Please could i have your recommendations for a family board game we can play over Christmas

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Pretty please save me from monopoly!!

Do you know of any fun family board games we could play and all enjoy? Dd and ds nearly 15 and eldest dd nearly 20.

Nothing that will electrocute me please 😂 - or taste horrible on that note…

Thanks

Ticket to ride is great

Or codenames is one of our favourites

Thank you, I will have a look now x

Another recommendation for Ticket to Ride. We all enjoy Rummicub as it's easy to learn and a good mix of strategy and luck. A game takes about twenty minutes.

Ticket to ride, articulate, Pandemic are all very good

Risk

Scotland yard
Secret Hitler
Cluedo

what do you meme is also fun

Camel Up

Settlers of Catan

Uno ( I know it's not a board game but it's good fun!)
Qwirkle is a fave here
Risk
Catan

Game of life

Another vote for qwirkle! There are a few variations, we have the cubes one.

Thank God no one has recommended the mysteriously popular ‘Exploding Kittens’ which is a load of old shite. Our favourite one lately has been Scrawl - basically Chinese whispers meets Pictionary. It’s really fun.

Time's Up (kind of like a version of charades)
Sushi Go is a favourite at our house
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is a card not board game but very fun

Quirkle or Ingenious

Articulate.
Bananagrams with only rude words (or even the proper game)

Cascadia is our favourite at the moment. It’s strategic but also not too long, unlike some of the other similar options. We also like Catan, Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne

Dumb questions to ask your friends - more of a card/discussion game but perfect for your age range. We love it.

Cards against humanity which is quite filthy, but I’ve played it with 3 generations of family and it was funny - even the 75 year old was in stitches.

there is now a family friendly version for 8 years and above so should be safe.

we Like the interactive talking ones like code names, articulate, absolute balderdash, what do you meme, don’t get got is good for an evening, also parlour games like mafia, who am I, charades etc.

for more serious, ticket to ride, cluedo, azul, card games

Chameleon ia good. My lot did not enjoy the Taco Cat Goat Cheese game at all but the family we played with thought it was great.

Are you looking for a funeral Light hearted game - like what do you meme, articulate - where people can wander off for a round if need be? Or something more serious like catsn or ticket to ride.

For a Christmas group id go with the first category. Blank Slate is also fun.

Also think about 7 Wonders - mine love that (It's a bit of a mystery to me!) and we have all the extension packs now

And telestrations and mafia too. @LemonVerbenaGeranium I haven't heard of Cascadia, but we like all of those other games you mention I might try it.

Ticket to Ride
Linkee
Articulate
Code Names
Bananagrams
Monopoly Deal (absolutely addictive card game- wayyy quicker than the board game!)
Sequence