The beauty of the game is that even when you are unsure of an answer, you can use your opponents’ previously played cards to narrow your options. Which came first: Hannibal’s crossing the alps, or Caesar’s crossing the Rubicon? The invention of chewing gum, or the invention of the shopping trolley? You’ll take turns to play cards into a line in the middle of the table, aiming to arrange them in chronological order. Players start the game with a handful of cards, each showing a historic event, such as the battle of Waterloo or the sinking of the Titanic. Trivial Pursuit is still the default option for family quiz contests, but there are plenty of better alternatives – and the smart but simple Timeline is one of the best. Timeline tests your historical knowledge, but it ensures that you’re still in with a chance, even if you don’t know an answer. Designer: Vlaada Chvatil Instead of Trivial Pursuit, play… Timeline It’s a must-have game on anyone’s shelf and perfect for playing with big groups.Ģ-8 players (or more), 15 minutes, ages 14+, £16.99. There’s also an assassin lurking somewhere in the grid – and revealing them results in instant, and ignominious, defeat.Ĭodenames squeezes moments of tension and laugh-out-loud humour out of a very simple premise. Overly ambiguous hints can lead players to mistakenly identify innocent bystanders or, worse, one of the opposing team’s spies, helping them towards victory. The first team to correctly identify all of their agents wins, but there’s huge potential for confusion along the way.
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One player on each side knows the identities of the agents on the board, and they attempt to guide their team-mates to the right answers using a series of cryptic one-word clues.
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This subtle game of espionage casts players as teams of spies attempting to identify their own operatives from a grid of secret agents’ code names. Designers: Gaëtan Beaujannot, Alain Rivollet Instead of Scrabble, play … WordsyĬodenames is a light and simple party game, but it still packs genuine tension and humour into its tight and elegant frame. And, while there are plenty of simple options to play with, anyone who really fancies a challenge can opt for a tougher phrase such as: “To suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”Ĥ-12 players, 30 minutes, ages 10+, £26.99. A film? Women? Music? Religion? It could be Sister Act. A man? The sky? Blue and red? Probably Superman. It means you’ll have to be creative to get your meaning across. It sees players attempt to silently convey words or phrases by placing tokens on a board covered in symbols. But if you want take things to a slightly more cerebral level, check out Concept.
Photograph: Owen Duffy/The GuardianĬharades is a mainstay of festive gaming, and there’s something inherently hilarious about watching your aunt Margaret flailing wildly as she attempts to mime The Silence of the Lambs after three sherries. You’ll use symbols on the board to try to make your meaning clear. Like charades, Concept is all about communicating without words.
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