Today has been a long day, it has been raining all day and we are all getting a bit fed up of being stuck at home. After we finished our school work for the day we decided we would pick some of our favourite games to play which got us thinking about our favourites.
These are (probably!) our top 10:
Othello– We were sent this game to review last year and Lottie and I have played it loads. It’s really straightforward but gets you thinking as you need a bit of strategy planning, it’s a great game for age 7 plus.
Reveal- I got this game for my birthday after seeing it when we went to the UK Games Expo last year. It is very funny to play in a group and involves testing your knowledge on TV shows, films and songs at different levels of difficulty.
What’s in the box?– This is such a simple idea, we reviewed it a couple of years ago and loved it, it is now my little brother’s favourite game. You literally just choose something to put in the box and then use the counters to ask yes and no questions to find out what it is. It’s ideal for the whole family even little children.
Randomise- This is one of our most favourite games ever- we wrote a full review here but it involves drawing, acting or describing whatever your cards throw up. It’s really, really funny and one every family should have in their games cupboard.
Villainous– Disney Villainous is a bit tricky to get started with but once you get your head round it then it’s a great game, Lottie absolutely loves this and really likes the fact that it is villains rather than princesses!
Scrabble/ Scrabble Junior– Everyone knows scrabble, it gets very competitive here but we all enjoy it.
Monopoly– I love monopoly, it’s my favourite game and we have lots of different versions. I really like the electronic one and would love the cheaters edition. My Mum hates it when we play, she says we always end up arguing and someone always cheats!
Telestrations– This is a bit like Chinese whispers in drawing and is really funny. It’s a great game for age 8 upwards.
Think Words Spin– You have to think really quickly in this game and shout out something that matches the catagories and letters. It is quite competitive and harder than it sounds to think of the right word.
Tetris Speed– We like the fact that this is a very portable version of Tetris and it is suitable for anyone adult or child. It doesn’t take long to play and you just have to be really fast and use your memory a bit.
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One of our favourites is Tsuro – simple game but you can really plan ahead and play a tactical game.
We love Scrabble, Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit.
We love playing Ingenious! It’s a really good boardgame – not about coming first but rather NOT coming last with any of your colours.
I don’t know if it counts but Twister is always fun!
Monopoly, or Scrabble are great.
would love to try telestrations thankyou
We love Scrabble, Monopoly, Trivial Persuit and Chess, along with card games, such as UNO!
The family all really love Monopoly
We love to play Labyrinth
We love monopoly hotels!
We really enjoy playing monopoly
we like good old Frustration and Monopoly
Monopoly – any version
Villianous look like a whole load of fun.
My favourite family games are Uno and Monopoly
I really love Articulate, Cranium and Scattergories – I remember playing scattergories with my grandad and because he was deaf he’d end up doing a completely different letter than the rest of us 😂
We love Cluedo!
I love Dobble
We like scrabble
monopoly and scrabble are fab for all the family
Scrabble is fine. Basically anything but Monopoly – too mnay arguments!
We enjoy playing Scrabble or Frustration
We love Articulate!
We have the family version of Trivial Pursuit, we do enjoy it but need some new questions! My younger kids are big fans of the Orchard Toys range of games.x
A new favourite for us is Baffled
Twenty Questions is a family favourite, both the oral version for the younger ones and the board game for us oldies!
tetris speed looks fun! x
card games are good and suit any age from snap to whist or rummy and I used to love playing cribbage with my dad; they can teach numeracy and strategy as well as socialisation and patience
We love monopoly,we’d like to play “whats in th box”
Shut the Box is a great game.
My daughter and I love playing Connect 4, it’s great fun and somehow I always get caught out!
As a family we love Twister! Super fun!
We loved cluedo, monopoly & trivial pursuit!
Nothing beats Monopoly and you can get so many variations now and even locally based versions
We love frustration even the adults get carried away playing
We love UNO in our house! we play most weekends
We love Yahtzee and Scrabble most!
We love a game of Monopoly up in our house, but like the sound of the Reveal game!
We love connect 4!
