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Christmas is a great time to get the family together to play some games. There are so many games available now, from board games to card games. This post has ideas for all ages!
Taskmaster
In Taskmaster: The Boardgame, players alternate the role of Taskmaster, while the remaining players carry out a zany, time-limited task to compete for the approval of said Taskmaster, who is responsible for scoring everyone’s attempt.
The tasks are specified by cards associated with different rooms represented on a “plan view” of the Taskmaster house, which takes the form of the board: the lab, the living room, the kitchen, the garden. Players are then expected to complete the themed task using items from those rooms in their own venue.
Players are also expected to complete an additional secret task during the play session, and a final task that is given via a video by Alex who takes on the taskmaster role for that final round. After the final task, the player with the highest score is declared the winner.
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The Traitors Card Game
Immerse yourself in the world of The Traitors with the 2023 Special Edition Card Game. Do you have what it takes to outwit your fellow players and survive to the end in this ultimate test of trust and treachery?
Secretly play the role of FAITHFUL or TRAITOR whilst working together to build up a central pot of gold. The Faithful must identify and banish the Traitors in their midst to win a share of the gold. The traitors must stay undetected until the end so that they can steal the prize fund.
Rummikub 6 players
With brilliant simplicity, Rummikub provides hours of amusement. Each game is as different as the combinations of moves you choose to play. Be the first player to go ‘Rummikub’ by using all your tiles in ‘runs or ‘group’. Outwit your opponents with cool strategy and sharp moves. Be the first to lay down all your tiles and shout ‘Rummikub! ‘.
With brilliant simplicity, rummikub provides hours of amusement.
Each game is as different as the combinations or moves you choose to play.
Be the first player to go ‘rummikub! ‘ by placing all of your tiles onto the table, building ‘runs’ or ‘groups’.
Screwball Scramble Level Up
Take a turn to the vertical with a new twist on Screwball Scramble. Level Up sends your marble from the bottom to the top as you dodge and conquer a dozen new obtacles.
THE CLASSIC GAME WITH A NEW TWIST – All the fun of previous Screwball Scramble games, but this time it’s vertical: make your marble climb up the maze from the bottom to the top.
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The Logo Board Game
LOGO 2 is the brilliant all new version of the UK’s favourite logo team game. With a whole new set of cards and all the excellent fun of the original. Played in teams, an opponent takes a card: Picture, Theme and Pot-Luck cards, and shows the playing team, he then asks the team four colour coded questions – With each right answer the team moves to the next board space that matches the question’s colour. Skip around the board and WIN!
Diggy the Dog
In this pawsome game of doggy-digging fun, challenge Diggy the Dog to a fast-paced game of hide-and-seek. Can you bury your items in the garden and outsmart Diggy as he frantically digs, trying to return those items back to you? Who will have the most items left buried when this mischievous pup has finished trying to dig them up?
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? ! : Can you bury items in the garden and keep them hidden when Diggy the Dog is frantically digging trying to give them back to you?
KEEP ITEMS HIDDEN: Hide your treasure from the pup but be careful as he’ll try to dig it up.
HOW TO WIN: Take turns to roll the dice and put things into the garden hole it’s a race to get the most pieces into the hole before Diggy the Dog stops and stands up on his hind legs.
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The Christmas Express Game
Christmas Express is the great family board game for those who believe in Santa, and those that wish they still did! Jump aboard our festive loco and race to be the first to reach the North Pole. Avoid the pitfalls on the way and you might just find out whether you’ve been naughty or nice!
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Hotel
The classic five-star family game. Build luxury hotels all around the world and make your opponent’s pay to stay. The more you build the richer you get. Will you own it all or lose a fortune?
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Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win
Just Like The TV Show, But In Your Own Home
Now you can play the popular ITV gameshow at home. Based on the hit tv quiz show hosted by the nation’s favourite double act, Ant and Dec, you must work together to answer the trivia questions and move up the ladder.
The stakes are higher than they have ever been, but how high will you dare to climb?
In this cooperative game, you must work together to answer trivia questions and see how far you can climb up the limitless money ladder.
