Festive Family Games, what's your favourite?

[stroudydad]

Pass the pigs is just like a dice game really but with two small pigs instead of die. Points are awarded depending on how they land, each position has a name for example 'leaning jowler'. I'll let you discover how they land for a 'makin' bacon'.

[scarlett]

We have our rather large extended family over on Boxing Day and I put out those Brain box games on the table For the children mainly ....although the adults seem to enjoy them too. They are themed ( animals , history, King and Queens ) and you are timed looking at the information side, then asked questions to see how much you remember. I'm pretty useless at them ..but that's down to too much wine.

[doodles]

We love a game called Frustration. It's quite basic and we bought it when the boys were very young but we still play it and it gets hugely competitive and is seriously frustrating!

[stroudydad]

'Caption it' is also good fun.

[DenDe]

Charades is our favourite too. We write our own tv/film/book names and put them in a pot to draw out in turn.

We also like Cluedo and Trivial Pursuit (until the arguments start!)and favourite card games are Stop the Bus and Cheat (until the arguments start )

I always buy a 1000 piece jigsaw to do "together" but which I end up doing on my own. Very theraputic

[aliportico]

My kids still love Monopoly, though I don't usually have the patience

Ticket To Ride is a good game for up to 5 people and seems to not really matter whether you are an adult or a child. Scrabble is always good. We have a game called Bohnanza, which is a bit tricky at first, but once you start playing it, it makes sense, and again, I think adults and children are fairly equally matched at that - in fact, an only child might be at an advantage amongst adults as there is some bargaining to be done Blokus is a great game, lovely touchable pieces and anyone can play it.

Card games as well of course - dh taught them 3 card brag when the youngest was about 4, and that has whiled away many hours in a tent in the rain! Uno's straightforward, and we also have a fantastic card game called Set, which is very simple and satisfying.

[DenDe]

We have Set too!! It hurts my brain

[KS10]

Pass the ring, Pass the Bomb (easier version) and Pit. All very noisy games.

[yoyo123]

hunt the gin

[stroudydad]

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