What do your teens boys do when friends come over?

[BeJanay]

Most of the time, my 12-year-old and his mates just want to play video games or mess about on their phones when they’re round at ours. They’re not really into board games, cards, or even popping down the park anymore.
Just wondering – what do your boys get up to when they’re hanging out? Do your boys still play anything other than video games with friends?
TIA xx

Gaming, football or basketball in the garden.

More likely to meet up in the park for a kick around, than go to any one person's house.

Mine are older, but at that age they mainly played video games, played football in the garden or went to the park or the skatepark.

They usually ask me to drive them to cricket nets. Collect a couple of hours later and take to Wetherspoons for lunch then drop them off in town and collect about 1 1/2 hours later. Drop friend home. This is happening tomorrow. I usually offer 1 day over each half term or Easter holidays. His friends Dad does similar on another day in the holidays. DS will meet another friend on a different day and I'll drop him off at friends house with money for a subway for lunch. They tend to game part of the day, look around shops go back to friends house and walk friends dog. When this friend comes to our house I often sign them both up to a fun sports day so swim, ice skate and climbing wall or similar and give money for cafe lunch. In return DS walks dogs most days once, helps with chores eg unloads and puts away shopping, steam mops bathroom floor and strips his bed and brings down bedding and towels for washing. Other days he stays at home then later in afternoon I'll drop him at the gym, I'll do a food shop, get a coffee then collect him again from gym. Over Easter he will also be working on coursework at some point. I wouldn't be happy with a DC gaming all day every day. 1 hour gaming a day is fine but not much more.

Younger DS will be signed up to some fun days. Yesterday Go Ape, today mountain biking all day with a school friend, tomorrow and Friday sports in morning, probably some TV or football in garden afternoons and tomorrow evening cricket nets. I tend to allow some gaming on a wet days for an hour or so and he likes to cook or bake with me.

Mine are older now but they still love gaming when friends come over. Or they go out for food. Summer holidays they usually play monopoly or cards against humanity ❤️

They usually disappear with a ball for a few hours, reappear starving, and want to either game or watch a movie. And make popcorn very very late. On sleepovers, they get hunger pangs at ridiculous hours 😭

Thank you all for your reply and good ideas xx

Yes gaming, messing on phones, watching films, chatting, playing in the garden, washing the cars then asking for money (???) eating sweets, playing with the cats, occasionally drawing.
sometimes I take them to the cinema or inflatable place.