What's the best way to spend a rainy afternoon with friends? Playing a game, of course! In an age of computers and video games, board games add variety and are a good alternative. Don't wait for a blackout to play these games with your friends!
11. Star Wars: Rebellion
Star Wars: Rebellion is a game of galactic proportions! The game is very complex but full of action, with battles, diplomacy, espionage and missions, which will occupy an entire afternoon. May the force be with you.
Number of players: +2-4
How to play: There are 2 teams: the Empire and the Rebel Alliance. The Empire's objective is to explore the different planets until they find and destroy the Rebel Alliance's base. The Rebels' goal is to get enough support from the planets to overthrow the Empire. In each round, the 2 teams carry out missions, moving leaders and armies on the board. Actions may involve conquering a planet, building more weapons, or engaging in battle against each other.
10. Crosswords (Scrabble)
Are you and your friends word experts? Then Crosswords is the game for you. Get the dictionary ready because someone will definitely try to use words that don't exist...
Number of players: +2-4
How to play: Each player is given some random letters, with which they must try to form words on the board. Each letter is worth a certain number of points, according to its rarity, and some positions on the board multiply the points. In the end, the person who has formed the words with the most points wins.
9. Secret Code
Call all spies to duty! Secret Code is for those who dream of being a secret agent, deciphering the most difficult codes. Will you be able to identify your agents with a code that is just one word?
Number of players: +2-8
How to play: The group is divided into 2 teams, with a spymaster for each team. Several cards with code names are placed on the table but only the spymasters know which codes belong to operatives on their team, opponents, ordinary citizens or the assassin. Using just a word and a number, each spymaster gives his team clues as to who his operatives are. The objective of the game is to discover all the operatives on your team first, without choosing the assassin.
8.Pandemic
In Pandemic, your opponent is the game itself! This is one of the few games that requires cooperation to win, rather than competition. Gather your favorite team of friends to save the world from deadly diseases.
Number of players: +2-4
How to play: Each player is given the role of a type of specialist and tries to eradicate 4 types of disease, scattered across the board. Players are given cards with the type of actions they can take on each turn and also cards saying how diseases will spread. The objective of the game is to create a strategy to find the cure for the 4 diseases before everything is contaminated.
7. Game
This game is old but good. It all seems like luck but it still takes a lot of strategy when you have 2 or more pieces in play. And, of course, who doesn't like to eat the opponent's pieces when they are almost at the target?
Number of players: +2-4
How to play: Each player has 4 pieces that they move around the squares on the board until they go all the way around and reach the center. Each piece can only enter the game when the player rolls a 6. If a piece lands on the same square as the opponent's, the opponent's piece is sent back to the beginning and cannot be used until a 6 is rolled. get all your pieces to the center first.
6. Naval Battle
Sink the hopes of your friends with Naval Battle! The best thing about this game is that you can create your own board using graph paper. Then just draw the ships. Or, for the more sophisticated, you can buy the game with several pieces.
Number of players: 2
How to play: Each player places their ships in strategic places on their board, without letting the other see. Then, in turn, players choose a position on the opponent's board to attack, marking whether or not they hit a ship. The objective is to hit and sink all of the opponent's ships.
5. Chess
Yes, there are many modern games but chess is a classic. This game will challenge your intelligence and make you think strategically. Played for centuries, a chess game can also take centuries to win…
Number of players: 2
How to play: Each player moves a set of white or black pieces across the board, one at a time. Different pieces can move in different ways (forwards, backwards, diagonally…). The objective is to move your pieces to capture the opponent's pieces, without him capturing yours. Whoever captures the opponent's king wins.
4. Catan
Catan is for the explorer/trader in all of us. Build cities and live off the land, taking advantage of all available resources to trade. And above all, be smart about your business.
Number of players: +3-4
How to play: Each player starts with 2 villages, which he places between the hexes on the board. These hexes can produce resources for players if their number rolls on the dice. Players then trade and trade resources to build cities and roads. The more a person builds, the more points he earns. In the end, the person with the most points who dominates trade on the island of Catan wins.
3. War
With War, each player becomes a general fighting for world domination with his army. Alliances will be broken, armies decimated and empires forged… all around the kitchen table!
Number of players: +3-6
How to play: Each player receives an army, which he spreads over various territories on the planet. Players are also given missions, such as conquering a continent, to earn points. Each in turn can move his army and attack other regions. Dice and army size define who wins battles. In each round, players receive more soldiers depending on the number of points they have. Whoever conquers the world or completes their missions wins.
2. Clue
The classic crime game, Cluedo makes every player a detective. With everyone looking for clues, the key to the game is knowing how to ask the right questions and confuse your opponents at the same time. Or else cheat and look at other people's cards... (Don't pretend you never did.)
Number of players: +3-6
How to play: The object of the game is to find out who the murderer is, what the murder weapon was and in which room the victim died. Each player is a character and walks between the various rooms of the house and casts suspicion on what he thinks happened. The other players have to prove to you (in secret) that your suspicion is wrong by showing their cards. Whoever discovers the 3 missing cards wins.
1. Monopoly
Of course, first place had to go to Monopoly. The most powerful game ever plays for many or few players and it seems that it never ends. This game turns even the most generous person into an unscrupulous creditor! And the big question is: how long can you continue with a huge debt without selling land?
Number of players: +2-8
How to play: Each player receives money that they can invest by buying land and building houses and hotels on the board. When a player lands on another's land, he has to pay a fee. There are also cards that give benefits or punishments to players, which can change the course of the game. The goal is to control as much land as possible and become the richest person in the group.
