Top 10 Board Games of All Time

Monopoly

I am sure this game is designed to bring out the worst in people. So why is it number one in my list, well because that is why I love it so much. When in life can you bankrupt your mum or force you sister to beg for mercy and it all ends up ok in the end. I love it so much because it lets you take control and do things you would never be able to do it real life, unless of course you are a billionaire tycoon in which case you probably do this sort of thing every day. If you have never played this game then you should be warned that it can take hours to play depending on the skill of the other players, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Kerplunk

Scrabble

This is one of those games that is a classic and generations after generations will play it. I have never really truly understood how the scoring works but I tend to just make up my own rules and it works for me. As well as this game being fun it helps broaden your vocabulary, and helps children to learn. I don’t think it is the best game out there but certainly worth a place in my top ten

Game of life

Cranium

Operation

I think this is a fantastic game, as it is very different from the normal board games you get. You don’t have a playing piece or make your way round a board, instead you have to carefully extract body parts from a man. You have tweezers and if they touch the sides the board it buzzes and play moves to the next person. I just love the feeling you get as you slowing try to get the piece out, secretly I am scared the buzzer will go off and when it does I jump out of my skin. The only downside is once you have played a few times you get good and then the game is over very quickly.

Snakes and Ladders

If you were to tell me you have never played Snakes and Ladders than I would have to say you either have never left your house or you are lying. I don’t care how old you are everyone has played this game. It is one of those games that has such a simple concept that you wonder how you never came up with the idea. It is so much fun and very competitive. You are willing the other players to land on a snake so you can take the lead. I don’t think this game will ever become tiresome.

Cluedo

This game is for the wannabe Inspector Cluesos, or Jack Frosts out there. It is a game of logic, you have to solve a murder by witling down the suspects. The game is best with four or more players as I find if there are any less it becomes too easy. All that is left to say is I think it was Mrs White, in the Library with the rope... sorry couldn’t resist.

Scene It?

There is always that one person in your family who doesn’t like to play board games and would much rather sit in their armchair and watch telly. Well this board game is the answer. Although based around a board it also has an interactive DVD element to it. Now I don’t normally like DVD games but this incorporates well into the board game and I have to say works brilliantly. I can’t count the number of times I have played this and it never gets boring, and although it is only about movies they have brought out special editions like Friends and Harry Potter. Definitely one for all the family

Trivial Pursuit

Now how could I not put this game on my list, it is one of my favourites and I am sure I am not alone in thinking it is one of the best loved games across the world. One reason I love it so much is because the numbers of players is infinite as you just get together in teams, so if you have the entire family round you can all play unlike most games where there is usually a limit of 4 players. The questions are very hard but that is a good thing, it would get boring if everyone knew every answer, the game would be over in seconds. I love that they have brought out other editions of this too so you can have questions suited to a subject you like. This game deserves to be second in my list