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The best New Year's board games

 

The best New Year's board games

It’s hard to believe that another year has passed and it’s already that time of year again. If you decide to stay with family or host but only adult entertainment , these board games will entertain you as you celebrate sipping bubbles. Let's dive into the best New Year's board games! Find the best NYE party board games and NYE card games.

🏆 Our best selections for the best New Year board games

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Best family friendly

Sushi Go Party!
Sushi Go Party!
Sushi Go! is wonderfully cute and fun for families of all ages. The game is easy to learn and fun enough to play round after round. Just be careful not to miss the countdown.

Best for adults only

Secret Hitler
Secret Hitler
Secret Hitler is one of the best social deduction games. He reinvents the tried and true genre of hidden traitors, which sells the theme while investing all the actors in the gameplay.

Best overall

Dixit
Dixit
Dixit is great for groups and is great fun for parties. Wonderful artwork and easy and convincing play make this a perfect New Year’s Eve game while you wait for the ball to fall.

Family friendly games NYE

If you’ve decided to spend a night with your family, these board games are kid-friendly, but exciting enough that the whole family will have a great time! 

# 1. Resistance: Avalon

Resistance Avalon Board Game Box and components

Players: 5 - 10
Play time: 30 minutes

A game of secret identities, deduction , and deception.

In the struggle to control the future of Arthur's kingdom, Rebellion: Avalon opposes the forces of good and evil; who will win Arthur is a promising leader in Britain, but among his brave warriors are hidden forces of evil. True identities need to be revealed, but only Merlin knows the agents of evil by name.

The Resistance: Avalon is a fun game of social deduction that the whole family will guess after the clock strikes midnight.

Resistance: Avalon
Resistance: Avalon
  • The Resistance: Avalon is a standalone game and while The ...
  • For 5 to 10 players
  • Playback lasts 30 minutes

# 2. Code names

Extensions of desktop code games - XXL and images

Players: 2 -8
Play time: 15 minutes

Top secret word game . Win or lose; you will find tips!

Two rival spies know the secret identities of 25 agents. Their teammates know the agents only by their codenames. In this fun and challenging social word game, teams compete to contact all their agents first. Spymasters give one-word clues and the teammates guess the words while avoiding the assassin. 

Code Names is a fantastic pastime to learn - it's easy to learn, but your brain will buzz.

Code names
Code names
  • Collaborate to get in touch with all your agents in front of others ...
  • Perfect fun for fun nights
  • 2-8 + player (in two teams)

# 3. Dixit

Dixit Box and components

Players: 3 - 6
Playing time: 30 minutes

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Dixit is a storytelling game in which your imagination unlocks a story. Each player has a turn as a storyteller to choose a card and give a hint for it (sentence, word, etc.). The other players then choose from their hands the card that best matches the hint. After a secret ballot, the best card wins. 

Dixit has beautiful illustrations that immerse you in the dream world of storytelling. This is a great easy game of guesswork and creativity .

Dixit
Dixit
  • Storytelling game: Dixit is a classic, simple, light ...
  • Creative guessing: Each round, one player chooses a card and ...
  • Attractive dream illustrations: Dixit contains 84 cards with ...

# 4. Sushi Go! Fun

Sushi Go!  Social board game

Players: 2 -8
Play time: 20 minutes

It’s time to party with plates of mega macchia, super sashimi and endless edamame.

Sushi Go! The fun is basically a pick and pass card game where the best combinations of sushi will win. In this edition of the fun game you can customize the a la carte menu with 20 delicious dishes .

The rules are simple: each player chooses the card he keeps, then passes his hand to the left and the next turn begins. No game is the same in this hot potato game. Sushi Go! The party is top-notch entertainment for all ages.

Sushi Go Party!
Sushi Go Party!
  • It's fun! This fun plate of Mega make, super sashimi and ...
  • Sushi go! For bigger appetites! By choosing points you still earn ...
  • Adjust your difficulty level! This luxury edition contains ...

# 5. Exploding kittens

Exploding Kittens card game

Players: 2 -5
Play time: 15 minutes

Kitten’s explosion is kind of like Uno, but with goats, deadly cubs, magical enchiladas, and of course explosions.

