Best Board Game 24 November 2019 at 1:15PM in Special occasions & other celebrations 6 replies 1K views

Penelope_Penguin

Hi there.

We’re having the family for Christmas (20-somethings, and us 50-somethings), and would like to buy a new board game for us all to play, like we did when the children were younger.

Any suggestions please?

Socajam

Ludo, snakes and ladders

JAJ_2

We love Linkee. Great for a range of ages.
https://www.johnlewis.com/linkee-trivia-game-3rd-edition/p449739

Money_maker

Logo, Best of British

pramsay13

How many people are there and what type of game are you looking for?

If it's a handful of people (maximum 6) there are a few board games where you sit around the table and play, traditional ones like Monopoly, Risk etc. or newer ones that I prefer like Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan etc.

If there is more people there are games you can play in teams just dotted around a living room, e.g. Articulate, Trivial Pursuit, Logo Game.

suejb2

Out family all time favourite is Who’s in the bag. Bit like charades but it’s people you’re describing . There are three choices on each card so everyone will know at least one. If you find some struggling younger or older there are blank cards you can write your own.
We have What’s in the bag as well.

DigForVictory

Could I suggest you cheat blind & get a tablecloth with different game boards printed so you can have ludo in one corner, backgammon in another, chess elsewhere & yet still all be hunkered together?

Or rather than go for a New game, revitalise an old one - snakes & ladders lends itself to revision... The school year, the current politics, a year in the life of the Penguin family - print a pale grid, hand out the pencils & everyone plays a round then dickers over which they'd want to play again...