Winter Survival Guide: Play Games

I love Machi Koro. I have been playing it relentlessly and there’s not by any means any snow in Berkeley

Ahh playing games in the evening nothing better :P

I love Machi Koro. I have been playing it nonstop and there’s not even any snow in Berkeley!

Such good ideas! xx

AWH

http://www.dallaswardrobe.com

My family loves a good game night! We try to play a variety of games, but we always come back to the same ones when we have a big group: Pit, Perpetual Commotion, Reverse Charades. And on Christmas Day this year we had a blast playing Cards Against Humanity. My 75 year old grandmother beat us all!

Taboo has a squeaker now? How lame! It used to have a buzzer that was so fun to use!

i’m with everyone else who mentioned cards against humanity, but i also recommend saboteur and MONOPOLY DEAL!

Cards Against Humanity! But I’d play most any board game or cards – Jenga, junior scrabble, pick up sticks, slap … you name it! It’s such a fun wintertime activity.

I’m bookmarking this post. The suggestions in the comments are great! I love whoever brought up mancala – when I was younger I LOVED mancala and now I want to buy a new set.

In college, my friends and I used to play an Italian game called Bang! It was the better & more fun card game version of Mafia.

http://kemptish.blogspot.com

My husband and I are OBSESSED with Uno. We’ve played soooo many games together in the past few months and it’s been awesome.

Littles to bed, then cribbage and a glass of wine!

My partner and I were introduced to the board game Carcassonne at a dinner party last month. We have been obsessively playing it every night since.

Perfect for couples and a good combination of chance and tactics which give you a lot to chat and joke about. Will shortly start looking at buying the expansion packs to scale the game up too.

It’s surprising how many games can have two players, but don’t really work that well with only two. My husband and I gave up on two player Catan because too much of the game is trading, which doesn’t work when you are only competing against one person. “You wanna trade sheep for wheat?” “Do you need wheat to win? Then no.”

We got Splendor, a game of building your own mercantile empire of rare gems (a GEMPIRE!), and have been loving it. Quite simple, but still really fun on each play through and good for 2 people. Some other interesting, but not complicated games are Jaipur (another merchant game), Wasabi, (you are a sushi chef) and Machi Koro (you are a mayor of a town). Also Tokaido which is a gorgeous game where the goal is to literally have the loveliest time on your journey from Kyoto to Edo. I am a serious board game nerd and am restraining myself from listing like 10 more games, but try those! I also second Ticket to Ride.

Definitely NOT Candy Land!

We have a 5 year-old and someone (good thing they’re family or they would no longer be welcome here) gave it to him for Christmas. We played it for HOURS yesteday. Literally, HOURS. It was AWFUL (thank god we had a fully-stocked bar)… whoever created that game was a sadist.

Currently trying to figure out a way to smuggle it out of the house so the over-6 set can maintain sanity…

http://www.megvandorn.com

My boyfriend and I started playing card games last summer (I think it was a way to bear the apartment with no A/C and also an excuse to drink cocktails) and we found this card game called 66 (it’s a German card game). It’s so fun once you get the hang of it! We couldn’t stop playing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixty-six_%28card_game%29

My husband and I have been into mancala this winter. So fun!

Games are great. I like to watch Wil Wheaton’s TableTop show on YouTube. There are a games there I’d like to try.

Settlers of Catan is amazing but it will make all your friends and boyfriend hate you when you win two nights in a row. Consider yourselves warned.

We recently discovered the card game Dutch Blitz, and have been thoroughly addicted ever since! It’s fast paced, easy to learn, and super fun. The best part, is that it is simple enough to teach the kiddos (probably age 5 and up) and they LOVED being able to play a game with the grown-ups. I really can’t describe just how much this game rocks!

http://www.amazon.com/Dutch-Blitz-201/dp/B000BBU0KS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422470988&sr=8-1&keywords=dutch+blitz

Salad Bowl!!! It’s sooo much fun and free!!!!

Yahtzee and Catchphrase have been my go-to’s lately with my group of friends. They always seem to rev everyone up (in the best way possible)

We also enjoy a good old round of Yuker for a more relaxed evening.

We live with another couple and are all in our mid-twenties… We play games all. the. time. Favorites are Clue, Cranium, Wits & Wagers, Trivial Pursuit, Bananagrams, Pictionary — and we’ve bought all of them from Goodwill on the cheap. Most of them in perfect condition!

Katrina
kateandfleet.blogspot.com

Well……. Me and my friends are super games nerds and I can’t imagine life without them now!
Jaipur is a great two player card game, it has camels!! Splendor is also amazing, you get the trade in gems. 3+ player games that are awesome……
Settlers of Catan
King of Tokoyo
Sushi Go!
7 Wonders
A few of my favourites….. Oh there are so many good games!

My seven year old can’t get enough UNO these days.

HELLO BOGGLE!?

Jenga!
My 4 year old loves it

Cards Against Humanity is a riot! And still a sucker (forever) for Scrabble :)

spent the evening yesterday playing pick-up sticks with a jumbo version. so fun!

Cards Against Humanity!! The more players, the merrier, and I could play it all day.