{"id":12661,"date":"2023-12-18T10:37:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/18\/nativity-play-the-12-best-board-games-for-christmas-parties\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T10:37:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:37:46","slug":"nativity-play-the-12-best-board-games-for-christmas-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/18\/nativity-play-the-12-best-board-games-for-christmas-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Nativity play: the 12 best board games for Christmas parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Put away that outdated edition of Trivial Pursuit and get your pads and pens at the ready \u2026 these are the best recent word games, drawing games, bluffing games and others, to get the whole family involved <\/p>\n<p>It is a terrifying statistical fact that if you have a roomful of friends and relatives gathered at Christmas, you are only ever 20 minutes away from someone suggesting Trivial Pursuit. Don\u2019t become a victim this year \u2013 have an alternative ready. Here are my 12 board games of Christmas, some of which I\u2019ve played, the rest suggested by trustworthy pals on X. They\u2019re all suitable for at least six players and there are no overly complicated rules to learn, making them perfect for slightly boozy Christmas afternoons.<\/p>\n<p>If your favourite isn\u2019t included, please do suggest alternatives in the comments.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/dec\/18\/12-best-board-games-to-play-this-christmas\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7ccfbd74ea1e2ab1a22ec1907a73157d7838813a\/244_351_4877_2926\/master\/4877.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c343af773c02fd301db6fb99fcda0ffc\" title=\"Nativity play: the 12 best board games for Christmas parties\" \/>Put away that outdated edition of Trivial Pursuit and get your pads and pens at the ready \u2026 these are the best recent word games, drawing games, bluffing games and others, to get the whole family involved<br \/>\nIt is a terrifying statistical fact that if you have a roomful of friends and relatives gathered at Christmas, you are only ever 20 minutes away from someone suggesting Trivial Pursuit. Don\u2019t become a victim this year \u2013 have an alternative ready. Here are my 12 board games of Christmas, some of which I\u2019ve played, the rest suggested by trustworthy pals on X. They\u2019re all suitable for at least six players and there are no overly complicated rules to learn, making them perfect for slightly boozy Christmas afternoons.<br \/>\nIf your favourite isn\u2019t included, please do suggest alternatives in the comments. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put away that outdated edition of Trivial Pursuit and get your pads and pens at the ready \u2026 these are the best recent word games, drawing games, bluffing games and others, to get the whole family involved It is a terrifying statistical fact that if you have a roomful of friends and relatives gathered at &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/18\/nativity-play-the-12-best-board-games-for-christmas-parties\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nativity play: the 12 best board games for Christmas parties<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}