Everyone gets an opinion, but some matter more than others*

Since everyone loves a TOP TEN list, we decided to give you 4.  I asked the first three people I met on a random day to give me their Top Ten favorite games.  Weirdly, the first three people happened to be my wife and two kids.

The only rule was that it had to be a game we owned.  We have a couple of other families that we play with that have a different batch of games, and thus, different Top Ten lists.  I’m certain that after we’ve played all the games amongst the various groups then our list will change.  But for now, this will suffice.

As it turned out, many games were on multiple lists, and three games made it into all four Top Ten lists: Clue, Ticket To Ride, and Atmosfear.  We’ve done reviews of the all three of these games. Feel free to check them out.

Without further ado, (too late), here are the Family Game Night TOP 10s.

DAD’S DUMB LIST

1. Who? What? Where?
2. Dixit
3. Clue
4. Apples to Apples
5. Ticket to Ride
6. Codenames
7. Atmosfear
8. Scrabble
9. Suspicion
10. Trivial Pursuit

 

MOM’S MANIC LIST

1. Clue
2. Atmosfear
3. Ticket to Ride
4. Bob Ross – The Art of Chill
5. Card Against Humanity
6. Suspicion
7. Sharp Shooters
8. Codenames
9. Azul
10. Catan

 

ANDREW’S AWESOME LIST

1. Quelf
2. Catan
3. Apples to Apples
4. Atmosfear
5. Who? What? Where?
6. Dixit
7. Clue
8. Ticket to Ride
9. Risk
10. Forbidden Island

 

JAMES’ JAZZY LIST

1. Quelf
2. Apples to Apples
3. Who? What? Where?
4. Ticket to Ride
5. Dixit
6. Monopoly
7. The Chameleon
8. Forbidden Island
9. Atmosfear
10. Clue

 

Between the four of us, 20 games made it onto our different lists.  Now, if you were to have a collection of just these 20 games, you would have a damn fine collection.

Since we had exactly 20 games, that would make a great TOP 20, so here it is based on their combined rankings.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT TOP 20

1. Ticket To Ride
2. Who? What? Where?
3. Clue
4. Apples To Apples
5. Atmosfear
6. Dixit
7. Quelf
8. Catan
9. Codenames
10. Suspicion
11. Bob Ross – The Art of Chill
12. Cards Against Humanity
13. Monopoly
14. Forbidden Island
15. The Chameleon
16. Sharp Shooters
17. Scrabble
18. Risk
19. Azul
20. Trivial Pursuit

So, there it is.  The definitive list.  Carved in stone, forever immutable.  This list will easily last into the next century, or at least, next week.

We promise to do reviews of all these games as soon as possible.

As always, the * means that in case of a tie the kid’s game scored higher, and Game On!

We like lists because we don’t want to die. – Umberto Eco