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)
Decrypto (4-8 players, best with 4, 6, 15 – 45 min)
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (5-12 players, best with 7-8, 20 min)
Telestrations (5-8+, best with 8 players, we have a version for 12)
Samurai Spirit (1-7 players, 30 minutes)
Timeline Diversity (2-8 players, best with 4 players, 15 min)
Werewords (4-10 players, best with 6 – 7 players, 10 min)
Jungle Speed (3-8, best with 5-6 players, 10 min or more). We also have the expansion with more cards.
Concept (6 or 8 people, 2-12+ players, 45 min)
Rise of Augustus (2-6 players, best with 3-4, 30 min)
Charterstone (1-6 players, best with 6, 45-75 min)
LIAR LIAR – The Game of Truths and Lies (players 3 +)
Poetry for Neanderthals (players 4+, team)
Cartographers (1 to 9 players, best with 3-4, 30-45 min)
The Chameleon (4-8 players, best with 6-7, 15 min)
Wavelength (4-12 players, best with 6 to 8, 30-45 min, team)
Bristol 1350 (4-9 players, best with 6-8, 20 to 40 min)
Ravine (3-6 players, best with 5-6, 15 – 20 min, coop)
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