The 12 Best Board Games To Play With Friends On A Chill Night In

Find out about the best board games to play with your friends. Feeling bored and looking for fun games to play? Invite your friends for a chill night playing our selection of best board games. Fun times guaranteed!

We all love a good night in. Be it spent with friends or family, it’s the perfect time to chill, have some drinks and throw a good board game into the mix. Here are some suggestions for the best board games to play with your friends when you just want to relax and have some fun indoors!

1. Codenames

This game is great for large groups and sure to be a total hit. Suitable for 4-8 players, this game involves splitting up into two teams and guessing words in order to make contact with other agents on your team. A spymaster feeds players clues in order to guess their own words, and they have to avoid guessing the other team’s words.

2. Scrawl

One of our best board games is scrawl. This game is for adults only, as it gets funnier the dirtier your guesses are. Combining Chinese Whispers with Pictionary, you take turns drawing and guessing each other’s drawings for a hilarious game where things are sure to go horribly wrong.

3. Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity has turned into a millennial favourite and with good reason. Described as a “party game for horrible people”, this game is simply a case of filling in the blanks and matching rude cards to simple premise cards. There is also a special UK edition to better fit UK pop-culture references.

4. Apples to Apples

This is the more family-friendly version of Cards Against Humanity that started a slew of match-up card games. One person, the judge, puts down a card and each player takes turns picking cards from their deck to match with the card on the table. The judge then decides on the funniest result. Things can get pretty heated and competitive, but it’s always a good laugh.

5. Dohdles!

This is one of the best and easiest board games to play with a group of friends, and it’s super simple to get the hang of! Basically Pictionary but with Play-Doh, this game involves sculpting words and listening to your friends’ hilarious guesses.

6. Guesstures

Essentially a high-speed, updated version of charades, this game involves acting out words to your teammates, who then have to guess what you’re acting out. The spin in this game involves a battery-powered machine that grabs your cards back if you can’t act or guess fast enough!

7. Googly Eyes

Googly Eyes is a board game that takes a cue from Pictionary but takes it to a new level. Race to the finish line by drawing and guessing images, all while wearing a set of goggles that slightly impair your vision. Prepare for some hilarious drawings and even funnier guesses!

8. The Resistance

In this game, players go on missions while split into two teams: resistance operatives or imperial spies. Every round you can choose for a mission to fail or succeed based on the role assigned to you. Players must try to figure out who the spies are before time runs out. Once three missions have failed or succeeded, the game is over. This game results involves a lot of lying, backstabbing and harsh accusations, but is super fast and fun to play with a group of friends!

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9. Cluedo Suspect

So it may not quite be a board game, but Cluedo Suspect packs in all the entertainment of the classic detective board game in a shorter amount of time. This is perfect for a night in with friends. you can play it along with other games, or play multiple rounds of this game without having to sit around for hours and hours.

10. Articulate!

Do you love trivia and general knowledge games? Then Articulate is one of the best board games we recommend for you. This is a perfect board game for a chill night with a big group of friends. You can split into teams of two or even bigger teams if need be. All you do is make your way from start to finish by describing as many objects, places, animals etc for your friends to guess in a set amount of time.

11. Watch Ya’ Mouth

You might’ve seen this game all over YouTube — it’s absolutely hilarious. This is a simple guessing game made extremely funny with the use of mouth guards. If you want to cry out of laughter, then this is the game for you!

12. Concept

This is a guessing game for those who enjoy logic or lateral thinking puzzles. Take turns with your friends to guess a word through its associated objects and icons. This one involves a little bit more thinking than our other best board games. Yet concept can still make for a great night in.