what are some good party board games?

Question

some games that my and my friends play all the time is apples to apples, catch phrase, scatgegories, scene it, pictionary, and that kind of stuff. We usually get tired of playing the same ol concept games. We love to laugh and silly stuff so an exciting humurous game would be nice. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Scattegories, Balderdash, Compatibility, Apples to Apples, and Trivial Pursuit are some of my favorites.

Answer 2

A couple of things when considering party games
1) how level is the game?

A party game like Taboo, Scatergories and Trivia will usually be dominated by the resident geek possibly making the game session a tad boring for the pre-school drop out who can barely spell his name.

2) Is there a player cap or can the game be scaled.

Party games should be as inclusive as possible so everyone including late joiners can play

A good recommendation is Wits and Wagers.

Up to 7 teams will write numerical answers to a trivia question. The answer is then placed on the game mat for everyone to see. The teams now place wagers on which is the answer most likely to be correct. Different payoff odds are assigned to each answer based on how far they are away from the mean answer. The answer is revealed and the winnings are paid out to those who bet on the correct or closest correct answer.

Still, if you would like a game that requires more creativity from the team members, Turbo Cranium is a great contender.

Based on the original Cranium series where players have to get their team mates to guess correct answers by doing one of the following: 1) Draw, Hum, Act, Mold clues.

Turbo enhances teamwork with innovations like puppet master where you have to get your puppets to act out the clue by moving them around. You may on occasion use yourself as a prop.

Group reverse spelling requires that the team takes turns to spell a word backward one alphabet at a time. The weakest link, however, stays on till the end of the game.

Check out www.boardgamegeek.com for detailed reviews as well as best prices for the games.

Answer 3

There is a great game out there called "Curses" The game has challenge cards and curse cards. The challenge cards require you to do something, like pretend you are a polititian trying to get people to vote for you. And the curse cards are stuff like "talk like elmer fudd for the rest of the game. You can stack curses on people and the results are hilarious. Picture someone who has to talk like elmer fudd with their hands stuck to the top of their heads, and every time someone mentions a food, they have to cluck like a chicken. All of this happens while this person pretends to beg you for money or something.

Answer 4

Any of the classic boardgames are obviously good, but either Taboo or Cranium are also a lot of of fun. Ever think about Twister too? That can be hilarious when played by large, inflexible people.

Answer 5

We have been playing Scene It which incorporates a DVD with a board game it's a trivia game but you can get it for different subjects. We have the music and the movie one but there is also Disney, Nickelodian,, TV, Friends, etc etc out there to choose from.

Answer 6

Apples to Apples is my favorite. I also like nanofictionary from Looney Labs. Loaded Questions is also a lot of fun.

Answer 7

Mad Gabs and Cranium are fun games to play with friends at a party.

Answer 8

A few games that haven't been mentioned are Quelf, GiftTrap, Time's Up and Smarty Party. You can look them up here to see if you'd be interested:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

Answer 9

I like the game of Scattergories. That's what me and my family or friends end up playing whenever we get together. Also there is Clue.

Answer 10

Trivial Pursuit is a great group activity!