Fun Facts
Great new cooperative game. Everyone writes down a numerical answer to a question and then flips it over. Can you put them in order without discussing it? How long would it take you to spend $50K? And then how does that fit with everyone else’s answers.
Just One
One of my favorite cooperative games. One person has to guess a mystery word. Everyone writes down clues, but if you write the same clue as someone else, the clues get tossed. So, you have to give a great clue, but not so obvious that someone else will give it.
Link City
Brand new cooperative game is already getting some buzz as the possible game of the year. You are the mayor and 4 businesses want to open up in your city so, based on what is already in the town, you give them permission and place a token on the city.
Cross Clues
This is a Cooperative game where you work together to complete a grid of words. With 4 words on the top and side, you pick a t ile that tells you a location on the grid: i.e. A3. Then you have to give a clue that combines the two words, and hope the group can place the tile in the right spot.
Hitster
Download the Hitster app on your phone and connect to Spotify. Then scan t he QR code on a card and a song plays. Can you remember when t he song was released and then place it in order with the other song cards you have. Get 10 cards in a sequence and your team wins.
You Can’t Say Umm
Laughing is guaranteed. Winning? not so much. You have to describe various words to your team and have them guess, but you can’t ever say “umm” or other filler words. Toss in some other random rules to remember and it’s brain over load. Umms are guaranteed.
Dumb Questions…
Everyone answers a question and one person has to figure out what the question is everyone was answering. They can pick from five questions, but can only see them one at a time and have to lock in their guess before they can move on to another question. It’s funny and engaging for a group.
Mishy Match
Your brain will hurt , and then it will get addicted. Each card has a color written in the middle with four symbols in each corner. You have to say the color that the word is written in (It could be the word “yellow” written in blue) and then identify the symbol in the corner that the written word tells you. You could say “blue rose” because it’s written in blue but word says “yellow” and there is a rose in the yelllow corner
Think Fast
Split into two teams. The moderator reads clues to let you guess as many words as you can in a set time. Each team does that. Then on round two, the 15 words are the exact same, so you know all the answers, but the clues get harder. Round 3 is even more challenging in a free-for-all.
Linkee
The moderator reveals clues about four different words. Don’t say the words out loud. Just remember them because the winner is the person who can figure out how the four words are linked. Are they all wizards? Are they all ingredient’s in a pie? Are they all parts of a bike?
Hues and Cues
The board is like a giant collection of every color shade you can imagine. When it’s your turn, you say a one word clue (not a specific color ) and everyone has to place their token on which color you were assigned. (We actually add some speed to this and race to put your token on the right color space. It moves the game along.)
Tumball
A cluster of colored balls are suspended precariously from a central hook. Each player carefully places their white balls on the suspended ones, hoping the weight won’t cause everything to fall. Try to get rid of your balls, one by one, but if balls fall, you’ll have to get rid of those, too.
P For Pizza
Name words in various categories that start with different letters. The twist is that as people progress, they’ll be trying for different letters and categories which makes for some added chaos. And you build a piece of pizza, which everyone loves.
Sixem
If Tenzi and Bingo had a baby, this would be it. Roll your dice and get 1-6. Then fill in the spots on your card, just like a Bingo card. It’s the most fun Bingo game ever since it adds an element of speed, and some strategy when you get to erase your opponent’s spaces.
Wavelength
This is a brilliant, innovative game where teams are trying to read each other’s mind. You have to guess where a bullseye is on a spectrum. One person gives a clue about some specific item. You get a topic, like hot to cold, and then you give a clue such as “soup” and the teams have to decide where that falls on the scale, each trying to get close to the specific pinpoint.
Kazoo That Tune
There are two versions of this game: Regular and Festive (for the holidays). You don’t have to have musical talents. Just know how to make music on a kazoo. It’s the musical version of charades where people will be laughing at the efforts.
Anarchy Pancakes
It takes quick reactions to win this game where you have to find strange toppings on someone else’s card that matches your card. It’s like a group version of Spot It with a little extra zaniness.
Without Fail
This is particularly good for a group game with a youth group or party environment . You’ll have to accomplish various tasks, but you have to bet how well you’ll do at it without actually knowing the task. And you’ll be paired with the person who set the bar the highest while everyone else now roots against you.
Super Mega Lucky Box
I hate the name, but I love the game. You turn over random cards to reveal numbers that let you check off spaces on your mini “bingo-type” card. You’ll have three cards you’re working on at the same time and trying to earn other tokens. Another bonus is that you can have up to 6 people playing.
