Originally Posted By scottie I went to a Christmas party last night and we ended up playing the game "Taboo". That game is always a blast. I was wondering if anyone had any great party games to recommend so I can bring to the family Christmas gathering. What are your favorite party games?
Originally Posted By belle42 Apples to Apples!! It's good for all ages AND it helps teach new vocabulary!! (and can get warped if you get the right group of people together)
Originally Posted By momof4boys I love Taboo and Apples to Apples ( I just bought that one). I also love Outburst and Imaginiff. Imaginiff asks questions like " Imagine if ______ ( one of the players determined by dice roll) were an animal. Which one would he/she be? 1). sheep dog 2) chimpanzee 3) Koala Bear 4) Bull 5) Panther 6) bull You vote using numbered cards. Majority gets to move a spot. We play it with ages 6-76.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut clue is a good family game. can even be played in teams. We also like a good ol fashion game monopoly. Any of the trivial pursuits are good. We even had a large game of disney trivial pursuit at coke corner one night.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Taboo is one of our all-time favorites. We also like Tri Bond and Cranium. Disney Guesswords is a lot of fun, too, if your family is as into Disney as you are.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP The ElderPs' favorite FAMILY game is Catan. We got turned on to it at one of Dug's DL NYE meets. SOO much fun. But, it is only for a max of 4 until you buy an expansion set, and then only till 6. So, for PARTY games we like Outburst, and don't forget those old fashioned classics, charades and Pictionary.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Oh, and for a classic, Charades is always fun. We frequently play it by having each team make up the phrases for the other team to act out. Each of your two teams comes up with a predetermined number of phrases and throws them in a hat for the other team to choose from.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP (insert tongue in cheek now) P ixie!!! Stop stealing my ideas, I just said Charades. Yeah, you explained it better, but really, aren't you just showing off? (You may now remove tongue from cheek, thanks for playing!)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I love Cranium! I've been to two different parties in the last two weeks, with totally different people at each one, and played it at both. We all had a blast both times. Also, it didn't hurt that my team won both times.
Originally Posted By RidgebackLuver I'm a master at Balderdash, but maybe it's not so good for parties. My favorite group gathering game is Channel Surfing! But you have to have a TV handy with lots of channels and a good, fast remote (ours has a short delay because we had trouble hooking it up through our TiVo and Direct TV box). This game is so fast paced and funny!
Originally Posted By adizneeguy Scattergories, and Disney Scene It. Good for my parties at least. I try to surround myself with Disney afficianados. Balderdash is great too, but I think I like it more than everyone else.
Originally Posted By scottie Thanks for the responses. I went to the mall today and asked at one of the game stores what was the most popular at their store and they said apples to apples. Didn't buy it yet but now I'm curious. I love the games where there are a lot of loud laughs. Keep the suggestions coming!
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Cranium is a good one. Individual family members can shine with different talents, so it really reinforces the idea of the family as a team.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs These are a few of my favorite family/board games that I usually play with my buddies (and some retired): -Monopoly: The Card Game -Life -Liar's Dice -Cranium -Cranium Hoopla -Cranium Conga -Cranium Zigity -Taboo -Settlers of Canaan/Cataan -Scrabble -Uno I've even started bringing other Monopoly sequels like Advance to Boardwalk and Free Parking. As much as I love the Cranium games, I'm bummed that just about all the newer games are aimed at kids and/or families. Well, mostly kids anyway. Hoopla was the only one for teens/adults. I do believe I'll be getting my friend's Disney SceneIt? since it has not been played in a year, and I'm the only one who will put it to good use.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Any of the Scene it DVD games -- and last year we played Uno Attack ! If you have a few hours there's always my favorite game ( that got us through college so many years ago) - Risk !
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Oy... we've played original Risk like once a few years ago, but were introduced to the Lord of the Rings version last year. At least when the Ring reaches Mordor, the game ends. My friend who's into games that are long, involve thinking and have the 500-page manual bought Castle Risk from eBay. It plays like Risk, only it takes place in Europe.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 Settlers of Catan is our favorite. Hubby and I play with family every time we're able to get together.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut The original risk can get crazy. My friends and I had a party one weekend and we played from noon on friday till about midnight on sunday. We still didnt have a winner.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden If you want a chaos-inducing, rip-roaring good time, then let me recommend "Hide the Belt". We used to play this every time we'd go up the mountains for a long weekend. It would involve our parents and the kids. You designate a room in the house as home base. To start the game everyone but one would go in to the room and close the door. That other person would then "hide the belt" somewhere in the house. You didn't want to make it impossible to find but good enough for it to take a while so that the tension and excitement boils over. Once the belt is hidden, you let everyone out of the room. It's now their job to find the belt. When someone is lucky enough to find it they get free reign to whack anybody and everybody else until they happen to make it back to home base. There's probably some reading this completely horrified but it's all in good fun and it's not meant to see who can hit who the hardest. There are two popular techniques to use when you've finally found the belt. The first is the Kamikaze which is basically to just start whacking anybody you can till everyone gets to home base. Total chaos with this approach. The second technique is the Silent approach. Instead of making it known that you have the belt, as with the Kamikaze, here you want to find the belt and quietly take it without anybody noticing and make your way to home base. For those that haven't found the belt this approach is sheer terror. Usually what will happen is the group will chose some unwilling person, in our case Mom, to sacrifice, so the rest of us can make it to safety. If you don't mind a little roughhouse, and maybe a couple of bruises, it's a lot of fun.
