Board games are a great way to spend time having fun with friends and family. If you plan on having guests over for the holiday, why not break out one or more of these great board games to play on New Year’s Eve to help keep everyone wide awake until midnight?
Almost everyone has played “The Game of Life”, the Milton Bradley game that was started in 1961. The game chronicles some of the things that happen in our lives. We get married, get a new job, buy a house, have one or more children, and this is the topic of the game. Of course, over the years there have been many changes to the game and there are a myriad of varieties. If you still have it, why not bring it out and enjoy it all over again.
You can also take games that may not necessarily be associated with New Year’s Eve and adjust them to have a New Year’s “taste” to them. Of course, if you’re planning on using either of these ideas, it will take some planning on your part.
1. Scrabble – This word game has been around for years and is still as popular today as it has ever been. To make this game more along the theme of New Year’s Eve, you may want to come up with a list of words associated with the holiday such as resolutions, midnight, goals, weight, money, or finances. Think of anything that you associate with this day and give extra points to anyone who uses any of these words on the board for their turn.
2. Dictionary – Since you have cards that contain the word clue you need to draw, create some new clue cards with words similar to those in the idea above. Include these special cards in with the regular cards and give extra points to each team when they successfully draw and guess these words.
3. Trivial Pursuit – This is another game that many people have played. You may be able to find a millennial edition to play on New Year’s Eve. Depending upon the number of people you expect to have at your party, you may need to have more than one of these games.
4. Balderdash – This is a great game for holiday game play or for any time of the year. This game has players draw a card with a word on it. The player, or “dasher”, then writes down the definition given on a piece of paper, and everyone else writes down what they think the definition is. The dasher mixes the definitions and then reads them out loud. Everyone, except the dasher, guesses which definition is the correct one. If a person’s definition is chosen, they receive a point. You might be surprised at the definitions you and your friends come up with!
Board games can be used to spend time until midnight and the ushering in of the New Year. These and many more are great board games to play on New Year’s Eve at your party. Pay attention to the clock, however; you may be having so much fun you don’t even realize that the New Year has arrived.
