32 Board Games From Your Childhood You’ll Want To Play Right Now

NO CHEATING.

1. Game of Life

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

This game did nothing to help set us up for a life of adult-ing. Disappointed.

2. Guess Who?

Milton Bradley

How does that kid know it's Maria already?? Probably cheated.

3. Monopoly

Parker Brothers

Still iconic to this day and every family always had a different set of rules to play by.

4. Hotels

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

So much more satisfying watching this empire grow compared to the shitty Monopoly hotels.

5. Billionaire

J.W. Spear and Sons / Via ebay.com.au

How come making $$$ seemed so much easier in a '90s board game?

6. Cluedo

Parker

Parker

What the fuck even was a conservatory and why was Colonel Mustard always murdering people there?

7. 13 Dead End Drive

Milton Bradley

Another murder mystery game for when you couldn't find your Cluedo set.

8. Operation

Milton Bradley

The closest you ever got to being a surgeon and probably for good reason.

9. Uno

Mattel

Getting slapped with a double draw four was the stuff nightmares were made of.

10. Skip-Bo

Mattell

When you got tired of UNO, you turned to Skip-Bo.

11. Mouse Trap

Milton Bradley

Most of the fun was setting off the trap and never actually playing the game.

12. Pass the Pigs

Winning Moves

Winning Moves

Snouter? Makin' bacon? Pig out? What kind of game were we all playing?!?

13. Barrel of Monkeys

Lakeside Toys

Let's be real, no one ever actually played Barrel of Monkeys. You'd try and hang them on each other then get bored and throw them at your siblings.

14. Nightmare

J. W. Spear & Sons

J. W. Spear & Sons

Whose parents even allowed them to play this terrifying interactive VHS game?

15. Trouble

Milton Bradley

Getting a six to start a turn was the bane of your existence.

16. Jumanji

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

You had more fun watching the movie, tbh.

17. Shark Attack

Milton Bradley

What better way to instil fear than with a childhood board game.

18. KerPlunk

Milton Bradley

Nothing was more stressful than pulling out sticks and hoping the balls wouldn't fall.

19. Pretty Pretty Princess

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

Well this doesn't seem problematic at all. Not... At... All.

20. Hungry Hungry Hippos

Hasbro

Setting all kids up for a childhood of marbles obsession.

21. Balderdash

Mattel

How we all learnt to bullshit our way through any situation.

22. Risk

Parker Brothers

Want to know how to tell if you were a nerd? You played Risk.

23. Scattergories

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

Thank fuck the letters Q U V X Y Z weren't on the die.

24. Upwords

Milton Bradley

For when regular Scrabble seemed ~beneath~ you.

25. Battleships

Milton Bradley

Who'd have thought a childhood toy would lead to Rihanna starring on the big screen?

26. Cranium

Cranium, Inc.

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The clay category was always the BEST (and hardest).

27. Mastermind

Parker Brothers

A great game to play... if you could find all the stupid little pieces.

28. Celebrity Head

University Games

University Games

Everyone just put the headbands on and guessed the celebs without playing by the rules, right?

29. Taboo

Parker Brothers

Half the fun was honking the buzzer for hours on end, even when you weren't playing.

30. Pictionary

Mattel

No matter how many times you circled or underlined your shitty drawing, your teammate never knew what it was.

31. The Baby Sitter's Club Game

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

If you couldn't start your own IRL club, at least you could pretend to.

32. Yahtzee

Milton Bradley

Everyone's parents' favourite board game.