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ANYTHING
Parties love a debate, it seems. Say
Anything invites a more open whose-
is-better discussion than fill-the-blank
alternatives, with players writing answers
to questions such as “What’s the
best activity for a first date?”
and chucking them into the
middle of the table. The asker
secretly picks their favourite
answer, and everyone else
tries to guess what they’ve
picked to score points. It
works particular wonders
among close friends, but it’s also
a fun way of finding out more about
newcomers to the table.5
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HAPPY SALMON
Who can resist a silly, quick card game that comes
in a fish? Get the muscles in your arms and cheeks
working as you high-five, fist-bump (pound it!), swap
places (switcheroo!) and happy salmon (once
you know it, you know it) with players who match
your action cards. The first to ditch their whole
deck wins, but you’ll absolutely want to play again- if your throat hasn’t been worn out by shouting
“Happy salmon!” over and over
again, that is. The older
Pit is just as shouty and
chaotic, but is less about
bashing body parts and
more about quickly trading
resources to complete sets.
Happy Salmon sequel Funky
Chicken, meanwhile,
can be played alone or
combined with the original
and adds dance moves to an
uproarious couple of minutes.
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MONIKERS
Based on the public domain party game Celebrities (which also saw a
published release as Time’s Up!), Monikers rolls a combination of charades
and Taboo into a single game, where players have to get their team to guess
clues using descriptions (minus the answer itself), then just a single word,
then no words – just mimes or noises. With a readymade deck of inventive
answers that range from drunk Jeff Goldblum and the Kraken to a Russian
nesting doll and the Doge meme (such guess, wow), it’s a great way to enjoy
a classic social game that will leave you in stitches.FUNEMPLOYED
How do you find the funny in the harrowing
process of being interviewed for a job? With
Funemployed, of course. Everyone’s a rival
applicant for a relatively reasonable role – if
you count secret agent, bounty hunter and
astronaut – and they each have some interesting
qualifications that they need to prove makes them
the right hire. Why could having a beard and being
a spontaneous crier make you the perfect dog
food taster? Or being soulless but a black belt in
martial arts be ideal for a cheerleader? As you
answer those, you’ll likely find yourself employed in
the profession of giggling.KOBOLDS
ATE MY
BABY!
A parody of fantasy roleplaying
staples in Dungeons &
Dragons and the like, KAMB!
puts players in the shoes of
sword-fodder kobolds as they
try and survive a world out to
get them. The BEER engine
(it stands for the key traits
of Brawn, Ego, Extraneous
and Reflexes, obviously) that
powers the RPG encourages
loud behaviour (“All hail King
Torg!”) and a high body count
as dice are rolled, kobolds
dispatched and drinks are
inevitably spat.10
DIXIT
It might not seem laugh-a-minute,
but Dixit is one of the best ways
of getting players to come up
with gags around the table. Each
turn sees someone trying to
describe an abstract picture card with a single
sentence, while everyone else adds their own card
into the mix to try and get people to guess their
image as the right answer. The teller doesn’t want
everyone to guess their card, though, or they’ll
get nothing – so being vague but not too
vague is the order of the day.
With surreal illustrations and
endless room
for players’
creativity,
Dixit will have
you laughing
with the best
of them.PitPitPitMONIKERS