Best family game this holiday.

Thank you for starting this thread! I purchased a game called Exploding Kittens (I know, horrible), but it seemed too complicated for our gang. Ages from 9 upwards, with little patience for reading instructions!

I saw the magnet game up at the ski hill last Saturday, grandparents were playing with young children, and it looked like a lot of fun! We always resort to snakes and ladders, or Trouble, but those are getting dull.

Magnetic Chess, it's not a chess game so no idea how the name comes about, it's 20 small magnets and a circle of rope, you each take a turn putting in a magnet, if they some attach together you have to take those, the one with no magnets left is the winner, adults and children loved it

We played Cluedo and Herd Mentality.

UNO Flip. Great card game for the family. 10+ years for children

Our current favourite with our 8 yr old and 5 yr old grandkids is Kluster. I’m sure our next door neighbours wondering what on earth is going on when they hear the yelps and screams of frustration it causes!! Simply involves each player placing their magnetic buttons within a frame without them jumping towards another players’ ones. Hint: Get the Classic version rather than Kluster Duo, it works better!

Our current favourite is Who's in the Bag. Good fun.

At a recent family gathering the obligatory game session was something new to us - Fill your Pants!! Needless to say, it was pretty rowdy but raised a lot of laughs😂

We played Articulate. It's harder than you think.

We love Rack Oh - a number arranging game from Canada original finally but you can get it over here. very addictive and easy for everyone from about six and up to play together. Even our four year old GS like to play a simplified version, just uses fewer cards

I agree re Herd Mentality, though it took me a while to stop trying to be different. It's good for all ages, and can be played at ease in the living room , though some might prefer to use a table.

Frustration.

Good old fashioned ’Cludeo’

We like Codenames and Herd Mentality.

Also like Dixit a lot.

And sometimes play Senior Moments, as recommended by a GN on a thread a few months ago.

Sounds Fishy is one of our family favourites.

Herd Mentality has been our most popular game this Christmas. We have also played Labyrinth quite a bit. Both games work for adults and children.

They sound good.
The curling one would suit my sports mad lot too.

foxie Just a ‘tiny bit cross’ made me laugh! Thank you.

DD was given a miniature curling game - curling - the game the Scots play on ice with large stones - except in this case the 'rink' is about 4 foot x 1 foot, of a shiny plastic, and the curling 'stones are the size of flattened large marbles with a large ball baring inside to give it weight and make sure it moves smoothly.

We had a tournament ongoing, for most of the last week and I have proved to be remarkedly adept at the game.

We played Querkle and Codenames, both new to me, easy to learn but required a bit of thought to play well and enjoyable. The family is horribly competitive so it's always better to a game that is partly chance and partly skill or people can get a tiny bit cross if they keep losing!