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Best family board games 29 Articles

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    by Susan Quilty

    Game nights are a great way to enjoy some quality family time. Board games bring people together, not only by the shared activity, but through the laughing and talking that goes on during game play. The best board ga...read more

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    by James Sager

    Family board games will give you and your family years of great memories, filled with laughter, joy, anger and of course the will to be the best. To find the best family board games you need to look for not too complex gam...read more

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    by E. Rae Fallesen

    I've played a lot of board games but five sit on the top of my gaming cupboard. We've accumulated a lot of games over the years but most don't hold our interest. Behind the favorites dozens of other board games gather dust...read more

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    by Alissa King

    Family bonding time around a board game is becoming a rare occurrence as living rooms become more and more dominated by television, video games and movies. A family that is normally plugged into these forms of recreation w...read more

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    by Subguy87

    Return to Board Games Growing up my mother and father tried to have family time for me and my sister by playing games such as monopoly, trouble, checkers, and connect four. Now there are four of us kids in the family, t...read more

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    by Pat Merewether

    Board games are a great way to laugh, learn or spend time with your kids or grandkids. We have four grandchildren and some of the best times we've had were in situations where there was no electricity, such as power failur...read more

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    by David Norris

    My eight year old's slash and burn game playing tactics are only superseded by his Slick Willy negotiating skills. Of course these traits are perfect compliments to one another in a game of Monopoly, especially when his op...read more

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    by Madison Briggs

    When my children were younger, the best board games that held their interest, were Scrabble, Monopoly,Sorry, and Trouble. Scrabble had a junior version with words printed on the board where you would put the letters on th...read more

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    by Daniel Brown

    Picking out the best family board games can be a challenging thing to do. There are so many on the market now that it can be difficult to choose the game that you like, so in this article I will tell you the best family ...read more

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    by Vince Payne

    A great board/DVD game for the entire family to play is Scene It. Many different editions of the game exist and the right one for your family will depend on their interests; whether they are movie buffs, television expert...read more

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    by Bill Todd

    Before buying a game for everyone to play in the home, ask yourself: is everyone working alone or is everyone working together. In the old days everyone worked alone. Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, etc., all had everyone wor...read more

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    by Tina Michaels

    Best family board games The best family board game is my all time favorite Monopoly. While this game bring family togetherness and family unity, it also teaches a few life lessons that as a child, I did not realize. The...read more

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    by H.G. Pennymore

    For a challenging and strategic family game, try Sequence. The object of the game is to complete the required number of sequences before your opponent does. A sequence is comprised of 5 chips in a row. The number of sequen...read more

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    by Christopher Stanton

    One of the most fun board games is definitely Aggravation. It's a lot like Sorry in that you move four pieces around the board from your starting position in an attempt to get back home and if you happen to land on a spac...read more

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    by Donna Fallesen

    The best family board games, in my opinion, would have to be the board games I played with my own family! My parents were hardly strict, and I believe that is why we never fully caught on to the fact that some of the games...read more

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    by Tasha House

    One of the best games I've played and have played with many others is Take Two. Many people have never played this game or even heard of it. As long as you can read simple 3-4 letter words you can play. Bring out your o...read more

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    by slovakiasteph

    Of course everyone has heard of Monopoly, Clue, and other family board games. But there's a whole new world out there- and new games. Although most of these games are not sold in stores like Wal-Mart, they can be found o...read more

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    by Charlie H.

    BEST FAMILY BOARD GAMES As many have already noted, there are many board games available, and I'm sure every family would have their own 'family-preferences', but I'd like to share a few that our family always enjoyed. ...read more

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    by Marc Quaglia

    While traditional board games (Risk, Monopoly, Sorry, and the like) are considered staples of family fun, some lesser-known but extremely good games have more recently surfaced and are extremely enjoyable for almost all ag...read more

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    by Joseph Lerner

    The Joys of a Big Game of Monopoly Monopoly is a board game created by Parker Brothers over seventy years ago, yet it still manages to maintain popularity throughout the United States. Parker Brothers has celebrated the...read more

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