4 Games to Play With Your Family

Playing games with your family is a great way to spend time with them. Moreover, they can be played in or outdoors, and usually don't require much more then paper, some pens, imagination and enthusiasm.

1. Balderdash: The definition game.

Balderdash is a huge laugh for the whole family. Each of the available cards has an arbitrary word, which all of the players must define. None of them are likely to know the definition and so will have to make one up- the more serious their answer the funner it is. The round's leader will have access to the real definition on the back of the card. They will write down the real definition and include it with all of the other players' answers. The leader then reads back all of the definitions and people have to guess which one is correct. If you choose the right answer, or if your answer is chosen, you move up.

2. Get to Know you Game: Family reunion game.

Write something about yourself that nobody knows. Maybe a trip you took, a love you had, a book you're writing... Then hand the papers in to one player. That player will read all the answers aloud and everyone has to guess who wrote what. It's a great conversation starter and a fun way to get to know distant relatives- or even something new about immediate ones.

3. People we Know: the celebrity game.

For this game people should pair off into two's. Everyone is given lots of pieces of scrap paper on which to write as many names of people they know as possible. The names should be known to everyone (so don't name your classmate's brother or someone else no one's heard of). That's why sometimes sticking to celebrities is a good choice. The bowl of names will circulate around the room. One pair member will describe the person listed on the sheet in as many words as necessary in the first round. They should keep going until the minute is up and keep track of many answers their partner answered correctly. In the second round, they will only be able to use one word to describe the name, and in the third round, no words at all. Essentially, the third round is charades.

4. Truth and Lies: A secrets game.

All players sit in a circle and tell three things about themselves, but one of them has to be a lie. Then everyone votes on which answer they believe to be false. It's amusing to learn which fact people think is a lie, as well as the details behind those stories that are true.


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