Looking for a Christmas gift or want to upgrade your game cabinet? Here are a list of proven favorites for game nights with friends or family! (All linked products are affiliate links)
Fun word game where you have to mindmeld with your group and try to think of & say the same word at the same time out loud.
Medium | Read Your Friends' Minds
This card game is easy to learn and is always a good option when no one can agree on what to play.
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza - Card Game
This is a really unique game where you have to come up with a word/phrase based on illustrations to give a clue, and try to have players guess which card you are talking about. My family likes being creative with this one. The drawings are also reall...
Dixit - Creative Board Game, 3-8 Players
Really cool cooperative game where each player is given a set of rules for how to decorate a house. The catch is, no one knows what rules the other players have in their hands. You have to work together to come up with a decoration solution that sati...
Decorum
This game spurs a lot of interesting debates…
Hues and Cues
Recommend if you have a friend group who can make up weird but believable stuff on the spot. My friend group has gotten good at mimicking the game that it is genuinely difficult to tell what the right answer is.
Balderdash - Board Game with Guessing & Bluffing, The Game of Twisting Truths
A really easy ranking card game where you have to guess what others are thinking. Sparks some fun debates
The Worst Case Scenario
honestly if you haven't played this game by now, what are you doing? great word game and opportunities for creative categorization
Codenames
another classic card game that is easy to learn
Exploding Kittens Original Edition
This is a short word/spelling card game that me and mom play frequently!
Quiddler Card Game - Ages 8+
This card game works great for all ages!
Spot It!
This is the ultimate strategy cooperative board game. My friends and I always make sure to play this when we link up.
Pandemic
A less annoying, more family friendly version of Catan that ends quicker and is more fun.
Kingdomino
Another fun strategy game that is a little more serious, with a lot of different versions to try out!
Ticket to Ride
This is always a solid favorite when we don't know what else to play
Rummikub - The Original Rummy Tile Game
I love to break this out when I want a more relaxing game. I grew up playing this with my family
