Partying with a large group of people gives you the opportunity to meet people you don’t know well or even strangers. Of course, party board games are indispensable to break the awkward atmosphere. But there are many party games. Which icebreaker game to play when you have a headache? Gamster has carefully selected 10 fun party board games for you. Whether you are a board game veteran or a novice, you can easily get started and make your party exciting!
A selection of the top 10 party games (in no particular order)
1. Exploding Kittens
The cute cat is always causing trouble, and he will set off a bomb if he is not careful! The gameplay of Exploding Cat is very simple and easy to get started. The gameplay is like Russian roulette. Players need to draw cards. When the Explosive Cat is drawn and cannot be dismantled, it will be eliminated. With a little luck and a little skill, even friends who have never played board games before have a chance to win. If you don’t play until the end, you won’t know who will win! Please don’t draw cute kittens! Let the cute exploding cats liven up the party atmosphere!
Number of players: 2-5 people
Game time: 15-20 minutes
Suitable age: 7+
2. Trial by Trolley
The problem of the century: A train is about to rush towards five people. They are tied up and cannot move, and the train is about to crush them. There were also two people tied up on the other track. And you have the ability to change the train track. Do you want to divert the tram to another track?
At this time, players are divided into two teams and choose one of them as the captain to decide where the train will go. The player who serves as the train conductor must choose one of the two railway tracks and let the out-of-control tram transport everyone on that track to the west. The remaining players are divided into two teams, and they have to try to convince the train conductor to let go of the people on their own tracks and run over everyone on the enemy team's tracks! Players will draw different elements to help convince the commander to switch to another track. Try to convince the commander to keep the team alive!
Number of players: 3-13 people
Game time: 15-20 minutes
Suitable age: 14+
3. Dixit
If you want to play a more relaxed game, you can consider "Dixit". Storyteller is a great icebreaker, allowing you to quickly understand what other players are thinking and listen to what they are saying in 30 minutes. Storyteller, on the other hand, has won awards from the board game industry and is definitely worth playing!
Number of players: 3-8 people
Game time: ~30 minutes
Suitable age: 8+
4. Beasty Bar
In order to get into the bar and party, a group of party animals try their best to get in first. In the end, who can get into the bar first, and who will be kicked out of the team? There is also a chance to kill a seal who likes to use the back door in the middle. Friends who like to party, come and have a party!
Number of players: 2-4 people
Game time: 15-20 minutes
Suitable age: 8+
5. Codenames
Players who like the spy theme of SPY should not miss it. With the spy organization as the background, players are divided into two teams to directly compete. Through the tips given by the "captain", they try to find all the hidden informants faster than the enemy team. Or players can work together to solve puzzles. The captain can only provide one "word" as a clue and tell the number of clues. The team leader needs to find out the common characteristics of the clues and classify them. The game has very strong requirements on the player's vocabulary expression ability. I never thought a "word association game" could be so fun! Code Confidential won the "German Board Game of the Year Award" in 2016.
Moreover, the game also has other themes including duets, pictures and truth, etc. The Chinese version also has some familiar Cantonese words!
Number of players: 2-8 people
Game time: 15-20 minutes
Suitable age: 10+
6. Miller Valley Werewolves (Werewolves)
"Werewolf" is suitable for multiplayer play. Players are divided into two camps. Everyone needs to play different roles, but their identities cannot be discovered by others. Each player has his or her own agenda. Players in the werewolf camp must secretly find the clergy and murder all the villagers, while also concealing their identities. The residents of the village must carefully protect themselves, and they also need to analyze and reason who is the werewolf character, select the werewolf during the voting stage and expel the werewolf from the village. The game is exciting and friends who like reasoning games should not miss it!
Game number: 8-18 people
Suitable age: 10 years and above
Game time: about 20-30 minutes
7. Sign in and deduct Stick Stack
"Sign in and Deduct" is simple and easy to play, and the instructions will make it clear. Players only need to take turns to draw lots and place them on the crumbling pile of lots, and place them in the corresponding color positions. The game is tense and exciting, and the game time is short, suitable for a party to show off the winner. "Sign in and get bucks" will be a surprise once you release it. If you are looking for intense games, come and give it a try!
Number of players: 2-10+ people
Game time: 10 minutes
Suitable age: 8+
8. Life hangs by a thread
The name "Dangerous" sounds a bit like a horror game, but in fact it is exactly the opposite. It is a cooperative game that understands the values of each player. It is very suitable as an icebreaker at parties. Players need to sequentially name something that matches the numerical level based on the theme and the number cards in their hands. Players have to observe and guess other people's values, and then decide the order in which the cards are revealed. Everyone has to work together to put the numbers in the correct order! For example: I think rats are the smallest, you think ants are the smallest, and some people may think puppies are the smallest. Only when everyone reveals the trump card will they know "Wow! Why are there such big differences!"
Number of players: 2-10 people
Game time: ~30 minutes
Suitable age: 10+
9. Lift It Party
Two Persons and Three Buildings won the 2012 "Best Family Game Award in Sweden" and is suitable for the whole family to enjoy construction. Players need to use the hook to control the building blocks and restore the pattern painted on the task card. The game requires completing tasks within a time limit, and sometimes you have to race to complete them quickly. Dueling with different opponents can test your athletic ability from multiple angles, and also test your tacit understanding with your teammates! 
Number of players: 1-4 (two boxes can accommodate 1-8 people)
Game time: 15-20 minutes Suitable for ages: 8+
10. Star chaser
Star Chaser is a competitive game set in the Storyteller universe, where players can connect ideas and image interpretations after knowing the words to explore. Choose the same picture as other players to get Sparks and win the game!
Game number: 2-12 people Suitable age: 4 years old and above Game time: about 20 minutes
