Hi folks! Currently on vacation with my family and we’re getting tired of the party games I own. Looking for a couple of suggestions! Some caveats:
- No word based games, we already have and love Just One, Codenames, etc
- No social deduction games, they hate them
- Preferably language independent or with few text dependence. We have Portuguese and german people in the group and not everyone understands English!
- Low weight/rules
- Supports 7 players!
Thanks a lot friends!
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Sushi Go ( you might need Sushi Go Party for 7 players ) has been a go-to for my family
This was my choice when playing with people that aren’t good with English.
If you want more depth, 7 Wonders is very similar but has a lot more going on. Also mostly language-independent.
Dixit is also a good fit! It is a very easily explained game, where you have to say a word or short phrase describing a mystery card. The rest then places a card they think that matches the description as well, and then a voting round starts. It is really fun, and playing it would do more justice than this explanation :p
I had Dixit but sold it once I got Mysterium. Then I sold Mysterium after I bought Obscurio. They don’t like Obscurio because there’s a traitor role 🤡
Since you are on vacation and might not be able to find some of the other suggestions I will mention Liar’s Dice, also known as Perudo. If you can’t find an official copy all you need is 5 dice per player (so 30 dice for 6 for example) and some cups or other way to hide the dice rolls.
I’m on vacation but not out of town so I can still go to my local game shop!
- Wavelength (team based guessing game)
- Ready Set Bet (horse race-themed betting game)
- Cartographer (everybody tries to draw a map, it‘s not that interactive though)
could be a good start!
Ready Set Bet is definitely something I’d love to try, are the side bets or VIP cards simple? My only fear is that I’d have to spend a lot of time explaining those cards to everyone
Captain Sonar goes up to 8. It does have some frantic communication among the teams.
Sushi Go Party goes up to 8
Camel Up
Concept might work well. The cards are going to have a concept that you try to get other people guess by pointing at a board with various symbols on it. The word for the concept you’re trying to get people to guess should be easily translated with a phone, or just skipped and draw a new card.
Rhino Hero is great, especially if there’s kids or drunk adults in the group. Kind of like Jenga, try to build up a card tower without knocking it over.
Similarly, Pinnacle’s pretty good. Competitive block stacking with weird shapes
Love seeing Concept being suggested! It’s one of my favorite games for getting a group of people communicating together.
Both Railroad Ink. and Number 9 (might be called 0-9) are games which are solely component limited, meaning that if you buy 2 boxes you can play with twice the amount of players (12 and 8 respectively).
Mysterium is a co-op game for up to 7 players.
If you are into deduction and quick thinking Ricochet Robots might be for you.
If you want a chill game to have a chat while playing Concept (without the rules for points) is a fun “guess the word/phrase” game.
I suggest Virus! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180020/virus
Its a fun little game, easy to play but enjoyable and can easily be played with more than 6, too (we have done 8)
Saboteur II (2-12) is a lot of fun. You could say it’s social deduction, but the expansion makes knowing the roles much easier and less important.
Check out that’s not a hat! No text at all. As well as super mega lucky box (though you might need 2 copies to increase the player count)
What about Jungle Speed? I always get ungry with friends/family with this game, bit it could work forma you!
Some easy games are Ligretto, Halli Galli and Jungle Speed. Not exactly board games and a very specific category that might not suit everybody, but definitely fun.
Ready Set Bet I feel like would have been an SDJ nominee, but while it’s all symbol based the VIP cards have some text, but are not neccessary
Eleminis! It’s a deck of cards, very easy to learn, has pictures so no English is required, not social deduction, and supports 7 players.