Not your traditional family game night: Whether you’re planning on hosting a small get-together or inviting a bigger group, party games are a great way to keep your guests entertained and make great memories (or get into loud arguments, depending on how competitive you are). While games like Charadesand Uno are classics, there are a host of new games cropping up on different platforms that can fire the game night up and keep you entertained for hours.

TEAM EFFORT-

Can you rely on your friends’ musical knowledge?Name That Tune is a straightforward game where a moderator plays 5 seconds of a song of their choice. The teams compete to identify the song, and whoever shouts the title first gets the point. You get an extra point if you identify the artist as well. If everyone wants to play, you can forgo the moderator and use one of the thousands of YouTube videos dedicated to this game.

A relatively new trend we’re loving is the emergence of locally produced games. One that kept us company throughout lockdown was the aptly named Quarantivity. This board game combines trivia questions, charades, pictionary, and taboo in one good old-fashioned tabletop board game. Teams compete to answer as many questions correctly to progress across the board the fastest and reach the center first, where they’ll have to answer one question from each category in one go to claim first place. There is enough material to last you several game nights, believe us.

You can order the game online here for EGP 450, and if you somehow burn through all the cards, you can buy an expansion pack for EGP 200.

EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF-

Among Us was all the rage during lockdown, earning it the 2020 Multiplayer Game of theYear award. Inspired by the classic party game Mafia, this game will have you try to complete tasks before the impostors in the team kill you. Bust out your phones, create a private room for you and your friends, and spend game night arguing. One of the best cross-platform games out there, it allows you to play on any device with an internet connection.

Among Us is available pretty much anywhere, including on the Apple App Store, GooglePlay Store, or on Steam if you want to play the game on your computer.

THE MORE YOU KNOW-

If you’ve ever wondered which of your group would survive the Saw horror series, look no further than Jackbox’s Trivia Murder Party. The game offers an interactive thriller narrated by a fictional serial killer, where you and your friends answer multiple choice questions to progress through the game. If you guess incorrectly, you’re sent to the “killing floor” where you’re forced to play minigames to avoid being killed. The main action of the game happens on your TV, but players use their own mobile devices to input answers.

You can download the game (included in Jackbox Party Pack 3) for USD 24.99 on your PC, Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo, and even on Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV, and any iOS or Android device.

Knowledge is Power is another beloved trivia game — but with twists and turns at every round. The game isn’t just about who knows the most random facts, it’s also about speed, strategy, sabotage, and using your power-ups to trip up your opponents and steal their points.

The fun part: It’s not all Q&A, there’s a lot of different variations, like matching things together and sorting.

You can download the game on your PlayStation for USD 9.99, and the accompanying PlayLink apps (without charge) on theApple App Store and Google Playto use your smartphones or tablets as controllers.

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