We have two dds – dd20 and dd21. As a family, we love games/boardgames, and we enjoy playing games with family/friends at get-togethers. We have some current favorites, and we are wondering what new games you like to play, or would recommend? We are looking for some new games that might be our speed. We like fun games that have silly themes. One game we are going to try that we haven’t gotten yet is cockroach poker. Any other recommendations are appreciated.
Here are some of our current favorites:
Social/Party games:
Codenames
Resistance
Sushi Go Party
Family games:
Takenoko
Ticket to Ride Europe/Asia
Pandemic/Forbidden Desert
Survive: Escape from Atlantis
Jamaica
Filler Games/Easy to learn:
Tsuro
Deep Sea Adventure
SpaceTeam (the app)
I just got a game called Linkee and we (DH and sons and son’s girlfriend - the “kids” in mid 20’s) played several times and all enjoyed it. Sort of like an Apples to Apples categorization game. http://northamerica.playlinkee.com
Gosh, we love Blokus – is Azul somewhat similar? I know they are both abstract games, but we have not gotten Azul given it is limited to 4 people. Blokus is limited to 4 as well, and we love it, but I don’t like that we don’t really play it with guests over. We usually don’t make an exception for having games that at least play more than 4, but Takenoko was one exception we made recently and we are so glad we did. Love that game. Is Azul another one we should add, even though it doesn’t play more than 4? And we already own Blokus?
If you like Yahtzee - try “That’s pretty clever!” It involves rolling colored dice and choosing where to put them. Unlike Yahtzee, the other players get to score unused dice so there’s more interplay.
Huge Dominion fans here we’ve played almost every day since my son arrived shortly before Christmas. We have four of the expansion sets and my youngest now has all of them.
Carcossone is both beautiful and doesn’t use quite so many brainwaves so you can have a conversation.
Lots of dice game lovers here. Has anyone tried King of Tokyo? It seems like Yahtzee with monsters, so it would hit our silly requirement. Also, we are specifically looking for games that play more than 4, if possible (regardless of whether dice are used).
We bought Monikers for a small dinner party and had a blast playing it. Great for a big group but also fun with just our immediate family of four. It’s got a little bit of everything.
7 Wonders is our current top choice most of the time. It goes right along with Sushi Go Party for length and type, but is a little more strategizing.
For a list we love:
7 Wonders
Sushi Go Party
Code Names
Terraforming Mars (takes a couple hours to play)
Castles of Mad King Ludwig (takes a couple hours to play)
Masterpiece (an old art auction/buy/sell game)
Wide World, 1962 version (an old airline travel the world game)
Bananagrams
Racko
Rook (competition rules except we score to 500, not 300)
Count Down (an old space/NASA game from moon landing days)
Five Crowns
Quiddler
Uno Attack
Apples to Apples (when we have enough people, which lately, hasn’t happened)
I’m probably forgetting some, and our whims can change, but those are the top favorites at the moment here. We play games a lot.
Yay – more games to try! We have not tried 7 Wonders yet, but I’ve been wondering about it and glad to hear good feedback. Haven’t tried Rummikub – but that’s going on our list too.
Can you play Monikers without everyone touching the cards? We’ve been having some socially distanced dinners on our patio but haven’t been able to figure out a game we could all play together without all touching the same pieces/cards.
Code Names can be played online easily at horsepaste dot come (weird name, but it works very well). No one would need to touch anything they didn’t already own and you can still enjoy the conversation.
We’ve reverted to an old favorite the card game “Oh Hell”, though our Caltech reunion group calls it “Screw your Neighbor”. It’s nice because a large group can play it and it moves quickly. My kids had never played, but it’s super easy to teach. Like an every man for himself version of bridge, but with only the good parts - i.e. no having to learn arcane bidding conventions.
Has anyone tried King of Tokyo? It seems like Yahtzee with monsters, so it would hit our silly requirement. Also, we are specifically looking for games that play more than 4, if possible (regardless of whether dice are used).