Which boardgames were a hit and for what ages?

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I bought Santa's Rooftop Scramble after seeing it recommended on here and got it out a week before Christmas and my kids aged 5, 7 and 9 loved it and we have played it loads. I may put it away to get out again next christmas, but wondered what other boardgames have been a hit this year and for what ages?

12 and 14 year old here and they liked chameleon and telestrations. 14 year old not a fan of board games but she liked these.

Mine three are teens 13-19. They've spent a lot of time playing either poker or Arkham Horror.

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I put on my headphones and watch Netflix.

This is great thank you - will look out for all these in charity shops once they all reopen as that is my favourite place to buy board games

Rapidough. After a few drinks, absolutely bloody hilarious.

Throw Throw Burrito has been a real hit with DS11 and DS7 though it hasn't yet been played without tears - which quickly dry up when I threaten to pack it up.

We played Ticket To Ride today which DH, DS11 and I enjoyed but needs a few plays to get into. Annoyingly DH won overwhelmingly so I will need to rectify that at the earliest opportunity!

Must just add though, re: Rapido, it involves uncontrollable laughter at other people's ludicrous efforts so perhaps not suited to mixed age groups with children who might take it too heart when ribbed by older siblings. We played all adults and it was a blast.

My dc age 9, 12 and 14 really enjoyed Zombie Kidz Evolution.

Sleeping Queens card game
Bugs in the kitchen
Scotland yard
Ticket to ride
Pass the pigs
Pie face is still a hit here, we resurrect it every now and then for a laugh, wouldn't play it often though, would lose its appeal

Genius square has been thoroughly enjoyed, it’s like non electronic Tetris. The 3 yr old has loved Tummy Ache by orchard toys

@30not13

5 second rule. It entertained a group from 7 to 67 with some small adjustments for littlest of increasing the time and picking suitable cards

Has gone down well here - DS13 abc myself and DH - DH is rubbish at it ! I bought it for £10.99 on Amazon and it has been played with everyday.

We don't usuallly play board games - 3 isn't the best number when only one is a child. Have really enjoyed playing it

My DC are late teens, we have had considerable success with what I am going to call Targeted Triv - a normal Trivial Pursuit board plus your choice of questions.

We now have Friends, Harry Potter (two sets), football (some of those are easy, some v hard) and Rick and Morty (bit niche but that's the point).

Played last night for about 90 mins 😀

Goat lords! 7, 9, 11 and grown ups

We love Funny Bunny in this house. We've been playing it nightly since October.

We also love snakes and ladders.
Our DS is 6

8 year old and grown ups, Scotland Yard! Absolutely loved it.

Mine are 10,12 and 14

Hits are
Exploding kittens
Bananagrams
Avocado smash
Cards against humanity -family edition
Scotland Yard
Pandemic
Trivial pursuit family edition
Labyrinth
The sock game
Who knows where
Split second
Countdown
Don’t say it
The London board game

Mandolorian monopoly and Life junior have been huge hits with my 5 and 7 year olds.

The Taskmaster boardgame with my 12 and 11 year olds was an absolute triumph.

Cobra paw has been a big hit here

Catan is the best board game ever.

Played with 9 & 4.5 yo, the small one needed some help, but won the first game.

Orchard toys shopping list was a big hit with my 4 year old

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Orchard toys shopping list was a big hit with my 4 year old

Ahhh we LOVED shopping list - also Pop to the Shops :D

Another vote for Telestrations, made my 19 year old laugh. Simple and quick. Codename was boring. We all enjoyed Azul (adults and older teens)

Herd mentality was a hit with all of us! From age 13-73 - younger kids can play it too.

DS is 5 and DD 8.

Pokemon Battle Academy (DS is obsessed)
P is for Pizza
Uno
Cluedo
Dobble
Poo Bingo (🤦‍♂️)

9 and 11 here.
Labrynth and Rumikub are old favourites.
Catan and Hive have been successful this year.

I cant abide exploding kittens. Everyone else seems to rave about it. I wonder what I'm missing?