Looking for new ways to spend family time together? Try some of these classic board games.
1.) Pictionary.
This old standby has been bringing families together to squint at stick figures for years. Basically, game players are given a subject to draw and their team members race to figure out what they’re drawing. Don’t let your lack of artistic skills intimidate you this game is fun even if you can’t draw a smiley face.
2.) Scattergories.
Each person is given twelve categories, a letter, and a set amount of time to name something that starts with the given letter within each category. So if the letter is F and the category is things that are cold, you’d write down frozen yogurt or frost. As geeky as it sounds, this game is actually a lot of fun. Single parents take heed: you can play Scattergories with only two people.
3.) Catch Phrase.
This lightening-fast game makes a team member describe a person, place, or thing without actually naming the specific noun. So if the item was The Eiffel Tower, the team member would say Famous tourist attraction in France and his teammates would (hopefully) guess correctly.
4.) Settlers of Cataan.
This is one of the most crowd-pleasing strategy games on the market. Players play settlers rushing to attain resources and build settlements and cities. It’s like an antiquated Monopoly that doesn’t take four hours to finish.
5.) Apples to Apples.
This popular party game involves matching nouns to categorical adjectives. A rotating judge draws an adjective description, like dirty, radiant, or witty. Each player must then choose a card from their hand that best fits the description. The noun cards include everything from Madonna to a cheap motel. The secret to this game? Know who’s judging!
6.) Outburst.
Team members are given a list category, like Katharine Hepburn movies, and players must try to guess everything on the list within a set amount of time.