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1. Escape Room: The Game takes all the fun of a group outing to an ~actual~ escape room to the comfort of your own living room. The game comes with three (!) different playable missions with puzzles, secret codes, hidden clues, and more — you have 60 minutes for each one. The clock is ticking!
2. Suddenly Drunk is an expansion pack that'll work with *any* turn-based game (cards, board games, etc.) and turn it into a drinking game. Meaning you'll use it alllll the time.
3. Exploding Kittens comes in both regular and ~explicit~ versions, because options are always better! It's a little bit like Russian roulette — players draw cards, hoping not to draw the titular one (they're out of the game if they do) while gathering things like "catnip sandwich," "laser pointer," or "belly rub," which can defuse the dreaded exploding kitten!
4. Bananagrams (or Party Bananagrams!) combines all the fun of crossword puzzles and Scrabble for a fast-paced game anyone who loves words will find ~a-peel-ing~.
5. Game of Thrones Clue may actually help you survive the long wait before Season 8 airs. It comes with 12 of your favorite characters and a reversible game board, so you can play in King's Landing *or* Meereen.
6. Quickwits can be learned in no time flat, making it a great game to bring to parties. How do you play? Everyone lays down a category card at the same time — if two people lay down matching cards, they have to blurt out things that fit into their opponent's category. But warning: No one can use the same answer twice!
7. Midnight Outburst is made by the creators of Taboo, so if you loved that, you'll love this ~late-night~ Family Feud–style game, where players yell out things trying to match the top 10 responses to anything from "Harrison Ford movies" to "things you do on your knees."
8. Tipsy Tower combines the classic game of Jenga with booze — some of the wooden blocks have drinking game rules on them, and when someone draws one out, they have to abide by that rule for the rest of the game or take a sip accordingly!
9. Deluxe Wood Jumanji takes you straight back to 1995 with a replica of the game featured in the original film.
10. Foodie Fight is the perfect order for serious food-lovers. Love Trivial Pursuit but hate all the other categories? This is for you. Best paired with a bottle of wine, tbh.
11. 5 Second Rule Uncensored tests your brain speed, having players spit out three answers to categories like "uses for your tongue," "ways to hide a fart," or "reasons to have a drink" — all in under five seconds!
12. Codenames transforms your friends or family into two teams of rival spies, plus one assassin and one double agent. You only know the "codenames" of the people on your team, so who will figure out which spies belongs on their team first?
13. Drunk, Stoned, or Stupid contains 250 prompt cards with hilariously ridiculous situations — it's up to you and your friends to decide who among the group would be the most likely do to what's in the prompt. Let the arguments begin!
14. Pie Face combines high suspense with your favorite whipped topping — what could be better? Spin the wheel to determine the number of times you have to crank the wheel, but who knows which crank will catapult the cream-topped hand right into your face!
15. Settlers of Catan combines strategy with collaboration, building your own areas and trading resources with other players, making it the perfect option for people who are tired of the negative vibes of board games like Risk or Monopoly.
16. Werewolf is a unique take on Mafia you'll want to bring to every party you attend — who'll defend the village and who'll tear the group apart with their devious behavior?
17. Villainous lets everyone release their inner evil queen. Why?! It's a strategy-based game featuring your favorite Disney villains (duh!) — every time you play as a different character, it's a totally different game.
18. If you're tired of competitive games, Spaceteam is a super fast-paced, *cooperative* card game that requires working together (and lots of shouting) to escape a black hole.
19. Linkee puts a new twist on your average trivia game — your team will hear five clues, and you'll have to solve them, figure out what ~links~ them together to get the point!
20. Trick Question tests the brain of everyone you know, but instead of trivia, you're taking on over 400 different brainteasers.
21. I Gotta Go With inspires you to search your brain for all the possible answers to list topics like "TV titles that are four letters or fewer" or "celebrities with a color in their name." The clock is ticking!
22. Monopoly: Ultimate Banking Edition upgrades the basic game your family hated to love with a completely *cashless* operation — and an intriguing system, where rent goes up and down based on how many times players land on the property. Talk about the market at ~play~.
23. Golden Girls Clue asks your group of growing-old-together besties to solve the mystery of WHO ate the last piece of cheesecake!
24. Blank Slate tests exactly whether or not great minds think alike. Each player has to secretly write a work that completes a phrase or sentence, but choose your words carefully, because you get the most points if you match with only *one* other person.
25. Drunk Confidence combines trivia, singing, pop culture, and hilariously random tasks to challenge you and your friends to do their very best. Can't complete the challenge? It's time to drink.
26. Unstable Unicorns encourages you to betray your friendships... but you know, in a fun and whimsical way! Build an ~army of unicorns~ (the first to get all seven wins!) — and use the action cards to take down your frenemies.
Game on!
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