Recommended Board Games

We love board games; they make great gifts, are easy to wrap, are fun to receive, and are great for getting family members or a group of friends together.  Imagine; fun to do, and doesn't involve watching a television or computer screen!

The list below represents a cross-section of board games.  Some are classic, some are new, a few are offbeat, but all are enjoyable and recommended.  Let us know if you have a favorite not on the list, and we'll be happy to consider it.

• Battleship - fun, and develops strategic thinking.
• Chess - the king of board games.  Actually, we've an entire page devoted to chess.
• Clue - It was Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the...no, wait, it was... Anyway, baby-boomers are familiar with this, and there was a movie, etc.
• Cranium - very popular.
• Dominoes
• Game of Life
• Monopoly - my all-time favorite board game, highly recommended.
• Othello
• Pictionary - The Game of Quick Draw - good for parties, but not actually 100% a board game.
• Risk
• Scrabble - a classic game that everyone assumes (wrongly, I admit) that I must be great at.  I'd play it more if there wasn't so much pressure on me . . .
• Taboo
• Wit's End
• Worldwide Wines Board Game - Got a wine-lover on your gift list?  This game is much easier to wrap than a bottle of wine, and a lot less tricky to purchase.
• Yahtzee - dice game.

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