Love Mexican train dominos.
We also love Phase 10. It’s a great multi-generational card game.

Sequence
Tripoley (its a combination card game but does use a board.)
Clue
Scrabble

Clue was great over Christmas. My son, spouse, sibling & spouse, and I all played multiple times. Ages 20-60+. We were trying to get our dad (86) to join, but he watched.

I still have Battleship from our son's toys. And my own Uno cards from middle school.

Ticket to Ride is our favorite with immediate family or people that have played before—it’s not complicated but it requires a bit of strategy. Exploding Kittens,Sorry and Apples to Apples are our favorites with guests or friends.

We didn’t love Telestrations because our final answers were never too far from the original card so it wasn’t very funny. With the right mix of people it might be more fun. We HATED Catan—it felt like a homeschool activity or the educational game the teacher pulls out on the last day of school.

We've been playing a lot of card games, not board games. Chinese Rummy takes three days for our family to finish, for example.

But also card-based games like Uno and its many variations, Taco Cat Goat Cheese, etc.

My kids also like Rummikub, Sequence, and sometimes leave Monopoly sitting around for a few days.

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

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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 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.

Twister was my favorite.

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)

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

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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 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 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 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)