We always enjoy The Game of Life, or Og on the Bog if we’re in a silly mood! (Angela Kelly)
I love playing scrabble
Reveal sounds good, I think we would all enjoy it.
We love Monopoly, I really like the electronic banking version but classic monopoly is always a hit! I’ve never seen the what’s in the box game from your post
We like monopoly and game of life
We love playing Monopoly at the moment, but we do love the look of Reveal
frustration used to be my favourite my i was younger. Haven’t played board games in a while but would love to start playing them with the kids
Scrabble amd Monopoly are firm favourites in our house
We love Monopoly, and would love to try What’s in the Box.
We love playing poker, dominoes and table ping pong.
Monopoly all the way !
We like Uno. It takes no time at all to set up, can be as long or short a game as you like, can be played anywhere and even quite little ones can join in and learn their numbers and colours at the same time.
We like to play Monopoly, but it gets so competitive! Even had the odd argument lol
We like playing Gloomhaven, Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride.
Our old Snakes and Ladders board game is an enduring favourite. Being a game of chance, all the family can play together regardless of age.
parchese is tradition but can try new aniting
We like dibble. We have the star wars version and it is surprisingly tricky!
We love Monopoly and Yahtzee. Never get tired of these.
We have recently got Othello we are really enjoying it.
We like Monopoly and Trivial Pursuits! Of those above I like Othello
We like playing Word Has it Game
We love scrabble. It is great for all ages.
one word. Risk. Any version.
Snakes and Ladders, also Monopoly.
I’d like to try Tetris Speed
We find it hard to find games with a six year age gap between our boys but we’ve recently bought Jumanji and it’s a hit. We watched both movies and then tied it in with the game.
We love Scrabble!
We love Battleship and Connect Four!
We love to play Labyrinth
We love Rapido
What’s in the box looks a great game to play with my grandchildren!
We love to play Monopoly, hours of entertainment in that
Twister!
We love playing Scrabble
We love Uno and Frustration
Monopoly is always a great family game
I love Monopoly, such a classic but cant go wrong!
We love to play Monopoly
We love Scrabble
We love a good game of UNO in our house.
Monopoly is our favourite
we love tetris speed 🙂
We are currently enjoying playing The Game Of Life
Scrabble we play alot
We love Battle Masters!
Trivial Pursuit
Uno, Boggle & Seaside Frolics
We love Monopoly and have a lot of editions.
Scrabble love it
We love playing the Family Edition of Trivial Pursuit.
Tetris Speed – the ultimate block puzzle to test the grey matter, so this rapid version only adds to the excitement! 🙂
We love Articulate but I think Tetris Speed looks fantastic from the selection above!
I like the sound of Tetris Speed; it’s a new one to me and looks like great fun.
Our favourite games to play as a family as couldn’t just choose one is monopoly and frustration
Randomise looks like such a fun game. We love Monopoly Empire, that’s one we always seem to play
Trivial Pursuit is our fave
conect 4
Game of life has always been my familys fave board game
My favourite family game is definitely monopoly
Huge Monopoly fans in this house! Although we are quite partial to a game of moustache smash too , oh honestly if you haven’t tried it , you need too. It’s so funny x
We haven’t seen that one before- we will have a look! Thanks for the recommendation!
My favourite is Scrabble.
We love camel up – and cantan!
We love to play Scrabble
Big battleship fans in my house
Love a game of monopoly
I’d like to try Tetris Speed
What’s in the box? sounds fun
We love trivial pursuit.
We love playing Balderdash and Beyond Balderdash. We like to give extra points for silly definitions that make us laugh.
Boggle has become a bit of a favourite at the moment, it can last as long as you want or just make it a quick game
I like Pictionary but Tetris Speed sounds brilliant!
We love Mahjong – though we have developed our own simpler way of scoring it.
Upwords has me hooked
Our current favourite game is cluedo.
Which family doesn’t love a game of Monopoly?! Particularly when you’re all stuck indoors and can’t escape the tension!
We love games like Mouse Trap and Grape Escape!
Frustration is our family favourite x
Rapidough is a great game
We love the card game Cheat or Orthello, as they are easy but fun to play and the outcome can change very quickly!