PARTY GAMES QUICKFIRE ROUND

So many party games, so little space to mention them all, so let’s keep things snappy as we catch some of the highlights!

Coup, the pseudo-spin off to The Resistance that delivers an equally snappy social deduction game, sees each player secretly possessing two cards, leaving them free to declare any of the various cards to gain power or eliminate other players, but risk losing themselves if anyone should challenge them on actually possessing the card at all.

Mascarade, a similar game of hidden roles with the added spice that your own role could be swapped around and hidden from you, as up to a whopping 13 players scratch their heads to keep track of who’s who in this game of masked identities clamouring for gold.

Two Rooms and a Boom! finds the best way to mix big groups and even bigger lies, with up to 30 players being secretly dealt a role card, with blue team seeking to locate and protect the president player, whilst reds attempt to sneak a bomber into the same room as them after a series of hostage swaps. With grey neutral players seeking wholly different objectives and the entire game being made available for print and play, endless laughs and shouting can be found at an affordable price.

Welcome to the Dungeon is the fantasy themed equivalent of daring your friends to go into somewhere they really shouldn’t, full of bravado and bluffing with most rounds ending in laughter as some poor adventurer gets completely battered, joyous.

Lastly we have Sushi Go! The most intuitive card drafting game that mimics a tiny conveyor belt of tasty morsels passing from player to player, each turn you select one snack, scoring points at round end by grabbing specific quantities of food. Still one of the best entry level drafting games around with its big box brother, Sushi Go Party, expanding the core mechanics for up to eight players to enjoy at once.