[Drinking] Online Games to play with friends/family

[crodonilson]

Been doing the video calls with friends/family to keep in touch and try and keep people entertained but material is running dry seeing as we're all doing so little. Anyone got any recommendations of games/quizzes you can play online with other people you know at the same time?? I know of a few people streaming pub quiz type things but probably missing a few of these plus there must be some other activities you can do online with friends together??

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[AmexRuislip]

Been doing the video calls with friends/family to keep in touch and try and keep people entertained but material is running dry seeing as we're all doing so little. Anyone got any recommendations of games/quizzes you can play online with other people you know at the same time?? I know of a few people streaming pub quiz type things but probably missing a few of these plus there must be some other activities you can do online with friends together??

Over to the sages of NSC for help.

 

[crodonilson]

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[METALMICKY]

The game of choice that has really taken off in our house with our 5 year old twins has been the old ' Guess Who '. It's all getting very competitive!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Common idea seems to have a game of bingo or alike with as many households you can muster on a video call app.

Mirror it to your TV, a few fine wines and Fanny's your Aunt apparently.

Question based games such as Trivial Pursuit would work I should imagine, as would those charardey/guessing miming games.

The one that might struggle is the awful Speak Out.

 

[BBassic]

There's a decent list here

https://io9.gizmodo.com/13-board-games-rpgs-and-resources-for-playing-with-fr-1842490343

 

[gripper stebson]

Not exactly online but a little nod to my latest project!

www.goalthegame.co.uk

x

 

[Ding Dong !]

Scrabble.

 

[Mr Bridger]

Muffin or Chihuahua?

 

[Mr Bridger]

Boob test

http://www.buzzerco.com/BBB.htm

 

[Bold Seagull]

boob test

http://www.buzzerco.com/bbb.htm

17/20

 

[father_and_son]

Been doing the video calls with friends/family to keep in touch and try and keep people entertained but material is running dry seeing as we're all doing so little. Anyone got any recommendations of games/quizzes you can play online with other people you know at the same time?? I know of a few people streaming pub quiz type things but probably missing a few of these plus there must be some other activities you can do online with friends together??

Over to the sages of NSC for help.

Probably not what you had in mind but maybe for others...

I've now discovered Tabletop Simulator (need Steam, which is free, but costs £15).

People have programmed in *lots* of real world board and card games and TTS allows you access to them to play.

There is a learning curve in terms of using the table and only a few games are scripted so normally you are doing the dice, cards, rules, scores yourself rather than the computer. But once you are over the initial hurdle of learning how to move things around the table, roll dice, shuffle cards, find counters, etc it is fantastic.
Every game always has a rulebook so it's a chance to learn lots of new weird and wonderful board games you might never know about.

All the games are free so the outlay is capped at £15 each (or £45 for 4 users) and it works on any reasonable spec PC or laptop that can run handle Steam. You *don't* need fancy graphics cards or anything, just a headset so you can all talk/hear each other.

I can recommend...
Coup. Bluffing card game. Really simple and lots of fun.


Pandemic. Cooperative boardgame (so you work as a team to beat the game, not each other). Very topical. Quite complex but worth it.


Red Dragon Inn. Silly card/dice game about getting everyone else drunk and thrown out of the Inn, while trying to stay sober and awake yourself. Complex to set up first time but easy to play once you are familiar with the rules.

 

[spongy]

Boob test

http://www.buzzerco.com/BBB.htm

15/20. Rushed it a bit I'd I'm honest. Must study harder next time.

 

[Bob'n'weave]

16/20, i'm a natural apparently.

 

[Willow]

Can anyone recommend a good chess app? The one I was using corrupted mid game, which isn't ideal.