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by ASHLEY ABRAMSON

Experts Pick the Very Best Board Games for Families, Adults, Couples, or Anyone!

If you’re looking for something to do with family over the holidays (or on any random rainy day), look no further than these expert-picked favorites, curated by category to simplify the process. 

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Catan

In a competition for Victory Points, players control their own civilization and try to spread across a modular hex board as they gain and trade natural resources.

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Ticket to Ride

It challenges players to build railroad routes across a map as they collect train cards and routes. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins! 

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Taboo

The object of Taboo, a fast-paced race against the timer, is simple: Get your team to say the “guess” word without using any of the Taboo words for clues. 

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Trivial Pursuit

Players move around the game board as they answer questions from six categories: geography, history, art and literature, science and nature, and sports and leisure. 

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Azul

An award-winning tile-placement game in which players compete for the highest score by arranging tiles on their board, it’s competitive and aesthetically pleasing.

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Villainous

Become your favorite Disney villain and plan schemes methodically to rid the land of Disney protagonists before other players. 

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Skull

Saturated with bluffing and bidding, test your tolerance for risk every round. Win or lose, it’s such fun to watch the tension and drama play out in this quick-to-learn game.

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Jenga

Jenga is about as simple (and adrenaline-inducing!) as it gets: Remove a block from the tower without toppling the whole thing over.