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

Not a board game but a great family game to play - you only need a phone. Imposter.

We bought Ransom Notes for our summer holidays and it is brilliant - kids aged 14-20 all loved it.
Also This Is Not a Hat - infuriating but very much enjoyed.
Ravine is a fun cooperative game.
And a silly kids game but we all absolutely LOVE is Rhino Hero 😁

Klask!

lots of fun

Telestrations

Ticket to Ride
Takenoko

Splendor

Qwirkle is great!

Crack List is excellent fun. More of a card game than a board game

Poetry for Neanderthals

I hate paying board games, but I'll always play this one. I've never not cried with laughter. 😂

Tension. You are given a category like Disney Princesses and you have to name the 10 answers on the card. Some of the answers are pretty obscure. It is easy, good fun for everyone.

Qwixx (German dice game)
Settlers (unbeatable)
Art Society (love this so much. Beautiful and gentle and oddly satisfying)
Witches (German trick trading card game)

Our favourites are Articulate (teens versus adults) and Bananagrams. We also like 'sing the next line' and charades cards.

I bought that 3 years ago and it’s still in cellophane…eta kittens

Viking raiders - fun for all ages and ver quick to learn
another vote for ticket to ride and catan

payday - which is more of a vintage game

Wingspan

I can’t pretend I know the rules but it’s a firm favourite with everyone else. I spend the entire time asking Dd what I’m allowed to do/what i should be doing for all my moves.

Avalon - social deduction game. Very much like Traitors but better because you are playing it yourselves.

More proper board games:
7 wonders
Wingspan
Tales of Arabian nights
Pandemic

I love Wingspan but if you’re stuck in Monopoly I’d go to Ticket To Ride, Catan or Harmonies first.

Dungeon mayhem is a great game - it's cards, easy to pick up and relatively short rounds.

Came on to say cards against humanity. We have the family friendly version and the whole family were crying with laughter at some of the combinations last year.

Poetry for Neanderthals and Codenames.

Another vote for taco, cat, goat, cheese, pizza!

We also like

King domino (up to 4 players) - super quick to play
Colt express - you act out the scenes using a little cardboard train and each have a bandit trying to find the most treasure
Carcassonne - semi collaborative game
Rhino hero super battle (up to 4 players) - build the ultimate house of cards
Articulate - causes lots of laughs
Dixit - mainly because it's beautiful and creative

All really easy to just pick up and play, no overly complicated rules.

Happy shopping!

@LittleTurtles Oo I forgot about telstrations! The after dark version is not for the faint hearted. Don't think I could play it with my mother 🫣

Sounds Fishy.... honestly its brilliant. DP and I host alot of board games and 3 of the couples have gone and bought this after playing it with us.

Oo if anyone on this thread likes cards against humanity I recommend Joking Hazard!