Games to play after dinner

kwestfan08 · 06-12-2016 11:39pm #1

Was wondering if anyone knew any good games that can be played as a bit of post dinner craic. Have family coming round ranging from 11-60 so would love to pick up something we can all play.

Have seen "Hedbandz" but I'm thinking it might be a bit too childish for the 11 yo. Any help would be great.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003AIM52A/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481063794&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=hedbanz&dpPl=1&dpID=61ar7cosuGL&ref=plSrch

baby and crumble · 07-12-2016 11:05am

The single best game I know for a group of people is Cranium.

It is SO much fun. You play in teams and it's a mix of pictionary, charades, name that tune and a few others. It's great because of the mix there's something for everyone.

Other good ones we play a lot are Apples to Apples, The Game of Life, Linkee and the all time classics Monopoly, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. Thee's something to be said for the old school stuff!

GingerLily · 07-12-2016 11:07am

The after 8 game

http://www.nestle-brands.co.uk/aftereight/after_eight_party_games/index.htm

Olishi4 · 07-12-2016 11:12am

Dominoes

Mr E · 07-12-2016 11:14am

Worth noting that Smyths have 3 for 2 on all board games at the moment.

http://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/page/o/board-games-offer/

AlanG · 07-12-2016 11:20am

Brainbox games are good fun, you can give younger kids a bit longer to look at the card.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Green-Board-Game-44171W/dp/B002IIECVK/ref=sr_1_3?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1481105983&sr=1-3&keywords=brain+box

GerHankey · 07-12-2016 11:29am

I was always a big fan of Trivial Pursuit. There's loads of different types of questions to suit all types of people and I find its more fun with a good few that can work in teams (like an Adult & a Child or something like that).
My kids are big Monopoly fans too, but not everybody has the temperament for that.

miamee · 07-12-2016 11:50am

We've often played Hedbandz (or the iPhone equivalent) as an after dinner party game at family dinners and we're all adults. Sure once everyone gets into it, it's abit of craic. Not all of us would be into the more studious board games so this one suits everyone.

I can also recommend 30 Seconds as a good all rounder, it's for age 8+.

SteJer · 07-12-2016 2:17pm

Pass the Bomb & Tension are two great family games.

Sunny Dayz · 07-12-2016 4:17pm

Maybe for later in the evening when you've had a few drinks but we had a family get together recently and when we came home from the pub we started into Pictionary and charades! They never get old and when there's a crowd of you it's the best craic.

corblimey · 08-12-2016 1:45pm

Uno. We've been playing it for years. For the last few years, I've also been doing a table quiz which is a bit of a laugh, just make sure the teams are evenly balanced.

Gal44 · 08-12-2016 2:10pm

miamee wrote: »

We've often played Hedbandz (or the iPhone equivalent) as an after dinner party game at family dinners and we're all adults. Sure once everyone gets into it, it's abit of craic. Not all of us would be into the more studious board games so this one suits everyone.

I can also recommend 30 Seconds as a good all rounder, it's for age 8+.

Never heard of 30 seconds, is it too old for a six year old? Or if she played on team with an adult?

miamee · 08-12-2016 3:15pm

She might be a little young alright, there are cards and you have to be able to read 5 things on the card and then descibe them as much as you can in 30 seconds to your team mates so that they can guess each of them.
If you made allowances and let her team up with an adult it might work? Just to confirm that she knew what the items were that she was trying to describe.

Actually I just had a look and there is a junior version that is labelled as suitable for 7+ years - that might just be to do with reading age though? I haven't used that one I'm afraid.

Gal44 · 08-12-2016 4:42pm

miamee wrote: »

She might be a little young alright, there are cards and you have to be able to read 5 things on the card and then descibe them as much as you can in 30 seconds to your team mates so that they can guess each of them.
If you made allowances and let her team up with an adult it might work? Just to confirm that she knew what the items were that she was trying to describe.

Actually I just had a look and there is a junior version that is labelled as suitable for 7+ years - that might just be to do with reading age though? I haven't used that one I'm afraid.

Brilliant, thanks!

miamee · 08-12-2016 5:03pm

No problem

messy tessy · 08-12-2016 5:10pm

Jenga is always great fun in our house.

mcgiggles · 08-12-2016 5:15pm

GingerLily wrote: »

The after 8 game

http://www.nestle-brands.co.uk/aftereight/after_eight_party_games/index.htm

Both hilarious and delicious!

Crazyteacher · 08-12-2016 6:37pm

A few games coming in to lidl soon. The ap version of headbands is called heads up and it's great fun. Games like Clluedo and pictonary never go out of date either.