Has Your Favourite Board Game Made This Top Ten?

Has Your Favourite Board Game Made This Top Ten?

A 60-second speed read on the games people are playing in lockdown.

One of the few positives of the lockdowns has been that families living in the same home have spent more quality time together.

This ‘together time’ has seen a surge in the number of board games sold.

Amazon has just released the top ten games that families across Burton, Derby and the UK have been buying in the battle to banish boredom.

Here they are:

  1. Monopoly - The property classic. Number of players 2 to 6, £14.99.
  2. Match and Spell Game and Shopping List Extras - Educational learning for ages, 4+, £12.
  3. EXIT - The Game - Escape rooms for the home, numerous players, ages 10+, £14.
  4. Animal Families - Develops matching and memory skills, 2-4 players and for kids aged 4+, £4.99.
  5. Bananagrams Big Letter - Fun word game. 1-8 players, ages 7+, £16.99.
  6. Monopoly Deal - Property card game 2-5 players, £5.88.
  7. Articulate - Fast-talking description party game, numerous players, £20.
  8. First Times Tables - Multiplication learning for kids aged 5-8, 2-4 players, £8.30.
  9. Ticket to Ride United Kingdom - Travel fun. Ages 8+, 2-5 players, £34.90.
  10. 5 Second Rule - A fast-paced, talking game, 3 or more players, £12.73.

One of our favourite board games is driving around Burton and Derby and seeing our sold and let signs.

What games are you playing to stave off lockdown boredom and to bring your family together?


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