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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 06:15:55 AM
My family loves to play board games. I have the good standbys like Monopoly, Game of Life, and Scrabble. What wonderful games do you suggest I buy for this years addition to my collection?
Julie
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| sonshine4u |
Posted - Dec 27 2012 : 3:54:57 PM
If you like strategy games here's some of our family favorites:
Settlers of Catan
Ticket to Ride
Risk
Acquire
Some thinking, word, and card-game games:
Set
Quiddler
Five Crowns
Mancala
Tripoley
Uno Attack
We love all the ones you all have shared as well. I know we have a ton more in our cupboard that we play, but these are at the top of the list.
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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 24 2012 : 12:16:50 PM
I grew up with the game Aggravation. What a wonderful game!
Julie
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| .Linz. |
Posted - Dec 24 2012 : 08:12:32 AM
Bananagrams is a favorite here!
Oh, and Aggravation - I played that with Dad all the time when I was a kid, and still love it because of the special memories associated with it.
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| pinokeeo |
Posted - Dec 24 2012 : 07:09:56 AM
Ooooo. I love cranium games. Another good one might be Aggravation. Sort of like Sorry, but with more strategies.
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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 23 2012 : 4:38:48 PM
Thanks ladies for all the suggestions. The two games that were added to my collection are Cranium Brain Breaks and Bananagrams.
Julie
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| knittingmom |
Posted - Dec 23 2012 : 1:05:09 PM
Yahtzee is fun too.
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| MtnGrlByTheBay |
Posted - Dec 20 2012 : 11:50:07 AM
Ha... go ahead with Apples to Apples, but I've played it, and we never really liked it. Only played it a couple of times with the same family, so maybe it was "environmental." How about Balderdash? That's our favorite.
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| Simple Living |
Posted - Dec 18 2012 : 1:29:33 PM
Hi Julie, the game my family recently have been enjoying is called "Malarky". It's ages 10 and up. Very clean, funny game. I think it's made by "Patch" and comes in a tin box not a cardboard box.
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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 18 2012 : 11:24:38 AM
It looks like it's going to be Apples to Apples..... lol
Julie
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| SheilaC |
Posted - Dec 18 2012 : 07:55:51 AM
We love Apples to Apples too -- for all ages -- and our favorite for groups is Guesstures --kind of like a fast charades -- people seem to "come out of their shell" when playing it! ;)
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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 18 2012 : 07:24:07 AM
I like this... so many great games to choose from.
Julie
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Dec 18 2012 : 06:36:07 AM
Sequence is the most fun for us. Easy to learn and takes a bit of time to master. You can play in teams, which is fun. All ages.
I also like Racko. Another easy to learn, all ages game.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Dec 18 2012 : 04:51:30 AM
Depending on their age, Apples to Apples. There is a "kid" version also. We love this game .
Also, I heard Mad Gab is hilarious, but I do not know the age for it yet.
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 8:06:46 PM
I really want to try apples to apples.
As for scattergories I haven't played in years, but....so here's a link to the official site...may help. lol
http://www.hasbro.com/games/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=101C87C6-19B9-F369-D9B8-1CE9D32EA4ED:en_US&s_kwcid=TC|1028209|scattergories||S|e|18153897368
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| Melina |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 6:56:26 PM
I'll third Apples to Apples!
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| coaloha |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 5:25:48 PM
I second the praise for Apples to Apples. Our family has had a lot of laughs sitting around the table playing that game.
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| princesspatches |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 3:52:54 PM
We love yatzee at our house. We also love doing jigsaw puzzles as a family.
The holiday break is always a great time to do these things.
Have fun
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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 2:56:37 PM
How is Scattergories played?
Julie
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| Emily Anna |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 2:52:50 PM
I, too, was going to suggest Scattergories. I love that game!
Emily |
| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 2:26:23 PM
You ladies have a lot of great games that you have recommended. Thanks!
Julie
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 1:52:19 PM
My husband loves scattergories. I like pictionary. I also love some bible games. Jenga is fun too. I like a lot of games really.
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| City Chick |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 1:05:53 PM
all the adults in my extended family love playing Apples to Apples - still! If you're looking for an adult version try Boxers or Briefs.
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| lwm |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 09:39:52 AM
Upwords and Jargon. both word tile games, but not as intense as Scrabble. My husband will play Upwords with me, because he figures he has a chance of winning, but never Scrabble. :-) |
| ceejay48 |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 09:30:08 AM
Uno, Skip-Bo, Boggle, Battleship, Chinese Checkers, Dutch Blitz (a card game)
Typically I will NOT play Scrabble with my hubby because he takes FOR-EVER . . . and I mean FOREVER to think about a word. The ONLY time we will let him play is when we use the timer from our Boggle game.
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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Dec 17 2012 : 09:17:40 AM
Thanks for the ideas, Dawn. But, I should have let everyone know that my kids are adults. I don't have any grandchildren yet. The game of "Sorry" is a fun one that I forgot about. Thanks.
Julie
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