Top 5 board games
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Make the most of your time together and enjoy a board game the whole family can join in.
And if you don’t have board games at home, you can print off an online version or get creative and make up your own!
Here are five family favourites...
Pictionary
Form teams and work your way around the board. Each board square is coloured and corresponds to a category of cards with various words. Players have to attempt to draw (usually scribble) an image that illustrates the word on the card. Not always as easy as it sounds...
Scrabble
Fun-ucational! Get the most points you can by making high scoring/unusual words from the letters on the tiles. The tiles show the points they are worth. Each player picks seven unseen tiles from a bag and hides their letters from opponents. When it’s your turn, you have to try and form a word – the highest scoring word you can. Stick to the rules or make up your own!
Snakes and Ladders
One of the easiest – but no less competitive – board games around. Throw the dice, work your way around the board looking for ladders and trying to avoid sliding down the slippery snakes.
Chess
A game for thinkers and strategists. But if that sounds like too much work, make up your own rules and chess pieces and have some fun. How about pieces that can eat ones they don’t like...
Trivial Pursuit
Over the years, there have been lots of themed editions covering popular films, TV shows and decades among others. Create your own game at home with favourite topics and age-appropriate questions!
