Wedding Games

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Apples to Apples

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Apples to Apples consists of two decks of cards: Things and Descriptions. Each round, the active player draws a Description card (which features an adjective like "Hairy" or "Smarmy") from the deck, then the other players each secretly choose the Thing card in hand that best matches that description and plays it face-down on the table. The active player then reveals these cards and chooses the Thing card that, in his opinion, best matches the Description card, which he awards to whoever played that Thing card. This player becomes the new active player for the next round. 4 – 10 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH01UAoGmTQ (the first 6 minutes)

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Badminton

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Badminton is a racquet sport played in a yard or a beach using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the ground or sailed out of bounds. 2 or 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WJqVM0FEKQ

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Bananagrams

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Bananagrams is a fast and fun word game. Using a selection of 144 plastic letter tiles, each player works independently to create their own 'crossword' faster than one's opponents. When a player uses up all their letters, all players take a new tile from the pool. The object of the game is to be the first to complete a word grid after the "bunch" of tiles has been depleted. 2 – 8 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deCLwO6ObVE

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Bocce Ball

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Bocce Ball is a lawn game played with hard, but soft-ball-sized balls. There are two teams (or two players.) The first player tosses out the , a smaller target ball. The first player then begins play by throwing out a bocce ball attempting to get as close to the pallino as possible. The next team or person takes a shot at getting their ball closer to the pallino than the first player. Play continues until all balls have been thrown. Points are awarded to the team with the most balls inside all of the other team’s closest ball. 2 – 8 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkZTlXKOnbc

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Calico

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Calico is a puzzly tile-laying game of quilts and cats. Players compete to sew the coziest quilt as they collect and place patches of different colors and patterns. Each quilt has a particular pattern that must be followed, and players are also trying to create color and pattern combinations that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also able to attract the cuddliest cats! 2 -4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAsUzgeh9GQ

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Cartographers

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The Queen has ordered the reclamation of the northern lands. As a cartographer in her service, you are sent to map this territory, claiming it for the Kingdom of Nalos. Through official edicts, the queen announces which lands she prizes most, and you will increase your reputation by meeting her demands. Reclaim the greatest share of the queen’s desired lands and you will be declared the greatest cartographer in the kingdom! 1 – 100 players! How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCt5JFkbOvc

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Cascadia

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Cascadia is a puzzly tile-laying and token-drafting game featuring the habitats and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest. In the game, you take turns building out your own terrain area and populating it with wildlife. Ideally you can place habitat tiles to create matching terrain that creates wildlife corridors. At the same time, you want to place wildlife tokens so that you can maximize the number of points scored by them. Maybe hawks want to be separate from other hawks, while foxes want lots of different animals surrounding them and bears want to be in pairs. Can you make it happen? 3 – 4 Players How to Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQWJHZjAdAk

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Codenames

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Two teams compete by each having a "spymaster" give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. The other players on the team attempt to guess their team's words while avoiding the words of the other team. Codenames won the 2016 Spiel des Jahres award for the best board game of the year. 2 – 8 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy0AnMDcap0

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Connect 4

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In Connect 4, players take turns dropping checkers into columns of a vertical grid until one player has a row of 4 of his or her checkers in a row. The row can be up and down (vertical), across (horizontal), or diagonal. 4. The first player to make a row wins the game. How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylZBRUJi3UQ

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Corn Hole

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Corn Hole is a lawn game that involves two teams of two players each, who take turns throwing bags filled with corn kernels at a raised platform called a corn hole board. The goal is to toss the bags into the hole in the board or land them on the board's surface to score points. 2 or 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEel6ZnUeK8

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Coup

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You are head of a family in an Italian city-state, a city run by a weak and corrupt court. You need to manipulate, bluff and bribe your way to power. Your object is to destroy the influence of all the other families, forcing them into exile. Only one family will survive... 3 – 6 players. How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8bY3zI9FL4&t=130s

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Dominion

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You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud, but your grandparents, on your mother's side, would be delighted! 2 – 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jNGpgdMums

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Ecologies

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Designed by a biology instructor, Ecologies is a game in which you build and maintain food webs in diverse biomes around the world. Each biome has a different ecology and gives unique rewards when it is healthy and balanced. But watch out, your opponents may decide it's easier to disturb and degrade your ecosystems than nurture their own. In this hectic environment, you must choose how best to protect and care for your ecologies. 2 – 6 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdb4onJpan0

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Exploding Kittens

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Exploding Kittens is a kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the game. The deck is made up of cards that let you avoid exploding by peeking at cards before you draw, forcing your opponent to draw multiple cards, or shuffling the deck. The game gets more and more intense with each card you draw because fewer cards left in the deck means a greater chance of drawing the kitten and exploding in a fiery ball of feline hyperbole. 2 – 5 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAkRKuv5Rts

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Giant Jenga

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Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill. Built on the simple premise of stacking blocks. Players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses. 2 to 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbE6SRQ7PoA

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Just One

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Just One is a cooperative party game in which you play together to discover as many mystery words as possible. Find the best clue to help your teammate. Be unique, as all duplicate clues will be cancelled! 3 – 7 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MGw6hsN5I&t=171s

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Kan Jam

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Kan Jam (sometimes spelled kanjam, KanJam, or Kan-Jam) is a flying disc (“Frisbee”) game, played with a flying disc and two cans into which players deflect the disc. Teams of two players take turns tossing a disc between two plastic cans, scoring points if the disc hits or is deflected into one of the cans. The game is played to a target score of exactly 21, but a team can also win if a player throws the disc through the slot or top of a can without the help of their teammate. How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sa70d3KvaI

