2021 List Of Best Board Games For Adults, Kids And Family
Craving to connect with your family? Why not do it the old-fashioned way, through board games! Gaining popularity once again, board games and tabletop games are a great way to bond with the whole family face-to-face minus the distractions of portable electronic devices.
Thankfully, a lot of companies have come out with reboots of classic board games to test players' abilities to communicate and cooperate without any digital handholding.
We've gathered a list of our top recommended board games here, spanning a wide range of difficulty levels and genres so everyone from grandpa to 5-year-olds, will get to enjoy. All available through Amazon, here are our top board game choices! Enjoy!
Hilarious and sometimes inappropriately awesome, Exploding Kittens is best enjoyed by families that have tried playing games like Cards Against Humanity, although less crude and more family-friendly. It’s quirky, insanely funny and just needs the right amount of skill for any kid, teen and adult to fully enjoy and start laughing at all the cartoonish illustrations.
You simply can’t go wrong with a classic game and Clue is the very definition of family-friendly fun. This mystery game will get you all thinking. Clue is the perfect Friday night board game for the whole family.
If you’re tired of regular Monopoly, then this one is perfect for you. Using an electronic banking system instead of cash, this game is best enjoyed in short bursts with the family.
Portable, fun and challenging at times, this game is perfect for road trips as it doesn’t take up a lot of space. The difficulty level is also perfect for kids of all ages and sessions are fairly quick and doesn't need much game items.
Just had dinner and feeling a bit sleepy? Then this game is the perfect way to relax with the whole family. Simple and very laid-back, this game will have your family creating train routes across the continent to earn points. Sure it’s competitive, but friendly enough for players to not get into fights.
Strategic, deep yet still easy to learn and understand, Catan is a classic board game for the whole family. This game is all about resource management and your goal is to create a civilization better than everyone else's.
As the name suggest, this game will have you using dough to make objects suggested in the cards. This makes it an ideal board game for kids as it’s very hands-on and fun. Besides, every kid likes to play with clay.
Test your family’s fine motor skills with this tabletop game that requires precision. Requiring focus on weight and balance, it’s the perfect game to tense things up in the room, while also making it incredibly fun for all ages.
Up for some spooks? This game is the perfect board game to play with your family or a group of friends on a stormy night. The premise is pretty simple, while the mechanics are enough to make the atmosphere scary and all the more enjoyable. Of course, it’s still quite family-friendly.
If you enjoy strategy games and chance, then this should be perfect. The goal is to simultaneously play a card from your hand and place a chip on the board to get five in a row. While it may sound simple, it can still be very challenging for the whole family.
Ideal for two to eight players, it is a fast-paced, team-based and spy-themed word game where players try to guess each others’ secret identities. It’s also quite simple and is perfect for large families who like guessing games.
If your family likes debating on issues, then this game should serve you well. Including 91 cards, this game consists of pairing players against each other as they debate on pressing issues like which sauce is the best for hotdog sandwiches or which decade was the best one.
Perfect for little kids aged six and up, this game will have your young ones scampering through a maze-like, booby-trapped board while collecting bits of cheese and trying to escape a snare from other players. Last mouse standing wins.
Simple enough for anyone to grasp, this board game presents you with a maze filled with treasures and danger like ghosts, dragons and witches. Best thing is you can always alter the way the maze looks for endless replayability.
Chess is always a great family game. No need to worry if you’re not that good with it as well, as this version comes with innovative cards that illustrate how the pieces move, making it stress-free for everyone.
While it may feel strange playing this game during an actual pandemic, it still makes for a fun time. Best thing is, it’s cooperative, which means that each player has a role and you all need to work together to eradicate four deadly diseases before humanity goes extinct. It’s a good way to channel your inner strategists and cooperation.
Do you have cat lovers in the family? Then this game is perfect. Completely unique and beautiful, this game will have you rescuing cats and fitting them into your boat Tetris-style.
This game is pretty simple. You choose a card, stick it onto your headband facing out and then ask questions to figure out what the word is under a limited time. The concept is simple enough for any child to join in and this set is guaranteed to make use of only family-friendly questions.
Putting birds in the spotlight, this well-loved modern board game will have you attracting as many birds as possible to your nature reserve. There’s also a lack of direct competition between players and the gorgeous artwork and clever playing pieces will engage even young kids.
Looking for the perfect trivia night board game? Then Articulate! is perfect. The game requires you to split into teams and describe as many words from a category as possible within 30 seconds. The catch? You can’t say what the word sounds like nor what it rhymes with, so this game requires clever thinking. It’s ideal for family get-togethers.
A true classic, Uno is well-loved by many all over the world, so why not get your own set for your family? The rules are simple but challenging and the game being fast-paced, means that you’ll have more than a few laughs while playing it.
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