Today I'm participating in Alex J. Cavanaugh's It's All Fun & Games Blogfest. So here are my top three favorite games (not in any particular order) and why:
#1 - Ticket to Ride is one of my newest favorites. It reminds me somewhat of Settlers of Catan (another one of my favorites), but it's a little simpler and easier for kids to play. Try to complete as many "trips" as possible by filling in the tracks with your train cars. This is a great family game.
#2 - Loaded Questions is a great game to play with a group of people you know well. Try to match up the answers with the people who gave them. How well do you really know your family and friends?
Those are my top three. To read the rest of the It's All Fun & Games blogfest entries, click here.
#1 - Ticket to Ride is one of my newest favorites. It reminds me somewhat of Settlers of Catan (another one of my favorites), but it's a little simpler and easier for kids to play. Try to complete as many "trips" as possible by filling in the tracks with your train cars. This is a great family game.
#3 - I've posted about Balderdash before because it's one of my all-time favorite games and a great game for us creative types. You get to make up and try to fool others with your own word definitions, bizarre laws, movie plots and more.
Those are my top three. To read the rest of the It's All Fun & Games blogfest entries, click here.
What's your favorite game?
Neato. Never played any of these. Looks fun though. We're busy training a new pup so our new fun games are, Don't Eat That, Drop That, and Where Did You Get That?
ReplyDeleteBalderdash! Great game. I like Perquacky, but no one ever plays with me. lol XD
ReplyDeleteGreat games but alas I no longer have the time to play!
ReplyDeleteI've never played these but they sound like such fun!! Yay!!! I love scrabble and trivial pursuits!
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Balderdash is one of my favorites, but I always have to play with new people (I'm really good at it, and the hubby hates losing).
ReplyDeleteFor family nights, since my kids are still pretty young, we play a lot of the Cranium games. The family fun one has teams, so we pair one adult with one child. VERY fun.
I need to try the other two. Ticket to Ride seems like it would be great for the kids.
Great games! I love Balderdash, hadn't played it in forever! :)
ReplyDeleteI have one small problem with playing games and that is that the cats are the only things that I have to play games with although we do have our own little games to play such as chase, grab the fish, etc. That Balderdash sounds like fun. I do play some internet games when desperate.
ReplyDeleteReally, there's nothing like a good game of Monopoly to pass an evening!
ReplyDeleteAll new games to me! I'll have to try them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in the blogfest!
I never heard of those either! I'm still trying to master wack-a-mole!!!
ReplyDeleteGosh. I forgot about Balderdash! You've got three awesome games there!
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I love Ticket to Ride! I also love Balderdash, but I suck at it. No one ever believes my definitions.
ReplyDeleteBalderdash--haven't seen that 1 in quite some time!
ReplyDeleteTicket to Ride looks like loads of fun.
I've never played any of those and only heard of Balderdash!
ReplyDeleteI really like Balderdash, but even more I like playing Beyond Balderdash because it has different categories.
ReplyDeleteSettlers of Catan is one of my favorites, and I've recently discovered Ticket to Ride, too. Balderdash is hilarious when played with the right group of friends!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll have to keep and eye out for Ticket to Ride.
ReplyDeleteI've never played any of these before. But they all look like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of these. Great pics. I'll have to check them out.
ReplyDeleteI didn't join in this blog hop, but sure sounds like a lot of fun and games! I've never played the games you've listed. They sound great! :D
ReplyDeleteI've never played any of these games, but they sound like a lot of fun! :)
ReplyDeleteBalderdash sounds like my kind of game!
ReplyDeleteI know Balderdash. I'm going to have to look up those other two. They look so fun. Nice meeting you. :)
ReplyDeleteWe're taking an 'unplugged' family vacation this year, renting a house in a hot spot. I'll be looking for these games before I go. A favourite of mine is Milbourne (car card game based on french race car driver).
ReplyDeleteI love Ticket to Ride and Settlers. Have you ever played Acquire? It's a board game kind of in the same vein as those two - and just as addicting :)
ReplyDeleteBalderdash is the only one I'd heard of. It's great. Ticket to Ride sounds good too.
ReplyDeleteLove Loaded Questions!
ReplyDeleteAlso a huuuge fan of Apples to Apples & Scrabble.
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I haven't played any of these, but I'm intrigued~
ReplyDeleteLoaded Questions sounds like it could be fun and insightful ;-D
Thanks for sharing; I will check the ones I'm not familiar with out~
It looks like I need to take a road trip to your house to play some new games. :)
ReplyDeleteBalderdash is a great choice! It's one of the games that go in the trunk when we go to visit family. Of course, my brother always wins because he's so full of.....creative juices.
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I haven't heard of the first two, but Balderdash is my FAVORITE GAME OF ALL TIME! Love, love, love it!!
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I haven't played any of these, but I have heard of them.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, Balderdash - we had a group that used to play that! Actually we used to play a lot of those games. Great choices!
ReplyDeleteLoaded Questions sounds like a game I would like. It sounds like its similar to Taboo in that it can tell you how well you know your partner. Or how well you don't.
ReplyDeleteI haven't played any of those games. I'm not a big game person. I do like Bananagrams once in a while and my daughter loves Scrambled States of America, so I'll play that with her.
ReplyDeletebalderdash is the only one I've played before, I used to love it
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea for a blogfest! I love Ticket to Ride. Some of my other favorites are Settlers of Catan, Bang, Bonanza, and Wacky 6! I'm a major gamer when it comes to board games.
ReplyDeleteI haven't played Balderdash in so long!
ReplyDeleteMy wife, her family, and I all love playing Loaded Questions!
ReplyDeleteYikes. I haven't played the three you listed. I need to go out more.
ReplyDeleteI love Monopoly.
I havent' heard of the first two, but since Balderdash is my favorite too, I'll bet I'll like the other two!
ReplyDeleteDo card games count? I love Suicide Solitaire, sometimes also called Nerts, where you play solitaire against other teams instead of by yourself, it's wicked fast and fun.
We play a lot of board games - I'll have to look for those!
ReplyDeleteOoooo Two new games I haven't played. Thanks for the suggestions. Nice blog, btw.
ReplyDeleteI love board games! My kids are finally able to play some good ones...
ReplyDeleteBalderdash is so much fun! One of my favorites, too.
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ReplyDeleteThese sound like fun. It's been forever since I've played a game, but I used to love Monopoly and Yahtzee and Scrabble.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love games. Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit (any version), Taboo, Password, is there a limit?
ReplyDeleteI want to try Balderdash.
Wait. Where have I been that I don't know ANY of these games. Looks like I'm going to need to get my hands on Balderdash.
ReplyDeleteWell..
ReplyDeleteTo make fun it is very important to play games... I love to play games in my spare times..
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