Family game ideas?

[Dakota731]

Should've added that we love funny games, not so much strategy type. We loved Say Anything, Loaded Questions, and ******* in previous years but it's getting hard to find any new games!

 

[diswish]

You've Been Sentenced is popular with high school age and up in our house. I found it in a local bookstore. It generates some interesting discussions on grammar and the sentences we create are hilarious.

 

[Moomduck1]

We like some that have been mentioned, but also Bezzerwizzer. It's trivia, but lots of fun.

 

[ImDMous]

My kids are 27, 23, and 17 and we love Cards Against Humanity, but then we are terrible, horrible people.

It's a completely socially/politically incorrect game.

Ahhh we just spent 4 hours playing this over the weekend. Love it! But honestly? Teenagers? When we first got it there were a few cards I had to look up what they were, and let's just say you had to turn off the safe browsing just to get anything about them. I really can't imagine playing with "family" unless you're all over 21. I won't even play it with my mother and she's well past 21. I guess if they're in college, they know everything.

PS. There's no "innuendo" in this game, it's all right out there.


We have a whole closet full of games and no children. Maybe you should just all come to our house.

Some we really like right now: Love Letters, Kill the Overlord, One Night: Ultimate Werewolf, Alhambra, Cash & Guns (really fun!), Machi Koro,

 

[HM]

Wise and Otherwise is our family favorite. Definitely one my college aged kids will play.

 

[Mrs. Bradbury]

Ahhh we just spent 4 hours playing this over the weekend. Love it! But honestly? Teenagers? When we first got it there were a few cards I had to look up what they were, and let's just say you had to turn off the safe browsing just to get anything about them. I really can't imagine playing with "family" unless you're all over 21. I won't even play it with my mother and she's well past 21. I guess if they're in college, they know everything.

PS. There's no "innuendo" in this game, it's all right out there.

I completely agree about it being inappropriate for teenagers - in most cases. My oldest was brought up just as innocent as a lamb. He overcame this quite quickly, however, and then the 2nd one came along pretty much the same . . . and the youngest was watching the whole time. He knew WAY too much WAY too soon from having an older brother and sister. So there's really nothing left to shield him from at this point. He's actually a really good kid.

But yes, be forewarned, especially if you're a parent. You might get your hair curled by some of the cards!

I work at my state's largest university, so I've heard it all, seen it all, smelled it all. My "life experience" is quite different than most parents!

 

[SC Minnie]

We got 5 Second Rule last year and it's pretty fun.

 

[dznybound]

We love playing Sequence and Sequence for Kids. My husband and I used to play Sequence years ago before we had kids. Now that my son is a kindergartener, we started playing Sequence for Kids. The game is so addicting that my husband and I play Sequence for Kids even after our son has gone to bed. Both games are really fun for all ages!

 

[powelweb]

We played LCR at my aunt's house on Thanksgiving- it's a dice game, and to make it interesting, everyone put in $1 for the winner (well, we kept playing, so I think everyone put in a quarter for each game....).

DD plays at school for jolly ranchers she said.....

 

[tlenzendorf]

Check out Minute to Win It. There are videos on YouTube. Super fun! We play it at work during our fun committee events.

 

[McKelly]

Balderdash is our favorite - hilarious!!!! Stare is unique too.

 

[crisi]

Quick games:

Zombie Dice, Tsuro (both are easy)

Game even Grandpa can play:

Flapjacks and Sasquatches. TransAmerica (a train game for people who think Ticket to Ride or some of the other train games is too complicated). (Both take a little longer than the previous two, but are still easy).

Strategy games:

Qwerkle

Strange social games:

Resistance, Avalon (same game, different setting)

Cooperative games:

Pandemic, Arkham Horror, Sentinels of the Multiverse. All of these the players play against the game. Most are not easy to win.

Other games to look at: Small World, Lords of Waterdeep


Some of these games you can watch Wil Wheaton (of Star Trek Next Gen fame) play on Tabletop.

(And we are BAD parents - we've played Cards Against Humanity with our fourteen year old - but I wouldn't play it with my own parents or my in laws. I may be a bad parent, but I'm a sweet child. It is vulgar and obscene, and if you are the type of person that thinks South Park or Beevis and Butthead Do America are the height of humor (I've never felt so bad about laughing so hard) its a wonderful game).

 

[bjscheel]

We played LCR at my aunt's house on Thanksgiving- it's a dice game, and to make it interesting, everyone put in $1 for the winner (well, we kept playing, so I think everyone put in a quarter for each game....).

DD plays at school for jolly ranchers she said.....

After checking a lot of these out on Amazon, I think Left Center Right Wild is the one I'd like to get to play with a large group at Christmas. I see a lot of reviews said they played with money. Did you use the coins instead of the chips? There are 24 chips in the game- would you need 24 quarters to play for money? Or did you put money in the center to be awarded after playing with the chips?

Maybe I will understand better after getting and playing the game- I'll get it for the girls at Christmas and my family gathering isn't until 1/11.

 

[pilesoflaundry]

The two that get played the most here are Uno Attack, Skipbo and Smart A** (it's cheapest on amazon it's a trivia game).

I buy new games every year for xmas too and I'm running out of ideas. I replaced our Taboo this year because ours is old and worn out and new ones are Fact or Crap, Pass the Popcorn and suspend (like a metal jenga) no reviews yet because we haven't played yet.

No Thanks is a quick card game, my girls liked it but I thought it was a little boring, hands do go quick though we played 3 rounds in less than an hour.

 

[Dakota731]

Anyone have Rollick? It was the best rated game on Amazon and sounds fun.

 

[jstbcuz]

We like Blokus (grown ups and kids : )[/QUOTE

Us too We like to gang up on dad! HAHA

 

[sharonmickey]

We like Blokus and Battle of the Sexes. Also, as teenagers the kids always played Phase 10.

 

[Soulsearching]

Every year I buy a new game for our family to play on the holidays. The trouble is that we have all the basics, Apples to Apples, Would You Rather, Scattergories, Telestrations etc. Any suggestions for my family of college aged kids?

Linkee is a great game!

Check it out:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/toys-games-linkee/27697088

 

[ZuZugal]

After checking a lot of these out on Amazon, I think Left Center Right Wild is the one I'd like to get to play with a large group at Christmas. I see a lot of reviews said they played with money. Did you use the coins instead of the chips? There are 24 chips in the game- would you need 24 quarters to play for money? Or did you put money in the center to be awarded after playing with the chips?

Maybe I will understand better after getting and playing the game- I'll get it for the girls at Christmas and my family gathering isn't until 1/11.

We play LCR every Christmas and we use quarters. Each person begins with 5 quarters, no matter how many players. The last person left with a quarter wins the pot (center). Even if you are out of quarters, you still stay in the game. The person to your L or R might have to pass a quarter to you and just like that you are back in the game.

I have not looked on Amazon; we just use dice and quarters. We did not purchase an actual game.

 

[MOpGrad2013]

We owned Scattegories for years, but only played a handful of times.

Last year we found Funglish. You choose 4-5 words to describe the key word. We really enjoy it.