Alongside excessive boozing, dozing grandparents and leftover turkey sandwiches, the board game is a Christmas staple. Sadly so is a flipped Monopoly board. Some folks just can’t stand losing. Good news. There’s an alternative (apart from just going down the pub and leaving them to it). You can still enjoy some family board game bonding, without your festive day degenerating into scattered Monopoly money, broken furniture and lower lip wobbles. Yes, there is such a thing as working together to beat the game. And it can be just as fun. Here's our pick of the best cooperative games to play this Christmas.
Serious sleuthing for serious
enjoyment! Work together to solve crimes and don’t let the bad guy walk. Each player is a detective
and they must work together as a team to uncover the evidence and lock the
baddie up for good! Watch out though – hazards
and unforeseen events will make your job harder! For 2 – 4 players.
Age 7+
Esdevium Crystal Maze
Hello adventurers and welcome
to The Crystal Maze, where a labyrinth of perplexing puzzles and tricky
challenges lie in wait for you and your friends and family.
Teamwork is paramount as you
voyage through the four themed time zones, packed with a medley of mental,
mystery, skill and physical games. Success is rewarded in the shape of precious
time crystals and the more crystals you win, the more time you’ll get to spend
scrambling for gold tokens in the game’s furious finale.
Who will pit their wits
against the mind-bending mental puzzles and who is plucky enough to tackle the
fiendish physical trials? Start the fans please! Age 10+
Forbidden Island
The rules are very simple but
it's fiendishly difficult to avoid drowning and collect all of the treasure in
time! The aim of the game is to rescue four treasures from the ruins of the
island. The gameboard is created by laying shuffled tiles to create the island.
The tiles get turned over to show they're being flooded and it's up to the
players to agree tactics to ensure that they are shored up to stop them sinking
altogether. Can you make a daring escape by helicopter before it's too late?
Age 10+
Scotland Yard Junior
This is the junior version of
the award-winning detective game Scotland Yard. Mister X is a master criminal
and you must team up to capture him, visiting and searching at famous London
landmarks such as Westminster Abbey, The London Eye, The Houses of Parliament,
The National Gallery, Waterloo Station, The Tate Gallery and the River Thames.
Age 6+
Peaceable Kingdom Cooperative Game - Dinosaur Escape
Dinosaur Escape is a
cooperative game of memory, matching and speed. Each of the dinosaurs on the
board has a match hidden somewhere under the fern tokens. Find each match and
help all the dinosaurs escape before the 3D volcano puzzle is completed and
everyone wins!
Age 4+
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