33 Best Family Board Games (2024): Catan, Labyrinth, Onitama

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There are a lot of family board games. Here are a few of the most we liked.

Stress: The 10 Best Naming Games for $30: Theme cards contain ten items within a category, and the opposing team has 60 seconds to guess as many items as possible. The cards are divided into two colors (easy and harder) making it easy to play with kids or quickly adjust the difficulty. This works well for any age or team size, but be prepared for a lot of screaming and laughter.

Indiana Jones Hidden for $24: This Indiana Jones style escape room puzzle game is a license game made in heaven. This game is beautifully illustrated, with three cases to solve that match the story from the original trilogy, narration from Indy Magazine, and coin rewards for success. The puzzles can be a bit hit or miss (sometimes too easy, sometimes too hard), but once you solve them, you won’t want to play again, although you can always skip the game.

You must be my kitten! For $10: A simple twist on the Liar’s Dice that focuses on deception and deception detection; I’m of two opinions about this game. On the one hand, the game is nothing special, but on the other hand, cute cats! My moisture-obsessed daughter immediately wanted to play, and we had a few laughs with outrageous tricks at the number of glasses, hats, and bow ties on these cats.

Neanderthal Hair for $25: Each card contains a word, and your seemingly simple task is to get your team to guess it correctly within the time limit by speaking just one syllable. If you break the rules, the opponent can hit you with an inflatable “no” stick. Suitable for two to eight players aged 7 and up, they are loud, silly and usually make everyone laugh.

Risky for $15: This simple card game is fast and frenetic, and revolves around trying to get the high-scoring cards that appear at the end of each round. There are no turns, you can cover the other team’s cards, and rounds are timed, but you must guess when the round will end. Very simple and very quick, this game can get messy.

That escalated quickly for $20: This game is fast, easy and fun for up to eight players. Featuring scenarios such as “I invented a new sport, what is it?” Players must make suggestions from least risky (1) to most risky (10) based on the number assigned to them in each round. The tour leader must try to arrange them in the correct order. It works best with smart players who know each other well.

Rush Kitchen for $48: A truly unique title that proves that too many cooks can spoil the broth; This game can get messy quickly. You work together to cook dishes for customers within a strict time frame. It’s a bit complicated for young children. (I’d say 10 and up is best.) If you like this, try the video game Overcooked.

Looks fishy for $20: Another fun party game from Big Potato, the challenge in Sounds Fishy is to spot the fake answers. Each card asks a question, but only one of the answers you get is correct. It’s for 4 to 10 players, and we found it to be more fun but more difficult with more people.

Billionaires Road Trip USA for $13: Each of the 49 squares on the game board is an exotic roadside attraction, from Gum Alley to the National Mustard Museum, and players attempt to purchase them with the goal of securing four in a row. My kids loved this, adults not so much.

Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition for $29: You can play this group game with up to 30 players, and it will produce a fair amount of giggles and giggles for the little ones. Like the adult version, there’s not a lot of strategy here, but finding the perfect combination to impress everyone is satisfying.