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I love sharing our favorite games!

It’s much trickier now to find time to play games as a family – mostly because we have a lot of little ones who like to put game pieces into their mouths. But whenever we can, we like to pull out a game to play with our 6 and 7-year-olds. And once all six little ones are put down for the night, we can get out some of the more detailed games for the grown-ups!

In case you’re looking at games to enjoy during the holidays with your family, we wanted to share these lists again. We’ve added new ones too!

Favorite Games List

Family Games Little Ones Enjoy

Hoot Owl Hoot (my favorite to play with the kids!)
Pop the Pig
Spot It!
Candyland
Memory
Hungry Hippos
Trouble
Don’t Break the Ice
HiHo Cherry-O
Uno Attack
Farkle
Pass the Pigs
Huskerdu (great for younger kids – still fun for adults)

Family Games for Bigger Kids and Adults

5-Second Rule
Connect Four
The Game of Things (Great fun for a group!)
Rummikub
Settlers of Catan (With extentions, which you’ll need if you have more than 4 players.)
Settlers of Catan Cities and Knights (This is an expansion of Settlers of Catan. This is our favorite add-on to regular Setters.)
Seafarers of Catan (Also an expansion of Settlers.)
Ticket to Ride
Carcossonne
Bohnanza (This one is unique. Great for older kids and adults. We love this one!)
Life
Risk
Manhattan
Guestures
Taboo
Blink (A great stocking stuffer!)
Headbandz
Acquire
Sequence
Clue
Apples to Apple Junior (This is probably our favorite group game. We don’t recommend the regular version of this game because the cards are less familiar to the kids.)
Scattergories
Pictionary
Cranium
Boggle (This game totally counts as school work, but no one knows they’re learning.)
Monopoly
Sorry
Quelf (I’ve actually decided that I very much dislike this one. The kids like it though.)
Racko
Balderdash
Yahtzee
Mastermind
Skipbo (We’ve played hours of this game through the years!)
Wits and Wagers
Anomia (One of my new favorites!)
Pandemic
Castle Panic
Mars Attack
Codenames
Tsuro
Avalon

Your turn to weigh in! What are your favorite family games?

Favorite Family Games List 2017

5-Second Rule

Spot It!

The Game of Things (Great fun for a group!)

Rummikub

Settlers of Catan (With extentions, which you’ll need if you have more than 4 players.)

Settlers of Catan Cities and Knights (This is an expansion of Settlers of Catan. This is our favorite add on to regular Setters.)

Seafarers of Catan (Also an expansion of Settlers.)

Ticket to Ride

Carcossonne

Bohnanza (This one is unique. Great for older kids and adults. We love this one!)

Life

Risk

Manhattan

Guestures

Taboo

Blink (A great stocking stuffer!)

Headbandz

Acquire

Sequence

Clue

Apples to Apple Junior (This is probably our favorite group game. We don’t recommend the regular version of this game because the cards are less familiar to the kids.)

Scattergories

Pictionary

Cranium

Boggle (This game totally counts as school work, but no one knows they’re learning.)

Monopoly

Sorry

Quelf (I’ve actually decided that I very much dislike this one. The kids like it though.)

Racko

Balderdash

Yahtzee

Farkle

Pass the Pigs

Huskerdu (great for younger kids – still fun for adults)

Mastermind

Skipbo (We’ve played hours of this game through the years!)

Wits and Wagers

Anomia (One of my new favorites!)

Pandemic

Castle Panic

Mars Attack

Codenames

I love that many of these are small enough to put into stockings. I love that these are gifts the entire family can enjoy together. And I love that there is really no end to all the great games out there!

Ok, your turn! Tell us what your favorite family games are!

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