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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.
I'm on vacation but not out of town so I can still go to my local game shop!
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
Love seeing Concept being suggested! It's one of my favorite games for getting a group of people communicating together.
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
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 🤡
Sushi Go ( you might need Sushi Go Party for 7 players ) has been a go-to for my family
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.
- 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!
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