Recommended Family Board Games
Party Games
Games that play 4 - 6 players that are family friendly.
Codenames - "In Codenames, two teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Spymasters give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. Their teammates try to guess words of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team. And everyone wants to avoid the assassin." (Plays 4-8+, Best with 6+ players.)
Telestrations - "Each player begins by sketching a TELESTRATIONS word dictated by the roll of a die. The old fashioned sand timer may limit the amount of time they get to execute their sketch, but it certainly doesn't limit creativity! Time's up! All players, all at the same time, pass their sketch to the next player, who must guess what's been drawn. Players then simultaneously pass their guess -- which hopefully matches the original word (or does it??) -- to the next player who must try to draw the word they see -- and so on." (Plays 4-8, Best with 6+ players)
Ticket to Ride - "With elegantly simple gameplay, Ticket to Ride can be learned in under 15 minutes, while providing players with intense strategic and tactical decisions every turn. Players collect cards of various types of train cars they then use to claim railway routes in North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who fulfill Destination Tickets – goal cards that connect distant cities; and to the player who builds the longest continuous route." (Plays 4-5, Best with 4)
Apples to Apples - "The party game Apples to Apples consists of two decks of cards: Things and Descriptions. Each round, the active player draws a Description card (which features an adjective like "Hairy" or "Smarmy") from the deck, then the other players each secretly choose the Thing card in hand that best matches that description and plays it face-down on the table. The active player then reveals these cards and chooses the Thing card that, in his opinion, best matches the Description card, which he awards to whoever played that Thing card. This player becomes the new active player for the next round." (Plays 4-10+, Best with 6-8)
The Classics
Clue - "The classic detective game! In Clue, players move from room to room in a mansion to solve the mystery of: who done it, with what, and where? Players are dealt character, weapon, and location cards after the top card from each card type is secretly placed in the confidential file in the middle of the board. Players must move to a room and then make an accusation against a character saying they did it in that room with a specific weapon. The player to the left must show one of any cards accused to the accuser if in that player's hand. Through deductive reasoning each player must figure out which character, weapon, and location are in the secret file. To do this, each player must uncover what cards are in other players hands by making more and more accusations. Once a player knows what cards the other players are holding, they will know what cards are in the secret file. A great game for those who enjoy reasoning and thinking things out." (Plays 3-6, best with 4)
Todo:
Farkle
Yahtzee
Boggle
Chinese Checkers
Jenga
Two Player Dual
:Connect 4
Starfall
Code Names Duet
Mancala
Mancala
Patchwork
Santorini
Tak
Tak
Older Group
Battle of the Sexes? Terra
Tsuro
Cards
Wizard
Sushi Go (party)
Code Names Pictures
Younger
Garbage Day
Rumble in the Dugeon *
Thinky
Robo Rally
? Richoet Robots
Tiles:
Isle of Sky
Carcassonne
Spyfall
Cooperative
Forbidden Island
Forbidden Desert
Pandemic
Story
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Marrakech