Games for Adults/Families

I had a friend ask about my favorite games.  Looking through the list, most of them are word games.

1. What the Flock - a roll of the die determines the category for each round, including rhyming words, word find, using the first three letters of a word to make other words, a scattegories category, and charades.  This is a game you could play with upper elementary aged youth and up.

2. Ransom Notes - create a note based on the magnetic tile words in your hand based on a prompt card.  I love the creativity in this game! I would say this is probably best for high school and above.

3. Telestrations - it's the old telephone game, but with drawings.  The first person writes a prompt, the next person draws it, the third person has to write a prompt based on the picture, and the rounds continue.  We first played this online as Gartic Phone (https://garticphone.com/) - great for online game nights!  Kaiden is such an artist, his pictures are always the best.  You could play this with upper elementary age and up.

4. Cranium - this game uses a lot of different skills including acting, sculpting, humming, trivia, and spelling.  I love to scuplt!  This would be a good game for upper elementary and up.

5. Poetry for Neanderthals - can you describe things using only single-syllable words?  It's harder than you think!  This is a fun game to play with Brian, who gets into the caveman persona.  I think upper elementary students could play this game.

6. Cards Against Humanity - choose the card in your hand that best fits the prompt.  Depending on your relationship, you could play this with high school students.  We have fun playing with Kaiden and friends.

7. Twenty-Five Words or Less - another word game where you try to get your partner or team to guess 5 words using the minimum number of descriptors.  You could play this with middle school students and up.

8. Taboo - another word game.  Get your partner or team to guess the word without using some of the most common descriptors.  I love this game!  I would think middle school students would be able to play.

9.  Suspicion - this is similar to Clue (my favorite childhood game).  Use deductive reasoning to play as one of ten world-class jewel thieves trying to unmask the other players in a strategic game.  We played this with Kaiden when he was in upper elementary school.

10. Scattegories - write down items in a variety of categories using a single starting letter.  There is a great online version for online game nights (https://scattergoriesonline.net/new-game.xhtml) 

Then there are my childhood favorites - Clue, Monopoly, Boggle.  What are your favorite games?