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Ladder Ball

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Ladder Ball (aka Ladder Toss) Ladder Toss is a lawn game played by throwing bolas (two balls connected by a string) onto a ladder. Each ladder has three rungs, each rung scoring a different point value. One common method of scoring is to have the rungs be one, two and three points. In one variety the top is worth 1, middle is 2, and bottom is 3 and a bola on each of the rungs scores an automatic 10pts.. Points are tallied at the end of each round, after all teams have thrown their bolas. The bolas suspended on the ladder score the points for that rung, often with the goal of getting at least 21 points to win. How to Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnaw8IEnHOk

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Monikers

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Monikers is pretty simple: get your team to guess as many weird, sometimes inappropriate names as they can in 1 minute. Over 3 rounds, you'll have different rules about how to give clues—but don't worry, the same cards are used in each round, so by the end, you and your friends have all made up a bunch of hilarious jokes together. 4 – 16 players How to play: https://boardgamegeek.com/video/296855/monikers/monikers-how-to-play-and-review

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One Night Ultimate Werewolf

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One Night Ultimate Werewolf is a fast-paced game where everyone is dealt a secret role. In the course of only one night and the following morning, the players will determine who among them is a werewolf...hopefully. 3 – 10 players Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hcTUQ5DidY&t=1s

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Phase 10

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Phase 10 is a rummy-type card game where players compete to be the first to finish completing all ten phases. Phases include collecting runs of numbers, collecting certain number of a given color cards, etc. The first player to finish completing the 10th phase wins. 2 – 6 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9__SvCtDgA

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Pit

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Pit is an open-outcry commodity trading game. Players offer trades by crying out the number of cards they want to swap (“One! One! One!”, or “Three! Three! Three!”) but not their identity. The winner of the hand is the first to collect all of one commodity, declaring “Corner on Wheat!” or whatever commodity has been collected. The winner of the hand scores points equal to the value of the commodity, and the winner of the game is the first to 500 points. How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7rHKr5vbs8

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Quelf

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Quelf is the unpredictable party game that gives Random a new name! As you move around the game board, as one of eight quirky characters, crazy things start to happen. Whether you're answering hilarious trivia, performing ridiculous stunts, or obeying silly rules, Quelf will inspire you to use your creativity, wit and sense of humor in ways you've never imagined. 3 -8 Players Game overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ1cJYvkwnw

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Rummikub

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Like Rummy that you play with cards, in Rummikub you try to play all your tiles by forming numbers into runs of 3 tiles or more, or 3 to 4 of a kind, using tiles from your hand and tiles already on the board. This game may start rather uneventfully, but when the players start putting more and more tiles in play, the options for your upcoming turns can become more complex, challenging, and exciting. 2 – 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9lThha3BLY

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Santorini

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Santorini is an accessible abstract strategy game, simple enough for an elementary school classroom. Each turn consists of 2 steps: move and build. If either of your builders reaches the third level, you win. Santorini features variable player powers, with 40 thematic god and hero powers that fundamentally change the way the game is played. 2 – 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4QqVE_zcM

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Skyjo

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Skyjo is a card game where the goal is to collect as few points as possible over the course of several turns as after every round every player’s points are counted and added to his score. Several special rules, which for example make it possible to remove several cards (and with it points) from the game can lead to unexpected turns. 2 – 8 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYff58Ax0mA&t=112s

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Space Team

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Spaceteam is a fast-paced, cooperative shouting card game where you work together to repair a malfunctioning spaceship. Two to six players. How to play: https://www.playspaceteam.com/#learn-more-home-section

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Splendor

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Splendor is a game of chip-collecting and card development. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. If you're wealthy enough, you might even receive a visit from a noble at some point, which of course will further increase your prestige. 2 - 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A0CQ0xsrv0

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Spot it!

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Spot it! is a speed and observation game for the whole family. Multiple cards are laid on a surface; each card has a variety of symbols on it. There is always one, and only one, matching symbol between any two cards. Be the first to find and name it to win the card.  2 – 8 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RxKwyFKtmY

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Sushi Go!

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In the super-fast sushi card game Sushi Go!, you are eating at a sushi restaurant and trying to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whiz by. Score points for collecting the most sushi rolls or making a full set of sashimi. 2 – 5 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WO1cP9wzrw

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Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza

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Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is filled to the brim with hand-slapping mayhem! Each player places a card from their hand face up into a community pile while saying taco/cat/goat/cheese/pizza in player sequence. When the card matches the mantra — boom! — everyone slaps their hand on the deck, with the last one to slap picking up the cards. Whoever rids themselves of cards first wins! In addition, special action cards – the gorilla, narwhal, and groundhog — force players to make certain gestures before racing to slap the deck! 3 – 8 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y7U51tOpUU

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The Crew: Quest for Planet Nine

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In the co-operative trick-taking game The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine, the players set out as astronauts on an uncertain space adventure. The game can only be defeated by meeting common individual tasks of each player. In order to meet the varied challenges communication is essential in the team. But this is more difficult than expected in space.With each mission the game becomes more difficult. 2 – 5 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUxUzTygOxw

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The Mind

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The Mind is more than just a game. It's an experiment, a journey, a team experience in which you can't exchange information, yet will become one to defeat all the levels of the game. In a level, each player receives a hand of cards equal to the number of the level. Collectively you must play these cards into the center of the table on a single discard pile in ascending order but you cannot communicate with one another in any way as to which cards you hold. You simply stare into one another's eyes, and when you feel the time is right, you play your lowest card. 2 - 4 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXl8MC0GMYE

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Uno

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In Uno, players race to empty their hands and catch opposing players with cards left in theirs, which score points. In turns, players attempt to play a card by matching its color, number, or word to the topmost card on the discard pile. If unable to play, players draw a card from the draw pile, and if still unable to play, they pass their turn. Wild and special cards spice things up! 2 – 10 players How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDE8kPJ1Oac