Can someone recommend a board game?

[BrokenliSpears]

It's a present for a family - children aged 5, 7 and 10, plus various teenagers and aunties and grandparents.

I have no idea what they already have so don't want to get an obvious one - most people have Monopoly and Triv etc.

Any good ones to recommend?

Scene it?

Cranium?

Articulate it's fab, there is a children's version too

Articulate it's fab, there is a children's version too

There is a new DVD version of Pictionary
It's a bit on the pricey side, though.

Cranium is great for all ages and side splittingly funny, I couldn't recommend it enough for a broad age group

guess who is firm favorite here

I don't know... who is the firm favourite?

Cranium is good.

We used to love the Great Game of Britain when we were young. In fact, sometimes we still play it.

monopoly;trivial pursuits;risk;Mensch ärgere Dich nicht!;Mühle

upwords;taboo;not a board game, but yahtzee; snakes and ladders

Why not get a compendium of games?

I got one on amazon for under £12 for christmas like this here

Oh Squeaver-I am now reliving many childhood Christmasses with mention of Great Game of Britain:O Can you still get it?

If you want something a little bit different that all ages can play, i suggest Mancala. Here is an explanation of what it is. Here is just one place you can buy it. The added bonus is that it looks nice when left out on the coffee table!

My 4 and 7 year old love it and platy it both against each other and against me. I play it with my dh too.

I think you can, wrinkly, but it wouldn't be the same without the battered old box held together with sellotape

You had one of those too? Ours had to be sellotaped in the end,and the cards got a bit dog-eared

I used to hate getting stuck in John'O'Groats or somewhere in Eire where you had to catch the ferry.

It is such an English game!I mean,the whole premise of it is the crappness of the British transport infrastructure

what's that one with plasticine?

rapidough?

Pictureka looks quite good. There's an online version of the game you can play just to try it. I'm Father Christmas is getting it for DS this year.