What’s the best family game for teens?

[DoverWight]

We’re just us this Christmas so I am
look for a fun game for ages 13-19 to join in with. What are your recommendations? Thanks

How many of you are there? How long do you want the game to last
Herd Mentality is fun, fast paced and quick but can be played repeatedly. It’s a also a very simple concept so is picked up in seconds
Catan and Ticket to Ride are both good but it does require everyone to understand the rules and to engage with it

For how many people? Plus old folk or parents and teens?
And are you looking for fast card games, or longer strategy board games? If the latter do you want collaborative or do you want to win?

Some excellent games:
Catan (lots of versions plus extensions, all great)
Ticket to ride (easy board game)
Pandemic (harder but collaborative)
Wingspan and variations (beautiful)
Seven wonders

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Herd mentality also great, codenames has a similar large group/social aspect.

5 people not elderly but didn’t want too rude as the youngest is only 13. I think shorter games rather than an epic one.

The board games I listed are maybe 1 to 1.5 hrs per game. Bit of strategy and keep everyone involved until the end. Not like older games when it's last person standing.

Fast games are more like codenames, herd mentality, exploding kittens, pickomino. All good.

The age thing is more older people, who ime can find faster games difficult. Cards against humanities is a very different thing