or something similar. Lots of good games, and you can run a video call alongside it - we usually do a WhatsApp call so we can use the laptops for the game.

YesILikeItToo · 30/10/2020 20:22

Sussed is a conversation game - I take it when we go to highly posh restaurants, because there’s nothing actually going on on the table. You get a card and ask everyone ‘Would I rather have invented a) a cure for the common cold; b) a machine that turns lead into gold; or c) a time machine?’ People get points for guessing your answer and there are special points for persuading the questioner that they actually have got it wrong about themselves.

TFSRM · 30/10/2020 21:03

My daughter has been playing bananagrams over Zoom with her grandparents (they each have a set). Seems to work well.

MrJinxyCat · 30/10/2020 21:03

Just One Game - 5 words per card.
Person who’s guessing says a number 1-5.
All look at card except person guessing.
Others all have to write down only one word to help them guess the chosen word.
Any duplicates are removed so you need to write something you don’t think everyone else will.
The person then gets to see the words and tries to guess the word on card.
So if word on card was ‘chocolate’ people might write Cadbury’s, bar, brown, sweet etc.

Titsywoo · 30/10/2020 21:11

Jackbox is very good for online games. Everyone needs their own device though (phones, ipads, laptops etc are fine) and then one central device to see the main screen on via zoom. There are party packages you can buy via Steam with great games. Don't buy through jackbox themselves as they send codes to access the games through the post for some weird reason. Anyway we love games like quiplash, patently stupid, fibbage and trivia murder party. Lots of laughs.

Flandaddy · 31/10/2020 16:18

I've played Herd Mentality over Zoom (twice) and I was the only one with the actual game. The first time, I kept score for everyone on one pad of paper. I also kept note of who had the pink cow. The second time, people kept their own score and used their own soft toy to represent the pink cow.
Both versions worked well but the second was easier.

Redlocks28 · 31/10/2020 16:19

Tension

Flandaddy · 31/10/2020 16:31

Head Hackers also works well over Zoom and you only need one copy of the game. £9.90 on Amazon at the moment.

HuevosRancheros · 02/11/2020 09:21

Thanks everyone, lots of things to think about Grin
Good to hear you can play Herd Mentality with one set, and fluffy toys - great idea!

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