Answer the trivia questions to move up the ladder, but is it an exact answer?
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Quaffle
THE TASTY GAME OF WORDS AND LETTERS!: Qwaffle is the family friendly word game for everyone to enjoy! Race against the clock to find a word that matches the starting letter and category.
MATCH A LETTER AND CATEGORY: Be the first player to write a matching word, shout “Qwaffle”, and flip the timer. All other players now have 30 seconds to write a word that matches that letter and category.
MAKE UNIQUE WORDS TO WIN: Make sure you think of a unique word; if your word matches with another player you score zero for that round. Your word must be real but can be as much waffle as you like… just be ready to prove it!
PLAY ANYWHERE!: Qwaffle comes in a cute waffle style case, which is perfect for taking on day trips, staycations and holidays or to give as a gift for a birthday or Christmas.
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On The Go Games
On-The-Go Games is a handy travel-sized partner for your holidays.
With playing cards, dice and score cards, you can play all your favourites just with this handy little pack.
As well as traditional card games, the pack includes instructions on how to play Chicago, Going to Boston, and Midnight.
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Story Time Chess
ADVENTURE IN CHESS: Chess has been shown to develop multiple cognitive and emotional skills that will benefit your child throughout their entire life.
But teaching the game of chess to younger children has always been challenging.
Not anymore!! NO CHESS EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED: We made the game of chess come alive, and the rules and strategy of the game are woven through fun and engaging stories.
Characters, stories, activities, and imagery help kids as young as 3 learn the moves, strategies, and language of chess.
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Incohearent: Family Edition
This party game is the perfect addition to a hilarious family game night—Incohearent, a bestselling game that’s been taking social media by storm, now made PG for family-friendly hilarity.
The judge for each round flips the timer and holds a card up so that only they can see the answer, but everyone else sees the gibberish phrase. Everyone else reads the front of the card aloud. Whoever decodes the phrase first wins the card.
When the card has been decoded or the translators have elected to pass, the judge pulls the next card. Once the timer runs out or 3 cards have been decoded, the round is over, and the next person becomes the judge.
What Do You Meme? Family Edition
The hilarious game you know and love, now with all the R-rated content removed for family-friendly fun. Compete with your friends and family to create the funniest memes. Do this by using one of your dealt caption cards to caption (get it?) the photo card in each round.
The winner of each round is decided by a rotating judge. Pro tip: choose your caption card to match the judge’s sense of humour. Extra pro tip: Make sure the judge shuffles the cards for anonymity.
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Llama Card Game
In LLAMA, you want to dump cards from your hand as quickly as you can, but you might not be able to play what you want, so do you quit and freeze your hand or draw and hope to keep playing?
Each player starts a round with six cards in hand; the deck consists of llama cards and cards numbered 1-6, with eight copies of each. On a turn, the active player can play a card, draw a card, or quit. To play a card, you must play the same number as the top card of the discard pile or one number higher. If a 6 is on the discard pile, you can play a 6 or a llama, and if a llama is on top, you can play another llama or a 1. If you quit, you place your remaining cards face down and take no further actions in the round. The round ends when one player empties their hand or all players have quit. In either case, players collect tokens based on the cards in front of them, whether in hand or on the table.
Each different number card in hand gets you white tokens (each worth 1 point) equal to the value of the card while one or more llamas gets you a black token (worth 10 points). If you played all your cards, you can return one token (white or black) that you previously collected to the supply. You then shuffle all the cards and begin a new round. The game ends the round that at least one player has forty or more total points. Whoever has the fewest points wins!
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Squshmallows Take 4
Squad up with Squishmallows Take4: the family game for any Squishmallows-lover! Looking for a fun group game? In this fast-paced, quick-thinking game, you’ll race to collect 4 of a Squad before your opponents. Choose which of the four cards you want from the ones in play—but watch out. If you reach for the same one as someone else, you’ll have to race to grab the exclusive Benny The Bigfoot Squishmallow in the center! Perfect game for game night with your friends, family, at school or at home—no matter where or when, you’re bound to love it.
Hopefully, these games have given you some inspiration for gifts for your loved ones this year.