Hello everyone, I hope you’re having a lovely morning, afternoon, or evening! With some family-heavy holidays rolling around like Christmas and New Year’s Eve, I thought it’d be a fun idea to compose a list of fun family games. My family, for one, is very big on board games, so I’m excited to see what sort of games we play this year…

P.S. leave any of your fav games in the comments below!

>> Games <<

Apples To Apples

Think of Cards Against Humanity, but family-friendly. In this game, each player is given seven cards, which they keep to themselves. A “judge” is selected, and then a judge card is displayed to everyone with a word on it, and each player has to choose the card that they think best fits the judge card’s word. The judge goes through the anonymous cards and chooses whichever one they think is the funniest or the best selection. Whoever wins is the next judge, and the game continues until someone has seven judge cards (or whenever y’all want to stop).

Monopoly

This game is pretty much all money-based. It’s rather complicated, and honestly, I haven’t even played it myself, but I know LOTS of friends enjoy it. Your main object of the game is to become the wealthiest player, and you do so by selling/renting property and forcing other players into bankruptcy. If you’re familiar with The Game of Life, they seem pretty similar, except with this game, you’re sort of a money-hungry buyer/seller rather than a fellow in a van trying to make it to retirement.

Telestrations

If you’re familiar with the game Pictionary, Telestrations will come pretty easy. It starts off with a word. Based on the card you have and the number that the die rolls, you have your word, and you write it in the designated area on your little sketchbook. Then, you draw that word on the next page. Once every player has done this much, you pass the sketchbooks, and the players have to write down what they see in that drawing. The sketchbooks are passed again, the players now have to draw what the previously written word was. It goes back and forth like this until the sketchbook is filled out. If you’re familiar with the game Telephone, this is pretty much the illustrated version, hence the name Telestrations.

Twister: Ultimate

Twister is one of the games that I have the earliest memory of. It’s pretty simple. You lay out the mat, get someone to flick the spinner, and you do your best to contort your body to touch the colorful circles with the designated foot or hand. This game really tests your flexibility and strength and can be super fun for every age!

Catch Phrase

This game is pretty similar to Charades, except you don’t act it out; you rather describe it. You need an even number of people, and you all sit in a circle. There are two teams (they go every other person), and the goal is to get seven points. On the device, you choose the category, press play, and then a timer starts ticking. You have to describe whatever word pops up on the little screen to your teammates, and if you don’t know how to describe it, you can always skip it. Here’s the catch: as the device is passed around and the words/phrases are described, the timer speeds up until it buzzes and that “round” is over. Whoever has the device when the buzzer sounds, loses and the other team gets a point. From my experience, I personally get very into this game and it can get pretty intense and loud as the timer speeds up.

There we have it! I hope you have fun this holiday season, whether or not you buy or play these games, and enjoy all this family time. Whatever your beliefs, I wish you happy holidays and a joyful new year. As always, keep on inspiring others and loving yourself!