The first team to ten points wins. How to play: If you're the reigning Cluedo champ in your household, you'll be obsessed with this new twist on the OG board game. Just like the original, players must try and solve a murder - but this time it's Mr Boddy. They take turns to pick a card and read it out loud, trying to keep a poker face and play it cool while attempting to convince other players that they're telling the truth If a player suspects they're lying, they can call that player out by hitting the Liar Button.
How to play: Testing your speed, observation and reflexes, two or more players race to match the identical symbol between cards. Every card 55 in total is unique and has only one symbol in common with any other in the deck. As the game is based on reactions and visual perception, rather than knowledge or strategy, it's the ideal family game. How to play: Calling all poker aficionados! Described as the 'ultimate word-making' party game, this game is a delightful combo of poker and scrabble.
Instead of your normal playing cards, this game uses letter cards with each letter having its own score value. The aim? Players need to get the highest-scoring word using the five cards down on the table and the five cards you're holding. Oh, and don't worry if you've never played poker before: you can be a complete novice thanks to the quick start rules. How to play: Articulate is a great option if you're in lockdown with a house full of flatmates and are at a loss about what to do.
Split into teams can be pairs , and take it in turns to make it around the board the quickest. To play, one person from each team must describe the word in the given category on their card without saying it, before doing as many as possible, within the time frame. How to play: Monopoly Deal is like Monopoly, only an updated and arguably better There is no board, but instead you play with cards and it's fairly quick.
Each player gets five cards and picks up two from the pack when it's their turn, and can play three cards onto the table at a time. The winner is the first player to have three full property sets in front of them. As you play, Action cards mean you can steal property from other players, or charge them rent, while different properties have different values.
It sounds complicated, but it's not once you get going. Trust us, it's great! How to play: Rummikub is a classic board game based around numbers and strategy. Played with tiles 1 to 13 in four different colours , the object of the game is be the first player to place all the tiles from their rack onto the table.
Sounds simple, but very fun. How to play: The winner is the first player to score points which are scored by eliminating your hand of cards before your opponents.
A mixture of skill and chance is needed to play Uno which can be played with two to ten players. Each card is embossed in braille, with the numbers and shapes, at the top left and bottom right hand corners. How to play: No complicated rules or boring instructions.
Get into teams, pick up a Money Maker card and start the fight for fame and fortune! The huge variety of funny and original challenges will have everyone laughing. How to play: Can you name 10 famous artists in 30 seconds? What about 10 Skylanders Characters? With different naming challenges Tension Family offers hours of family fun. How to play: Experience a taste of Islander life with this game of Love Island challenges. How to play: Can you name three things in five seconds?
That's the aim of the game in '5 second rule', where you're given just five seconds to name three things in the category you're given. Warning: you will end up saying ridiculous things. How to play: With a whole host of weird and wild flavours, each colour bean included in the game has two possible flavours- one nice and one nasty. Will the bean you pick taste like tutti-frutti or stinky socks? Spin the wheel and take the risk if you dare. How badly do you want to see Aunt Beryl eat a mouldy cheese flavoured jelly bean?
How to play: This is pretty much the same as regular Pie Face, except the squirty cream has wayyyyyyy further to travel. This game is a great way to use up any spare cream hanging around. How to play: Each team places pieces on the available icons on the game board in order for the rest of the players to guess the word they've been given. It can get insanely complicated if you want it to.
This will keep the family busy for a fair amount of time, leaving you free to sneak off for a quiet drink down the local. How to play: Race your friends up and down the board by swapping and gaining as many of your cards as you can before the timer runs out.
Anything that's described as "wild and wacky fun" is welcome in my house. Do it before the 5 second timer runs out, and you can give the buzzer a satisfying smash; have a mind-blank, and the alarm will go off.
For 3 players or more. I found it exciting and challenging trying to answer in 5 seconds. Smashing the buzzer was great! What it is: A fast-moving action race game featuring an actual drone.
Your aim is to launch each of your 3 aliens down a ramp and into the drone, which will then lift off into the air. But you have to watch out for other players, who can knock your alien out of the drone with their own. I love this game! Available at: Interplay and Argos. What it is: A game where you vie to help George jump over muddy puddles to reach Peppa at the top of the hill — without falling through a puddle and having to start again. Comes with a green hill topped by Peppa, 12 playing pieces and 24 action cards.
Why we love it: Anything Peppa-themed is obviously a big hit in any household with small occupants but this minute game is a good game in its own right. Available at: Very and Amazon. What it is: A quick-paced game where you take turns to roll a symbol-studded dice and then try to the matching symbol tiles before your opponents can.
The first to grab 6 correct tiles wins. Why we love it: This is an easy-to-master, 5 to minute game that encourages quick recognition skills, quick reactions — and a healthy competitive spirit! Available at: Waterstones and Amazon. What it is: A fast-moving game of chance — you race to collect the bananas — with a not-so-serious element of strategy — you can steal bananas from each other.
Includes a 2-part 3D tree, 32 monkey cards, a spinner board, a pool board and instructions. Our child testers had a ball! Available at : Orchard Toys and Amazon. What it is: A board game in which you try to be first to guide your frog family across the lilypads to the other side of the pond — without getting blocked by another player or scared back to the start by the big fish. Can be played at Junior or Expert levels. Comes with 6 frog families, a big fish and instructions.
Why we love it: This game is such fun and we love how you can adapt it to the age of the children playing: younger players will enjoy the thrill of a fast game, while older children can take their time to develop a winning strategy.
As for Archie himself? Available at: SmartGames and Amazon. Comes with instructions. For 2 to 10 players. Why we love it: The original UNO games is a deserved classic but this, according to our child testers, takes things to a whole new level. Build a tower and see if you can pull the blocks without toppling the tower. Feeling like a challenge - try out giant Jenga to heighten the pressure. If you love Monopoly but don't enjoy how long it takes, check out Monopoly Deal.
Dare we say it, but we think this is even better than the original. This card game doesn't require a board or counters, perfect for holidays and on the go. This game is similar to Tetris, but you play against other people here. This family-friendly game requires strategy as you try to block other contestants while getting rid of your various shaped pieces.
This word association game will have you hooked. Players divide into two teams of similar size and skill. You need at least four players in two groups of two for a standard game, but more players can team up. This murder mystery board game is a family favourite.
Eliminate the suspects and discover whodunit, with what and where. While it's not technically a board game, if you fancy something different, Escape Home could be the thing to really jazz up your family festivities. Created by Happy Kits, France's leading escape room game at home, Escape Home is an escape room you can experience in your own home, and can be even be personalised to suit your family.
Players: No one will be surprised to find some very recognisable names in this list, such as the never-failing classics like Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit, or the child-friendly games like Operation and Uno.
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