Favorite board games and why?

[Anonymous]

Cones of Dunshire

[Anonymous]

Ticket to Ride

Happy Potter Clue (I loved Clue but this is the best version of it I've ever found)

Non-board games:

Sky Jo

Mexican Train Dominoes

[Anonymous]

One Night Werewolf is not technically a board game but it's a lot of fun for a group!

Another not board game is Catchphrase.

[Anonymous]

Sorry with younger kids, Parcheesi when they get a bit older.

[Anonymous]

We've been playing yahtzee recently. We also love Ticket to Ride and Clue. We have an old version of Scattergories that is fun with a group. Kids love monopoly but we usually set a one hour limit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The key to a good boardgame is simple rules/easy to pickup, variable gameplay that takes into account personalities of those playing. And bonus for allowing a variable number of players (4-8)

Top of the list:
- Telestrations (telephone game)
- Dixit (storytelling)
- Codenames (word association game)
- Avalon (mafia game)

We love boardgames and these are always a hit. Avalon is the most social but you must have have a crowd that is willing to have fun and not take things personally.

Ohhhh, this is so funny to me - when a "good boardgame" for my group usually has a 20+-page book of rules - and additional rule summaries to help during the game. That said, for rules-lights games for families/groups:

Just One (clue giving word game)
Codenames (clue giving word game)
Flip 7 (card game)
Cover Your Assets (cards)
Love Letter (cards)
Sky Team (2 player - but lots of fun - try to land a plane)
Cube Quest (Flicking dice to win battle)
Azul (satisfying tactile pieces - puzzly)
Blokus (tetris-like puzzle
Qwirkle (satisfying tactile pieces)
Ethnos (area control and set collection)
Isle of Cats (tile laying - like Tetris, but with cats on a boat)
Kingdomino (not dominos - patterns and tile laying)
Castles of Mad King Ludwig (build a crazy castle and get the most points)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uno. Monopoly. Battleship. The oldies
Poker for us adults

Monopoly should be banned for myriad reasons; though primarily for promoting capitalistic and bourgeois thoughts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We love games! Scrabble is my all-time favorite. I also love Cards Against Humanity in the right setting. We break out Who's the Dude when we have guests . . . it's a charades game with a blow-up doll that is as hilarious as you might imagine it is.

Cards Against Humanity has made me laugh the hardest I've ever laughed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uno. Monopoly. Battleship. The oldies
Poker for us adults

My 7 and 10 year old and their cousins play poker with us and the grandparents. The 7 year old has the best poker face I've ever seen.

We also really love Dominion, which is also a card based game, and Boggle.

Boggle is a DICE game.

Maybe it’s spelled BORED game…you know like…cause you’re bored

[Anonymous]

Yahtzee was a pandemic favorite. Buy a nice dice cup and dice tray for a touch of class

[Anonymous]

Favorites in my family (ages 6, 9, parents) include:
Catan (haven't played with my kids yet)
Carcassone
Chess
Azul
Labyrinth
Set (cards)
Apples to Apples (cards)
Rack-O
Othello
Just One
Uno
Voyages (a "print and play" kickstarter game that I bought online for a few dollars and it's been a lot of fun)

[Anonymous]

Twister was my favorite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yahtzee was a pandemic favorite. Buy a nice dice cup and dice tray for a touch of class

If you want some variation, try Spicy Dice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We love games! Scrabble is my all-time favorite. I also love Cards Against Humanity in the right setting. We break out Who's the Dude when we have guests . . . it's a charades game with a blow-up doll that is as hilarious as you might imagine it is.

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Charades with or without a doll isn’t a board game, so why are you recommending it?

Because it's fun. Lighten up, Francis.

Ok, Karen.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Some great suggestions! I will let you know which one I purchase!