What to play on Family Day instead of Monopoly so you might all still like each other at the end of the day.
There’s certainly good times to be had over a classic game of Monopoly but it can sometimes end in some less than happy players and memories. There are tons of games to play that will leave more than one player happy all day. For example, try a cooperative game and work together which means you’ll win or lose together. Or, if that’s not your cup of tea try some of the other suggestions below for games that don’t require so much fleecing of all your friends and family members’ money. That said, we still love Monopoly 🙂 If you find it takes too long, try playing without so many house rules, the base rules can result in a pretty fast game. But, still lots of unhappy people, except one of course.
Cooperatives to try on Family day:Pandemic
- Pandemic
- Flash Point: Fire Rescue
- Hanabi
- Forbidden Island or Desert
- Harry Potter And the Battle for Hogwarts
- Castle Panic
- Dead of Winter (Fun for a cold February Day)
- Magic Maze
- For the younglings, Mole Rats in Space
- Or, If you want something more complex, Spirit Island
Not into co-op games, try these fun games that are super easy to learn, don’t take forever to play and are on the lighter side:
- Carcassonne
- Kingdomino
- Dominion
- Ticket to Ride
- Azul
- Reef
- Century: Spice Road
- Codenames
Or, try some of these Card Games:
- Wizard
- Five Crowns
- Sushi Go
- Flux
- The Game
- Hanabi
- The Mind
Or, maybe a fun Party Game:
- Telestrations
- Anomia
- 5 Second Rule
- Word on the Street
- SpyFall
- Cash ‘n Guns
- Dixit
- Telepaths
- Linkee
- Or a classic like Balderdash