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Telistrations is a fun game that combines the old whisper game of telephone and pictionary. It is a good laugh. Anomaly is another fun and quick game too. Another great game for a group is wordring. We also love to play headbands.

A card game that has been ordered because my high school grandkids told me we will love it for the family game time Christmas afternoon,

Exploding Kittens (no kittens are actually hurt during the playing of this game.)

I ordered the deluxe set,, 10 can play at a time.

Exploding kittens

Wait! We have Exploding Kittens somewhere in this house...DD got it for Christmas last year, I think! Off to search....

ETA, okay, I found Exploding Kittens as well as Five Crowns, which we also have never played. I might be good now but will still appreciate ideas. We never play games at home -- for whatever reason, we only play at our beach house. But we have a quiet Christmas Eve planned and I was thinking we could play a couple of games.

There's a fun game you can buy at Walgreens. It's a pack of dice called something like LRC (Left Right Center). It's so easy you can talk and laugh and drink while playing. These are the rules from my memory, but check them yourself. Each person brings (I think) five one-dollar bills. Person one rolls five dice, and then does what the dice instruct. I think some dice just come up blank, but some can come up L or R or C. If you get an L, you pass a dollar bill to the left; if you get an R, you pass a dollar bill to the right, and if you get a C, it goes in the pot in the middle. You only ever roll as many dice as you have bills. You can get two L's, and then you would pass two dollar bills to the left, etc. It's fun, because while you don't get to roll if you have no dollar bills, as long as your neighbor does, you can find yourself suddenly back in the game when a dollar bill or two gets passed to you. Really fun and raucous. In the end, the last man standing wins the pot!

For board games that are fun for a crowd, it seems like the one we come back to year after year is Buzzword. You play in two teams -it's fun to mix up the genders and ages, and there's no real limit on how many can play at a time.

We have enjoyed Wits and Wagers, introduced to us a few years ago by my son and DIL.

Apples to Apples, Taboo, Pictionary, Chicken Feet (dominoes), Name Five

Another vote for LCR. You are bever out of the game. Fun to play with dollar bills, Only three $ per game per person. Have change on hand.

We like Wits and Wagers too, we have played this with age 7 to 86.

Just ordered Wits and Wagers family edition for my son and belle-fille. Thanks for the idea everyone!

I like Wits and Wagers too! 5 second rule is fun and so easy to learn -something that can just be pulled out. Headbands is another one with no rules to learn that can be lots of fun.

We love LCR, and have played it with a wide range of ages. I always feel like it’s better with a bigger group? (FTR: 3 dice, 3 dollar bills.)

Anyway, I have now found — in my own house — Exploding Kittens and Five Crowns, never before played. And have ordered Name Five and Quiddler from Amazon. I tried some of the others recommended above but some couldn’t be delivered before Christmas (I know I should shop locally, but I can’t bring myself to deal with real stores a week before the holiday).

A note about Quiddler — it is one of my family’s favorite games, esp DH because he likes to say “Quiddler” in increasingly loud and annoying ways. But it’s at our beach house so I decided to get a second set for his stocking. Anyway, if anyone else is looking for a family game, I recommend Quiddler. Everyone here also likes Rack-o (another beach house game).

As a family we play some old school games like Yahtzee and Mille Bornes. We also play Exploding Kittens, Ticket to Ride and Settlers of Cataan. LRC sounds great. I feel like we may have Quiddler laying around the house- off to look.

Tripoly is our go to.

We play Yahtzee quite a bit too!

Thanks for all all the suggestions, everyone. I always know where to turn with my questions!

RLC is a staple. Neighbors come over and we play a lot. They have bought it, too. Walgreens actually sells the original. Five one-dollar bills in front of each player and take off! I keep $100 in ones on hand at all times. Best I ever did was win playing with 5 $20s at a bar. Nice win.

Also Catchphrase is great at parties. Jimmy Fallon has that some on his show.

We always enjoyed playing "Things"

I liked Monopoly. But I have to admit, I'm not really fond of board games that much, and haven't been, since forever. Different people, different temperaments.

I do it if I have to.

Fact or Crap. Everyone loves this game. We just divide into teams and the team with the most correct answers wins. It covers everything from TV, Sports and everything in between.

We ended up playing Name Five and Quiddler (one new to us and the other a family favorite). All fun.

We also went to one of those “escape the room” places yesterday — DH and I, our 3 kids (age 17-26), 17 yo DD’s boyfriend, and oldest DS’ friend. Very fun! So interesting to see how everyone thinks in a situation like that. Everyone really liked it.

Those escape rooms sound like alot of fun!

We will have to try Quiddler. We use to play Pictionary or Taboo, which turned into some hilarious sessions. None of us are particularly artistic for Pictionary, and as for Taboo, well, it just got completely ridiculous coming up with various ‘word’ substitutes or clues, some of which were known only to family members, which increases the fun factor imo.

Also, always loved Parcheesi.

We always played with parents and grandparents, especially on snow days or during hurricanes as well as evenings at the shore in summer which also included card games, with hearts being a favorite!

Code Names is our new favorite. Our adult kids are avid players Of board and card games and this one is great. Easy to learn and uses teams so you need an even number of people, 4 minimum.

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Our family favorites are Bananagrams and Yahtzee.