Monopoly was, when I was a child, a frustrating part of my life, as for some reason my little sister *always* won. More recently, my Beast taught himself two or three new computer languages by programming home versions of 'Cluedo' in them; this often involved him, aided by the machine, playing against me. I learned a great deal about how to play, and I don't think the computer ever beat me! But he's a World of Warcraft addict now, and Cluedos no more.
My daughter introduced me/us to more sophisticated board games, although I'm not a regular. One that turned up early on I now love: that is the delightfully simple Dixit. I love Dixit! A game that involves beautiful and very weird illustrations, and a simple method of keeping score, it only takes a couple of minutes to explain the concept and the rules, so anyone can enjoy it. Playing it with different people gets interesting variations, which makes for a lot of fun (on one memorable occasion, there was general agreement on which card meant 'Sterek'). It'd probably be good entertainment for a family or group of 3 or more stuck at home together.
Cards Against Humanity. I have played this for several years with my regular Camp Sparkle people, and we have made several of our own questions and answers based on our fandom and shared history. Excellent fun, though I suspect not for everyone.
Camp Sparkle also ran the "Add 5 Words Story" for several years, which made for some very bizarre fiction... it would actually work online. Hmm. Though it might be too scary for current circumstances—we got some *very* weird shit in those stories!
I like playing Pictionary with the family, but one Christmas a few years back we had Epic Fail. My husband and son made a pretty good team, my daughter and bro-in-law also did very well. My father-in-law and I got *nowhere*, because he could not even throw out random words to guess what my drawings were - and I'm really not bad at drawing - and when it was his turn to draw, the pencil would quiver above the paper until time ran out. Can't guess with no material… so we made no progress at all. Most frustrating!
On my phone, I have an epic collection of card games, mostly solitaire but some played against the computer, which constitute probably 80-90% of my phone use! It's called Card Shark, and I recommend the collection. I've discovered several new solitaire games in a range of difficulties.
On the whole, I'm not a great player of non-solitary games (I like my Killer Sudoku puzzles) so I'm not missing the gaming interaction.
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My daughter introduced me/us to more sophisticated board games, although I'm not a regular. One that turned up early on I now love: that is the delightfully simple Dixit. I love Dixit! A game that involves beautiful and very weird illustrations, and a simple method of keeping score, it only takes a couple of minutes to explain the concept and the rules, so anyone can enjoy it. Playing it with different people gets interesting variations, which makes for a lot of fun (on one memorable occasion, there was general agreement on which card meant 'Sterek'). It'd probably be good entertainment for a family or group of 3 or more stuck at home together.
Cards Against Humanity. I have played this for several years with my regular Camp Sparkle people, and we have made several of our own questions and answers based on our fandom and shared history. Excellent fun, though I suspect not for everyone.
Camp Sparkle also ran the "Add 5 Words Story" for several years, which made for some very bizarre fiction... it would actually work online. Hmm. Though it might be too scary for current circumstances—we got some *very* weird shit in those stories!
I like playing Pictionary with the family, but one Christmas a few years back we had Epic Fail. My husband and son made a pretty good team, my daughter and bro-in-law also did very well. My father-in-law and I got *nowhere*, because he could not even throw out random words to guess what my drawings were - and I'm really not bad at drawing - and when it was his turn to draw, the pencil would quiver above the paper until time ran out. Can't guess with no material… so we made no progress at all. Most frustrating!
On my phone, I have an epic collection of card games, mostly solitaire but some played against the computer, which constitute probably 80-90% of my phone use! It's called Card Shark, and I recommend the collection. I've discovered several new solitaire games in a range of difficulties.
On the whole, I'm not a great player of non-solitary games (I like my Killer Sudoku puzzles) so I'm not missing the gaming interaction.