If you just want to dip your toe into the waters of newer board games, I suggest starting with Wits and Wagers, my favorite so far. Combined with a jigsaw puzzle, burgers on the grill and the usual “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” festivities as midnight approached, it made for a great evening, as much for the trash-talking and other conversation as for the games themselves. When we were figuring out what to do for New Year’s Eve and I suggested playing games and drinking wine, my grown children actually were enthusiastic about the idea. It is a trick-taking game with the theme of acquiring diamonds and moving them from your showroom to your vault … My kids LOVE this game.” “The next suggestion is a card game called Diamonds, published in 2014 … This will appeal to people who don’t get into board games but like card games. And everyone wants to avoid the assassin. Their teammates try to guess words of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team. Spymasters give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. “In Codenames (2015), two teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. It is a party game (best with at least 4), plays quick (15-20 minutes), and addictive. I played it for the first time this weekend. While I’m at it, I’ll include two more suggestions from David Detwiler, the guy who had me over for game night. Each player is represented by a monster or alien trying to fight the other players for control of Tokyo. It’s very strategic, which so far has worked to my disadvantage. You construct train routes from city to city around the United States - or elsewhere in other versions - with points awarded for each route and the longest continuous one. It takes much longer and is more complicated than Forbidden Island, but we also enjoyed this one, even though we still haven’t managed to save the world. We didn’t play this one over the holidays, but it’s another cooperative game in which you try to cure a disease before the entire world is wiped out. Your job as a group is to collect each of four treasures and escape by helicopter before you’re underwater. This is a cooperative game in which you’re all on an island that’s sinking. Play a full round of questions in this free trial version of Wits & Wagers, based on the award-winning board game Use your knowledge of trivia, human nature, and the odds to. ![]() Purchase this pack for use in all local and selected online games. You gain points either by having the right answer or predicting which of the other answers is best.įorbidden Island. Energize your Wits & Wagers experience with 280 new questions and fun facts. Individually or in teams, you’re presented with obscure numerical trivia questions, write your guesses down and, once they’re revealed, decide which to wager on. In case you’re looking for some games to enliven your family’s cold winter nights, here are quick summaries of what we’ve been playing.
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