Exploding Kittens is a strategy game of Russian roulette. Players take turns drawing cards. If you draw an exploding kitten, you will explode and be excluded from the game, but you can avoid the explosion with the defuse card to deter the kitten. 

This is a truly unique game and the cards themselves will make you laugh. 

Blast Kitten
Blast Kitten
  • Russian roulette with cards on Kitty - hit fun game ...
  • Winner of the Game of the Year award - more than 10 million copies sold, ...
  • A simple card game for children and adults - perfect for everyone ...

New Year's Eve games for adults only

Cheeky and fun, these are board games exclusively for adults. Maturity is not required.

# 1. Secret Hilter

The Secret Hitler Box and Components for Board Games

Players: 5-10
Play time: 45 minutes

Yes! No! 

Secret Hitler is a quick game of betrayal and deception. In Germany in the 1930s, players were secretly divided into teams - liberals and fascists. Fascists coordinate with each other to sow fear and mistrust. Liberals must discover Secret Hitler before it is too late.

Each round has a different president and chancellor elected, which keeps the game moving and keeps everyone involved. Secret Hitler is a dramatic game of political intrigue in which friends will lie and laugh when they ring the bell in the new year.

Secret Hitler
Secret Hitler
  • A quick game of deception and betrayal
  • Beautiful wooden components
  • Massive game boards with foil insert

# 2. Concept

Concept box and board game components

Players: 4-12
Play time: 40 minutes

Communicate without words. 

The concept allows players to discover a new means of communication. In the game, you will have to communicate without speaking. Players will quietly convey concepts with a game board covered with hundreds of icons. Players must use their imagination to solve puzzles from visual cues. 

Concept is a fun game that has a lot of versatility. Anyone can join with three difficulty levels!

I understand
I understand
  • COMMUNICATE WITHOUT SPEAKING: Discover new means ...
  • INTERACTIVE PLEASURE GAME: Using a game board covered with icons ...
  • TEAM GAME: The first player to discover a word or phrase ...

# 3. QuickWits

Players: 3-99
Playing time: 20-30min

QuickWits will turn the purest minds into the dirtiest.

QuickWits is a fast-paced fun game in which players compete to give examples of categories on an opponent's card. At the end of the game, if you have the most cards, you win!

QuickWits is easy to learn and can get dirty faster than you might think (there is some serious adult content). It’s funny and fast , so have a little wit! 

Quickwits
Quickwits
  • QUICKWITS CARD GAME: fast adult entertainment for parties, ...
  • GOAL: Win more cards than your friends. Quickwits is easy ...
  • For ages 17+, so you may not want to play with Grandma

# 4. A game of (ugly) things

Players: 4-15
Play time: 45 minutes

You won’t believe the shocking things you’ll hear.

Game (Terrible) Things has players to read a funny topic and write their answers. There are no wrong answers. The goal is to guess who wrote which answer.

Hints like “Things ... the first lady doesn’t let the president in” and “Things ... the proctologist calls his finger” cause weird and dirty responses in an ugly edition.

Laugh in the new year with adult humor in a box!

# 5. Drawing without dignity 

Players: 4-12
Playing time: 30-60min

A game of uncensored sketches - this is not a friendly game of drawing your parents.

Drawing without dignity is like cards against humanity meeting the Pictionary. You will have to leave your dignity to play. If you play in teams, your teammates will try to guess your sketched drawing. There is a questionable hint in every game and players will draw, guess, block and steal. 

This game reveals the worst in everyone when you and your friends cry with laughter over a pen, paper and, hopefully, a drink. 

Drawing without dignity
Drawing without dignity
  • The perfect gift or addition to a child-free game
  • Not for weak or sensitive types
  • Painting drawing game that you and your disturbed ...

Wrap-Up

We hope you enjoyed our best selections for the best New Year board games and party games!

From funny games like Sushi Go! Have fun with ridiculously uncensored Drawing without Dignity, these board games are the right way to sound in the new year! Let us know which games you would like to play. Drop a comment below! We would love to hear from you.

We hope you have a happy new year!

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