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Christmas is such a special time for families. A chance to spend time with your close family without the worry of work or school, and even the opportunity to see your extended families like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. It is a wonderful time of the year and one of the best ways to spend dark Winter evenings during the festive period is to enjoy family games. Not only is it a lot of fun but who can resist a bit of competition amongst everyone.
Family games also make the perfect gifts at Christmas. They are something that you can use all through the year. Children get a lot out of them as well as it being an alternative way for adults to spend time doing something different.
- What family games to buy this Christmas
- Cheatwell Games: Sleuth!
- Cheatwell Games: Spot The Intro Music Board Game
- Cheatwell Games: Tension TV Edition
- Ideal Games: Go For Broke!
- Ravensburger: Enchanted Forest Family Board Game
- Ravensburger: Upside Down Challenge Game
- Tactic Games: Children Of The World
- Tactic Games: Word Bingo
- The Crystal Maze Board Game
- Win Ravensburger Upside Down Challenge Game
What family games to buy this Christmas
However, what are the best family games to give as a gift this Christmas? It seems that there are new releases all the time, so I have searched high and done all of the research for you. I have shared a list of amazing family games that will make great gifts this Christmas. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for your chance to win an incredible family game that you could give as a gift, or keep for the family to enjoy throughout the festive period.
Cheatwell Games: Sleuth!
Buy From: Mulberry Bush
‘Ghoul’s just want to have fun’ with this captivating murder mystery family board game will thrill and entertain you as you rush to reveal who dunnit! Choose your famous detective character – Ivan Inkling, Hercules Parrot or Sheerluck Homes, as you test your powers of deduction, working out who committed the deadly crime on the Orient Express.
- A murder has been committed aboard the Oriental Express, and it’s up you to solve the mystery
- Play the part of a Sleuth as you race to solve the murder, ruling out suspects and revealing who committed the crime, for what reason, with which weapon and in what location
- The crime is solved by discovering which evidence cards have been removed from play: these cards will reveal The Suspect; The Victim; The Weapon; The Motive and The Location involved
- Sleuths go from carriage to carriage asking to see other players evidence cards which means ruling out that piece of evidence
- The Oriental Express gaming board is made up of 6 carriages and is over 150CM long. If you like playing Cluedo then you will love being a Sleuth
- Contents: Oriental Express game board in 6 sections, Sleuth character playing pieces, evidence card deck, sleuth card, sleuthing sheets, pencils, die, rules
Cheatwell Games: Spot The Intro Music Board Game
Buy From: Amazon
The greatest musical recognition game is here from Cheatwell Games and for the whole family to take on. Spot The Intro is the crazily addictive audio quiz game in which teams compete to recognise songs from just 10-second clips.
It’s a memory-jogging mix of fun and nostalgia for anyone with a passion for music. Featuring hits from the last six decades, and utilising your favourite music-streaming service, there are 1,200 great tip-of-the-tongue tracks for every generation to try and guess.
Are you a genius at Pop and Rock Trivia? Can you recognize a song from the first few bars of the Intro – or are you a master of mime? There’s something for everyone here in this fun-packed contest to reach the top of the charts.
Cheatwell Games: Tension TV Edition
Buy From: Amazon
Sit down and turn on your thinking caps with this TV version of the popular Tension board game > from Eastenders to West Wing > from North Shore to South Park > TV Tension covers everyone’s television favourites.
As with Family Tension, it’s a race to name ten examples of a given ‘TV’ subject and it’s against the clock.
Ideal Games: Go For Broke!
Buy From: Amazon
Your Great Uncle Edward has popped his clogs and this billion-pound fortune is us for grabs. To get hold of his riches you must accept the challenge set in his will…spend one million pounds faster than any of the other potential inheritors!
Live the high life, charter a yacht, buy and sell antiques, bet wildly on the stock exchange, gamble in the games room or buy a motor racing team, just squander your money as fast as you can.
Go for Broke…the game you win by losing a million!
