Board game recommendations for New Year’s Eve fun
For some people, New Year’s Eve cannot pass without a party with music and dancing, and there are those who prefer smaller gatherings of friends and good atmosphere, but more restrained entertainment. For those in the latter camp, we’ve put together a selection of super board games to help you ring in the New Year.
Codenames
What would you be like as a secret agent? Find out now! Two rival agencies battle it out in a hilarious word game of association under Codenames. The challenge: with the help of the spy boss, uncover the codenames of all the enemy agents while protecting your own agents. This Game of the Year, a new generation of award-winning party games, promises plenty of excitement and fun.
Party Alias
A party version of the original Alias board game, where the essence is the same, but with a twist. You have to make up as many words as you can with your teammates before the hourglass runs out, but all by paraphrasing the words based on unusual, wacky instructions. Imagine your friends’ faces when you try to explain something like a drill sergeant or an evil elf! Laughter and fun are guaranteed!
Yogi
Get up from your comfortable chair, because in this game the winner is the one who can draw the maximum number of cards while holding the previous ones under his arm, above his head, in front of one eye –just as the instructions say. A burst of laughter accompanies each new hand of cards as the players try to hold their own in yogi-like neck-breaking moves. How many cards will it take to complete the challenge?
The electricity dilemma
A party game of dark humor, where fate spares no one. The tram driver arrives at a juncture with a train that has lost its brakes, where he must decide which way to steer. The players are divided into two groups and try to convince him to choose the track of the opposing team, thus protecting the lives of those standing on their own side. An exciting mix of hilarious situations and blood-curdling arguments make this deadly frivolous game fun.
Tick Tack Boom!
It is a bomb of a word game, where the action just keeps going. A ticking bomb circulates among players as they draw cards containing word fragments. The dice tells the player where to use the word fragment in their word, which they have to guess in a flash before the bomb explodes on them. A dynamic, fun game that uses vocabulary, creativity and reflexes.