Easy games to play at the table with older teens

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We usually play the game where we each have a post it note on our forehead with a famous persons name and have to work out who we are by asking questions.
Quite simple and fun.

I need more ideas or easy games. Especially considering what Christmas may be like this year with limited socialising.

Cards against humanity, what do you meme, any big potato game.

Card games: Cards Against Humanity, Exploding Kittens, Uno (no holds barred), Rummy, Knock Down Whist, Chase the Lady - most card games, really.

Pen & Paper games: Consequences (yes, all my teens still enjoy it) Pictionary (you don't need the boxed game, just a timer and a kids' dictionary.

Board games: Forbidden Island, Labyrinth. I'm buying Carcassonne this years, after a mill in recommendations for it here on MN.

Not strictly a table game: the Taskmaster boxed game. Sheer insanity!

Skull - Bluffing Game
Cockroach poker
Just one
Spyfall
Secret Hitler

Scattergories
Telestrations

Taboo
Pictionary

Darts

Just got the ‘more or less’ game to play with teenage DS. great fun!

spoons
Cards against humanity
Uno/Dos
Monopoly Deal
Unstable Unicorns

Tension
Scattegories

When you say 'at the table' I'm assuming you mean over Christmas lunch so you may not have a lot of space?

If so...

Two truths and a lie
How's Yours
Werewolf
20 Questions

Cobra paw. Simple yet good.

Thanks for so many responses.
I haven’t heard of any of these apart from cards of humanity and monopoly!! 🤭

I am going to do some googling

Dobble is fab, need a little bit of space though

Buzz is brilliant.

The Werewolves of Millers Hollow, or Secret Hitler.

secret Hiltler sounds interesting, Im off to google that one!

B&M has loads of cheapo card based games, ie one where you are asked 'would you rather' type questions. I've bought that for DD6. I've also splashed out on the Robin Reed crackers suggested by a PP in another thread, pricey but with racing penguins in one set and hand bells in another. Everyone has a bell and there is a conductor and it looks utterly hilarious trying to perform Christmas songs with everyone taking part. I really think these will elevate Christmas for us!

If these are your DC please do not play cards against humanity! From their point of view that must be such an embarrassing game to play with parents! I can only play it with super close friends

What about UNO?

Secret Hitler is fab. Needs 5 players though.

There's a kid's version of cards against humanity which is still funny, i downloaded it in last lockdown

Poker

Oh god, the handbell Christmas crackers... There’s always one note that doesn’t fit the tune, and you find yourself playing Jingle Bells in a mournful minor key that sticks in everyone’s head for the rest of the day.

Yep, definitely recommend!

I have no idea what this game is called but it's so fun!!

Each person in the group writes down 5 names of celebs/people you know/anyone really on bits of paper, they all go in a bowl. Teams of 2 people. Take it in turns to pick names out of the bowl, and guess. Each round finishes when there are no names left in the bowl. Scoring by correct answers. 1 minute per team.

Round 1 - describe each person without saying the name, obviously!
Round 2 - mime the person, no speaking
Round 3 - say 1 word to describe the person.

It's hilarious, cause you know what names are in there by round 3, but it's still so frustrating. A very fun game which my family play all the time!

Prediction Whist

We call it "The Name Game", jomalone.

that sounds fun, thanks