Party Games

Sharing is good karma:

As I have two groups of four kids now in our game club, I sometimes combine them for certain games. I started collecting games for six or more people.

This is a list I made in order to help me to pick the right games based on the number of players I have.

Bang (4-8 players, best with 6-7 players, 20-40 min)

One Night Ultimate Werewolf (4-10 players, best with 6-8 players, 10 min)

Mascarade (5-13, best with 7-8 players, 30 min)

Cash N Guns (4-8 players, best with 6-8, 30 min)

Double Ditto (4-10 players or more)

Codenames (teams, 4-8+, best with 6 or 8)

Taboo (4-10 players, best with 6 or 8 players)

Reverse Charades (6-12 players)

Apples to Apples –we have the Junior version but this family version is great ( 4-10+ players, best with 6-8)

Dixit (4-6 players, best with 5-6 players, 30-45 min)

Skull (4-6 players, best with 5-6 players, 45 min)

Pit (4-8, best with 6-8 players, 30 min)

Loot (3-4, or 6,8 players, 30 min)

Pictionary (again, we have also the junior version, 4-12 players, best with 6-8)

7 Wonders (3-7, best with 4 or 5 players, 30 min)

Cockroach Poker (3-6 players, best with 4-5 players, 20-30 min)

Coup (3-6 players, best with 5 players, 15 min). You can also buy the expansion (Coup Reformation) of the game, which lets you play with up to 10 people.

The Resistance (5 -10 players, best with 7)–I don’t own this title but read reviews that it is great with expansions. A lot of people prefer Resistance Avalon, which is what I got. You can always read on the differences of the two on BoardGameGeek.

The Resistance: Avalon (5-10, best with 7-8, 30 min)

Bohnanza (3-7 players, best with 5, 45 min)

Spyfall (4-8 players, best with 6, 20 min)

Jamaica (3-6 players, best with 6, 30-60 min)

The Great Dalmuti (4-7, best 6-7 players, 60 min)

Mysterium (3-7 players, best with 5-6, 45 – 60 min)

Betrayal At House On The Hill (3-6, best with 5-6 players, 60 min)

Citadels (up to 7 players, best with 5, 20-60 min) — new, cheaper version here.

PicWits (4-10 players)

Saboteur (5-10, best with 7-8 players, 30 min)

Grandpa Beck’s Skull King (3-6, best 4-6 players, 30 min)

Clue (3-6, best with 4-5 players, 45 min)

Colt Express (3-6 players, best 5-6 players, 40 min)

Camel Up (3-8 players, best with 4-5, 30 min)

Grandpa Beck’s Cover Your Assets (3-6, best 4-5 players, 30 min)

King of Tokyo (2-6 players, best 4-5 players, 30-45 min)

Poo The Card Game (2-8 players, best with 5, 20 min)

Exploding Kittens (3-5, best 4-5 players, 15 min)

Gubs (2-6 players, best with 3-4, 20-30 min)

Five Crowns (3-7 players, best with 4, 30 min)

Tsuro: The Game of the Path (2-8 players, best with 4 or 6, 20 min) My daughter dislikes this game for some reason but it provides a nice, quiet break from heavier games.

Rat-A-Tat-Cat (2-6 players, best with 4, 10-15 min)

Sushi Go! (2-5 players, best with 4, 15 min)

The Wizard (3-6 players, best 4-5, 45 min)

Captain Sonar (age 12 and up, 6-8 players is best, although you can play with 2 or more, 45-60 min)

Snake Oil (4-9 players, best with 5-6, 30 min)

Two Rooms and a Boom (theoretically from 6 people and up but most people say that it is not a good game until you have at least 10 players, I’d love to have it on hand and play with both kids and parents sometimes, 15 min)