Mantis
Try to collect mantis by matching color sets. You can either steal from your opponent’s tanks into your tank, or move them from your tank to your point pile. You’ll have to guess what color it is, but the back side of the card tells you three possible answers. Use some deduction and some luck to steal or get points.
Wilmot’s Warehouse
This is the ultimate cooperative memory game. You’ll place tiles with abstract designs face down on a board one by one. But you’ll have to come up with a story as to how all the tiles connect in a cohesive way. Once you place 35 tiles face down, you have 5 minutes to remember where each tile is. If you know your story, it’s a cinch.
Slingz
Get rid of your cards to win. Each card has a letter and you have to think of an answer with that letter that fits the category. But the category is changing every three words, so it’s a super fast-paced game guaranteed to frustrate you if you’re a second too late.
Concept
Help your team guess an object by giving clues. Place tokens on a large board to show colors, locations, size or any number of clues that might help. A great cooperative game that can get challenging.
Speed Colors
Look at a simple drawing of black out lines with parts that are colored in. Then flip the card over and everyone quickly tries to remember their picture to replicate it using the same colors. Dry erase markers and fill-in-the-blank cards make it easy and fun. (You can even get to where you switch the colored marker tops to make it more confusing.)
Overlap
This is a little “Tetris meets Uno.” You have a handful of cards which have various colored squares filled in. You play your card on the discard pile and try NOT to match colored squares. For every colored square that over laps or
matches, you have to draw another card. Get rid of your cards to win.
Cover Your Assets
A classic card game where you try to collect sets of valuable assets. As the sets get stolen, they keep growing in value. You can only steal the top set on someone’s pile, so you try to build your pile and protect your assets in this cut throat, fun game. An oldie, but goodie.
Bears and Bees
Play your hexagon shaped cards as you build a giant honeycomb pattern. Each side is a different color and you have to match at least two sides to get rid of a card. Watch out for special cards like bears and flowers as you create a giant pattern of cards in your race to get rid of all yours.
Butts On Things
Play your cards in a large grid and if you can make the first and last cards in any row or column match, you can take all the cards in the row or column. The pictures on the cards are hilarious with butt cartoons drawn on everything from pencil erasers to mirror balls.
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Flip over cards reciting “Taco, Cat, Goat , Cheese, Pizza” and if what you say, matches what is on the card, you have to slap the pile. The last player to slap the pile has to take the stack of cards. You win when you get rid of your cards. A similar variation is Avocado Smash.
Spin Doodle
What if you played Pictionary on a spinning turntable? Crazy concept, right? That’s exactly what this game is. Try drawing on a spinning surface and you better hope your team can guess your word.
First to Worst
You have to secretly rank five random topics or objects. Then the rest of the group has to guess how you ranked them, from first to worst. Super easy to understand and play.
Micro Macro
This is “Where’s Waldo” on a giant poster for everyone to look at, but oh, yeah, you have to find clues to solve a crime. A novel concept to get people involved that’s not just sitting at a table. Works well with a wide range of ages.
Ghosts Can’t Draw
If a ghost came to a seance and had to draw an object, this game is kind of what would happen. You have to guess who the mystery drawer is and then what the object is they were drawing. (We laughed hysterically playing this… maybe it was really late.)
Deduckto
This is the modern version of Clue, but more fun. Each card has a suspect, disguise and a location. When you play a card, others can just tell you yes or no if there is anything in common. Use your powers of deduction to figure out your mystery card.
Champions
Who would likely snore more? Granny or Dracula? In this game, you have to pit various random people against each other in bizarre hypothetical contests and predict who would win. You set it up in a “tournament bracket” to see how they fare against each other and then see how close you got to predicting the winner.
Zillionaire’s Road Trip
This game is Monopoly but the properties are on a grid and are auctioned off to the highest bidder. You need to get four properties in a row to win. The game is fun and treacherous, but it can play a little longer than some others.
So Clover
One of my favorite cooperative games. You place a series of random cards on your “clover board”. It creates four pairs of words so you give a clue for each pair and then mix all the words up. Can the rest of the group figure out which clues were for which words now that there are others in the mix?
You’re Getting Old
This is a fun conversation starter, especially if you have old and young (especially old) players. Find out just how much things have changed when people have to confess how they did things in the olden days, but then get a chance to answer a “young” trivia question.
Doodle Heist
Pictionary takes a new twist where teams are racing against each other, with the chance to get your phrase/word, and then steal the other team’s if they haven’t gotten it yet.
Block Party
This is like Pictionary but you have to use little colored blocks to create the assigned word. Grab your colored blocks quickly to get the colors you want and then good luck creating the item. (It’s always easier in my head.)