- Start with a million, then race around the board trying to be the first player to spend it all and go bankrupt
- Live the ideal life, charter a yacht, buy and sell antiques, bet wildly on the stock exchange, gamble in the games room or buy a motor racing team
- The game you win by losing a million
- To get hold of Great Uncle Edward’s riches you must accept the challenge set in his will
Ravensburger: Enchanted Forest Family Board Game
Buy From: Amazon
All those courageous enough to accept the King’s challenge, throw the dice to make their way over to the castle. It is here where the first treasure card is revealed, and the hunt begins. Each time a treasure is found, a new card is revealed, until all the King’s treasures have been found.
The player who has collected the most treasures, wins. Enchanted Forest is a fun and clever game of memory and strategy. Families with kids aged 4 and up will love hunting the forest for hidden treasures.
Each game takes about 20 minutes to play on average. Find “once upon a time” fairy-tale treasures & inherit the kingdom! Cinderella’s glass slipper, Aladdin’s lamp, Puss n’ boots, the Emperor’s crown, and 13 magical surprises are hidden in the Enchanted Forest.
- Fun play experience – you can play a game in 20 minutes for 2-6 players. A classic family board game where you have to find the magical treasures
- High quality components – Contains 1x Playing board, 12x trees, 12x fairytale object cards, 6x playing pieces, 2x dice & Instructions
- Easy to understand instructions – high quality, Easy to understand instructions make it possible to start playing right away.
- Great replay value – Reveal the first treasure card and the hunt begins. Each time a treasure is found, a new card is revealed, until all the King’s treasures have been found. The player who has collected the most treasures is the winner
Ravensburger: Upside Down Challenge Game
Buy From: Amazon
Draw a fish. Connect four dots in the correct order. Pour water from one cup into another.
Sounds easy, right?
Not when you are wearing the upside-down goggles! Even the simplest of tasks become challenging. 32 playing cards offer 120 different drawing and action tasks that will have you and your friends and family in fits of laughter.
- What happens when your world turns upside down? Find out when you put on the goggles and experience how easy tasks suddenly turn into a really challenge! A great game to play with Adults & Kids.
- Fun play experience – Contains 100+ drawing and activity challenges!
- Easy to understand instructions – High quality, Easy to understand instructions make it possible to start playing right away.
- Great replay value – It takes just 20 minutes to play, 2-6 players, great for either a quick game or an entire game night!
Tactic Games: Children Of The World
Buy From: Mulberry Bush
A thoughtful game where children learn about our beautiful, diverse world and this game can be played two ways – with questions for children who are able to read and without questions for younger children! Learn about continents, cultures and nature. Played on a picture map of the world, travel and collect stamps in your passport.
- Activates children’s natural curiosity
- Keeps children engaged
- Learn about the things that connect all children
- Explore different people and cultures
- Great for learning about new cultures
Tactic Games: Word Bingo
Buy From: The Range
Compare the words and letters – before the time is out. The cards give you the topic and the board gives you the letters. Come up with words that start with the letters on your board and suit the topics, before the sand runs out. The special cards provide curveballs that change the game when you least expect it.
- Word Bingo is perfect for any get-together
- Great for families or groups of friends
- The straightforward rules are easy to learn
The Crystal Maze Board Game
Buy From: Amazon
Hello adventurers and welcome to The Crystal Maze, where a labyrinth of perplexing puzzles and tricky challenges lie in wait for you and your friends and family.
Teamwork is paramount as you voyage through the four themed time zones, packed with a medley of mental, mystery, skill and physical games. Success is rewarded in the shape of precious time crystals and the more crystals you win, the more time you’ll get to spend scrambling for gold tokens in the game’s furious finale. Who will pit their wits against the mind-bending mental puzzles and who is plucky enough to tackle the fiendish physical trials? Let the games begin!
- Now anyone can finally take on The Crystal Maze
- Packed with an assortment of mental, mystery, skill and physical games
- Success is rewarded in the shape of precious time crystals
- Each crystal won means more time to spend in the Crystal Dome finale
- For 2 or more players, ages 10 to adult
Be sure to check out our other Christmas Gift Guides!
Win Ravensburger Upside Down Challenge Game
To help you make sure that you indulge in some well-meaning family competitiveness over the festive season and beyond. We are lucky enough to have a Ravensburger Upside Down Challenge Game to giveaway.
PRIZE: Ravensburger Upside Down Challenge Game
To enter, complete the Gleam widget below, all entries are optional and each one completed will gain you more entries into the random draw.
Ravensburger: Upside Down Challenge Game
