What’s your favourite family board game to play at Christmas...

[Ammi]

...what family board games do you always love to play etc..?...

[Mystic Mock]

Either Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit.

[Niamh.]

30 seconds but we know all the cards now so I've bought 5 second rule and family fortunes for this Christmas Day

[Strictly Jake]

Monopoly(always results in an argument or me stropping like a 3 year old) but my sisters are brutal!!

If its a long day, boxing or new years day for example then its got to be Risk

[Crimson Dynamo]

This year we will play Shut the Box. its quick, tidy and easy for all ages

https://www.mastersofgames.com/images/dice/philos-2-player-shut-the-box-12-numbers-159h.jpg

A round of the game consists of each player taking one turn. A player's takes
a turn by repeatedly throwing the dice until the player cannot continue. Each
throw of the dice is taken as follows:


If 7, 8 and 9 are all covered, the player decides whether to throw one die or
two. If any of these 3 numbers are still uncovered, the player must use both
dice. The player throws the die or dice into the box and adds up the pips. The
player must then cover up a set of unique uncovered numbers that add up to
the sum thrown. So for instance, if the total pips is 8, the player may choose
one of the following sets of numbers as long as all of the numbers in the set
are available to be covered:



8

7 & 1

6 & 2

5 & 3

5 & 2 & 1

4 & 3 & 1


The player then does exactly the same thing with a second throw and so on.


Once a number is covered up, it stays covered so, eventually, the player will
throw a total for which it is not possible to find a set of uncovered numbers.
When this happens, the player scores the sum of the numbers that are still
uncovered. So if the numbers 1, 5 and 9 are uncovered and the player throws
a 4, with options 4 or 3 & 1, the turn finishes and the player's score is 15.


If anyone succeeds in shutting the box i.e. closing all the numbers, that player wins outright immediately and receives double the stake from all players. Otherwise, after each player has taken one turn, the winner of the round is the player with the lowest score.

[Cherie]

We bought the sock game last year, that was fun

Monopoly

Charades

[michael21]

Good to see you all pushing the boat out at Christmas :hee:

[Beastie]

Charades

[Lewismacfarlane]

Has to be monopoly

[Calderyon]

Used to, not anymore.

[Cal.]

Disney’s Scene It?

[Kate!]

Trivial Pursuit

[Twosugars]

Scrabble

[Kate!]

I play scrabble a lot with my boyfriend and even though I consider myself a word connisseur he always manages to beat me :sad:

[Barry.]

The chase this year I think.

[GoldHeart]

I play scrabble a lot with my boyfriend and even though I consider myself a word connisseur he always manages to beat me :sad:

I still till this day never understand the popularity of scrabble ?? I always found it boring and never played.