4 Best Family Board Games to Play During Lockdown

UNO is universally recognised as a favourite card game! The rules are easy to understand as you simply have to get rid of the seven cards served! You do this by dropping cards that match the symbol/number or colour by the previous player. Of course, you must remember to call out UNO with glee when you’re left with one card or you’ll have to draw 4 more cards.

Age group: 7 years +. There is a version available for 2-5 years kids as well.

No. of players: UNO allows 2-10 player participation in one sitting.

Online options: A website called Letsplayuno.com is dedicated to uniting UNO players from around the world. The UNO app can also be found on Google Play Store and iOS App Store.

Simple and fun, Scrabble is a brain tease as you have to come up with words to match the tiles placed on the board. You must ensure that the letters don’t overlap the already existing words on the grid.

Age group: 10 years +. However, they do have versions for 5 years + as well which can be found online.

No. of players: Scrabble only lets 4 people play so if you are a nuclear family, you’re pretty much sorted here.

Online options: www.isc.ro (Internet Scrabble Club) is the best place for you to find multiple players and Scrabble challenges. You can download the game from Google Play Store and iOS App Store as well.

Taboo is a favourite among adults as it is a fun version of dumb charades but verbal. You are forbidden to use five words mentioned on the card while you try to make points for right guesses!

Age group: 13 years +. No. of players: There is no limit to the number of plays, as long as they are equal on both teams.

Online options: Playtaboo.com. Aside from the original, a substitute for the game known popularly as Head's Up can be found on iOS App Store and Google Play Store.

Need we explain how Monopoly works? With its economic-centric approach, the game is perfect to help you understand the dynamics of trading. You can purchase places, build houses and hotels, earn rents from players who arrive at your place and of course, trade your places too!

Age group: 8 years +. A junior version of the same is also available, as is a travel size Monopoly.

No. of players: Originally, Monopoly has a player limit of 2-8. But with the various new versions of the game, the limit could differ depending on the version you choose.

Online options: Pogo.com. You can find the game on iOS App Store while a Monopoly substitute called Rento can be found on Google Play Store.

Laughter is the best medicine

The household environment goes for a toss in a lockdown as you literally spend the entire day and night with your family. Daunting as it may sound, a little bit of bonding session with some fun board games will help you reconnect with them and create an air of positivity. This is essential to your mental health.

Helps polish your cognitive skills

This is your time to work on polishing your cognitive skills and what better way than to play some board games? These games have been designed in such a way that it aims at enhancing one's cognitive skills and even strengthen one's memory in the process.

Direct impact on the immune system

It is a known fact that your mental health affects your physical capabilities too. Board games bring families together and help create an atmosphere of positivity which will help strengthen your immune system.

Improves the level of concentration

Board games also help improve the level of concentration that a person may lack due to the lockdown. Let's face it, not everybody is able to cope with work from home and have tremendous trouble concentrating. Fret not though for these games will help increase your concentration and bring more structure to your newfound lockdown routine.

Easy to understand and engaging

Not all board games are family-friendly and that is a bane we are familiar with! While some are too complicated, others are too easy and dull. However, the ones we have picked give you a good balance of entertainment as well as an easy setup. These games are quite engaging and expect you to be a whiz kid!

Also Read: 5 ways to make the most of the Lockdown time with family

The lockdown also counts as a good time for you to let your creative juices flow. You can actually come up with some fun new twists in the rules of the games mentioned above. Simultaneously, you can also opt for printable board games as another option, in case you do not have the ones above.

Games such as checkers, tic tac toe, puzzles and memory games are some that you could try to build from scratch. They don’t really require much of your time and would fit perfectly in a family setting. Plus allows for you to mingle with the little ones and get their creative juices flowing. So get your A-game on!

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