Good family game/boardgame - Non-Wakeboarding Discussion

(Steve_Bates) · (Steve_Bates) **Join Date: Mar 2010** 12-21-2010, 9:05 AM

Heading to some relatives for Christmas and want to bring a cool board-game for them. Younger couple (mid 40's), two daughters roughly 10 and 14.
Any ideas?

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 12-21-2010, 9:18 AM

Classics:

Trivial Pursuit
Pictionary
Risk
Scrabble
Parceesi

My family used to get pretty serious about the Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit battles over the holidays.

(fly135) · (fly135) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 12-21-2010, 9:59 AM

Settlers of Catan - You can thank me later.

The following are card games, but nothing like a standard deck of cards type games....

Dominion
Bonanza - (nothing to do with the tv show)

(jps912) · (jps912) **Join Date: Jun 2007** 12-21-2010, 10:11 AM

Rummicub. Not sure about the ages but its pretty easy to play and tons of fun.

(mc_x15) · (mc_x15) **Join Date: Jul 2008** 12-21-2010, 10:54 AM

Perudo-The ganme of Peruvian liar dice, great game
Mexican Train, really great game
Balderdash-really funny.

these are a little more fun than your classic board games, all easy to learn. Can be use as drinking games as well for the adults.

(mjfan23) · (mjfan23) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 12-21-2010, 11:51 AM

rummicub

(nauti4life) · (nauti4life) **Join Date: Sep 2008** 12-21-2010, 12:11 PM

Apples to Apples is our favorite. Plays 2-10 people. You cant stop laughing.

(duramat) · (duramat) **Join Date: Feb 2008** 12-21-2010, 1:58 PM

Ticket to Ride games are fun with the kids and adults. You cant go wrong wth either one

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002TV2LU?...D787DZY4NN2CS&

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...to+ride+europe

(westsiderippa)

ill second apples to apples, fun and interactive

(travis_briscoe)

x3 on apples to apples. Everyone loves it, and perfect for any age.

(elc) · (elc) **Join Date: Jan 2008** 12-22-2010, 9:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fly135

Settlers of Catan - You can thank me later.

I am not much of a board game person... but settlers is great. I suck at this game and its still entertaining.

(pesos)

+1 for Settlers of Catan
A2A is also fun, but we end up just making up our own categories

(helinut) · (helinut) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 12-22-2010, 11:12 AM

The Monopoly card game was a hit last year during the holidays for us. Really entertaining and it only takes about 15 minutes a game... not the 3 to 4 hours the board game used to take us. :-)

(psych3060) · (psych3060) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 12-23-2010, 9:25 AM

My family loves playing Quiddler. The kids get into too.

(ord27) · (ord27) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 12-23-2010, 9:45 AM

Tripoli

(fly135) · (fly135) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 12-23-2010, 9:52 AM

You can watch a sample game of Settlers played online here....

http://www.profeasy.com/Settlers_Boa..._1.html?mode=3

(misteve) · (misteve) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 12-23-2010, 11:28 AM

Cranium, my family like any of the Cranium style games.

I like "Things"

(diamonddad) · (diamonddad) **Join Date: Mar 2010** 12-23-2010, 11:58 AM

25 words or less is a fun game. Teams bid on words needed to get your team to guess 5 words.