'Imagine Monopoly, but created by Monty Python'
Photo: Courtesy of the retailer Back in 2012, while working at a high-end skin-care brand in London, I started to set aside some of my salary to invest in my first board-game prototype.
Ticket to Ride $39 Ticket to Ride is an adventure travel game loaded with intrigue and opportunities for espionage and subterfuge, which is one reason I like to tell friends to think of it as an analog version of the classic video game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego.
$35 Buy at Amazon Buy $35 Buy at Amazon Buy Beasts of Balance I’ve heard this game described as Jenga meets Pokémon, and I wouldn’t put it any other way. The object is to use the pieces, some of which look like futuristic animals , to build an elaborate tower without letting it fall . It’s part physical, but also part digital, because there is a corresponding app you can download for free once you’ve bought the game.
$45 at Amazon Buy $45 at Amazon Buy Randomise $15 This party game — which says its playable for between four and 50 people as young as 8 years old — also promises to stimulate creativity by challenging participants to draw, act, and describe their way to victory . Players pick from three sets of cards featuring “easy” and “hard” words that together create a scenario, and then try to get others to guess that scenario by performing it via drawing, acting, or speaking.
$27 Buy at Amazon Buy $27 Buy at Amazon Buy Articulate A fast-paced description game, Articulate rewards those who have the gift of the gab. It’s team-based, with players drawing cards featuring different words on them and then, against the ticking clock, trying to get their teammates to guess as many of the words as possible without saying the words .
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