We did a murder mystery last year -it took about 2 hrs and was fun for parents/teens

https://www.amazon.com/University-Games-Murder-Mystery-Party/dp/B08G3MS9NP/ref=asc_df_B08G3MS9NP/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475715780134&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14397497479953638670&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007726&hvtargid=pla-980997153003&psc=1

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Anonymous wrote:Telestrations. We laugh until we cry. We have framed and made tshirts of some drawings.

Just looked this one up. Looks fun! Do you think this would work using words on regular old pictionary cards and scrap paper, or does the game set have a lot of added value?

We've been playing the homemade version, Telephone, and we don't start with cards-- everyone gets a sheet of paper and writes anything they want at the top of it to start the game. These will range from a song lyric to a literary quote to a family joke to a simple observation ("Larla and Larlo love to play basketball in there driveway.") Then we each pass our sheet of paper to the person on our right. That person draws an appropriate illustration, then folds the words back so they aren't visible and passes ther paper to the next person. That person then writes words that go with the illustration. And you keep going around the table until it gets back to its original owner. The whole extended family (kids are now teens and up) loves this game.

We also play Hearts, Boggle, Bananagrams, and Dixit. Apples to Apples Jr is good when younger kids are involved.

Anonymous wrote:We really like Hive (pocket edition).

We like that game a lot too. Pocket edition is also very portable and easy to play on a side table at a family gathering.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Telestrations. We laugh until we cry. We have framed and made tshirts of some drawings.

Just looked this one up. Looks fun! Do you think this would work using words on regular old pictionary cards and scrap paper, or does the game set have a lot of added value?

DP this has been our go to game at thanksgiving for a few years. We play with the same six and it does get a bit old with the same group.

You could probably use Pictionary cards, but the real value in the telestrastions box IMO are the dry erase spiral notebooks. Pages alternate between asking for a word or picture. The pages are also tabbed with numbers. When you are done giving your word/picture you flip the page and pass it on. We don’t have a big group so we have the family sized 6-pack. I think the standard edition has 8(?) notebooks. There is also a larger edition with 12 books(?).

Lighter games will include Uno, Just One or Master Word, Codenames (Pictures), The Crew and Dominion.

Other games on tap for break: Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Concordia and Terraforming Mars (just got new maps). Younger DS and I will also face off in a King of Tokyo tournament while acting out our characters trash talking each other.

Anonymous wrote:Telestrations. We laugh until we cry. We have framed and made tshirts of some drawings.

Just looked this one up. Looks fun! Do you think this would work using words on regular old pictionary cards and scrap paper, or does the game set have a lot of added value?

Telestrations. We laugh until we cry. We have framed and made tshirts of some drawings.

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We really like Hive (pocket edition).

We love Quiplash. But, my kids are adults. It gets really, really bad. 🤣

With kids? charades ( the version for ages8+)

I’m reliving my childhood and bought my son the remake version of Fireball Island. He loves it.

Quiplash, Left Right Center, whatever new game is the best of the bunch

I got the Family Edition of Card Against Humanity and my children and nephews refuse to play it with me and my generation-even though it is the family edition.

any idea?