If you’re looking for ideas on your next board game, then your in the right place. The best board game is one that brings friends and families together for creating great moments… and what better way to bring people together than with board games!
This Board Game Guide has a few recommendations for every kind of board gamer! From beloved budget games you can play in minutes to Party Games your family and friends will love.
For the entire world, is been a strange time, but board games have been a well deserved relief to families everywhere, stuck at home. In no particular order here are the Affordable Board Games You Should Own.
Budget Friendly Games

Spot it!
2-8 players, ages 6+, 10 min
Spot It is a quick card game that only takes a minute or two to play and is all about spotting the image that matches on two cards before everyone else does. The tricky thing is that for any two cards in the deck, 1 and only 1 item will match.
Happy Salmon
3-6 players, ages 6+, 2 min
Spot It is a quick card game that only takes a minute or two to play and is all about spotting the image that matches on two cards before everyone else does. The tricky thing is that for any two cards in the deck, 1 and only 1 item will match.


Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
2-8 players, ages 8+, 10-30 min
As in Snap and Spot It!, each player places a card from their hand face up into a community pile while saying taco/cat/goat/cheese/pizza in player sequence. Mess-up, even just flinch, and you will be picking up all the cards on the table.
Bananagrams
1-8 players, ages 7+, 15 min
If your wondering how much fun a bunch of letter tiles in a banana-shaped pouch can be, Well let me tell you. Bananagrams is a lively spelling game for ages 7 to 107 that will have your family and friends racing to spell as quickly as they can!

For the Family

Qwirkle
2-4 players, ages 6+, 45 min
It’s a fun simple game where you’re trying to create “qwirkles” which are a row of six pieces of either the same shape or same colour with no repeating pieces. There’s always something nice about the feeling of real wood and having a substantial piece in games.
5 Second Rule South Africa
3-6 players, ages 8+, 30 min
It should be easy to name 3 South African foods starting with “B” – but can you do it under the pressure of 5 seconds twisting down, and with the other players staring at you, waiting for you to get flustered?


Pass The Bomb
2-10 players, ages 12+, 20 min
The idea is you pick out one card and lay it on the table, you pass the bomb from person to person but you can’t pass it until you have come up with the word that either starts or ends with the specific letters on the card.
Party fun
Unstable Unicorns
2-8 players, ages 14+, 30-45 min
Unstable Unicorns is a strategic card game that will destroy your friendships…but in a good way. Expand your Unicorn Army. Betray your friends. A world of adventure awaits in this about everyone’s two favourite things: Destruction and Unicorns!


Exploding Kittens
2-8 players, ages 6+, 10 min
Exploding Kittens is a highly-strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players draw cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten, at which point they are blown out of the game.
My 2021 Wish-List

King of Tokyo Dark Edition
2-8 players, ages 8+, 30 min
King of Tokyo is easy-to-learn, can be played by gamers and non-gamers alike. This is a limited edition and it’s not just a glossy remake. There is an addition to the gameplay that is worth considering. I will be adding this to my wish-list!
There are so many great choices when it comes to spreading the joy of board games. I hope this list, if nothing else, serves as motivation to trying a new board game.
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