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Hi folks! Currently on vacation with my family and we're getting tired of the party games I own. Looking for a couple of suggestions! Some caveats:

  • No word based games, we already have and love Just One, Codenames, etc
  • No social deduction games, they hate them
  • Preferably language independent or with few text dependence. We have Portuguese and german people in the group and not everyone understands English!
  • Low weight/rules
  • Supports 7 players!

Thanks a lot friends!

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 year ago
[–] donio@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since you are on vacation and might not be able to find some of the other suggestions I will mention Liar's Dice, also known as Perudo. If you can't find an official copy all you need is 5 dice per player (so 30 dice for 6 for example) and some cups or other way to hide the dice rolls.

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm on vacation but not out of town so I can still go to my local game shop!

[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Concept might work well. The cards are going to have a concept that you try to get other people guess by pointing at a board with various symbols on it. The word for the concept you're trying to get people to guess should be easily translated with a phone, or just skipped and draw a new card.

Rhino Hero is great, especially if there's kids or drunk adults in the group. Kind of like Jenga, try to build up a card tower without knocking it over.

Similarly, Pinnacle's pretty good. Competitive block stacking with weird shapes

[–] myfavouritename@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Love seeing Concept being suggested! It's one of my favorite games for getting a group of people communicating together.

[–] Deadlytosty@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dixit is also a good fit! It is a very easily explained game, where you have to say a word or short phrase describing a mystery card. The rest then places a card they think that matches the description as well, and then a voting round starts. It is really fun, and playing it would do more justice than this explanation :p

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I had Dixit but sold it once I got Mysterium. Then I sold Mysterium after I bought Obscurio. They don't like Obscurio because there's a traitor role 🤡

[–] prok@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sushi Go ( you might need Sushi Go Party for 7 players ) has been a go-to for my family

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

This was my choice when playing with people that aren't good with English.

If you want more depth, 7 Wonders is very similar but has a lot more going on. Also mostly language-independent.

[–] squidsarefriends@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Wavelength (team based guessing game)
  • Ready Set Bet (horse race-themed betting game)
  • Cartographer (everybody tries to draw a map, it‘s not that interactive though)

could be a good start!

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ready Set Bet is definitely something I'd love to try, are the side bets or VIP cards simple? My only fear is that I'd have to spend a lot of time explaining those cards to everyone