I LOVE Board Games, and Here Are My Favorites For Adults

Two to six players can play this fun 3D game where you are bandits robbing a train — shooting and stealing your way to the end. I love the story element to it!

Buy: Colt Express ($30)

There are two teams with two "spymasters" who have to come up with clever ways to connect words in this game. There are also other fun pop culture-themed editions of this one.

Buy: Codenames ($15)

This version of the spy game Codenames is specifically for two people. Perfect for date night!

Buy: Codenames: Duet ($16)

At this point, I think we all know how this racy card game works. Never fails to get you laughing.

Buy: Cards Against Humanity ($25)

This cute card game where you make different sushi combos for points requires a few rounds to get the strategy down, but once you get into the swing of things, it's really addictive. The standard game is for two to five players and only has cards.

Buy: Sushi Go! ($9)

This version of Sushi Go is optimized for bigger groups (up to eight players) with a board and a lot more menu options, but you can still play it with two people.

Buy: Sushi Go Party! ($20)

For two to four players, this fun game seems easy enough, but with the ever-changing board it's more challenging than you'd think.

Buy: Labyrinth ($25)

This Office-inspired board game lets you play as one of six of the branch's most well-known employees: Dwight, Angela, Jim, Pam, Stanley, and Andy. Unlike a traditional game of Clue, one of the dice features a question mark that corresponds with the game's Intrigue cards, which are basically an excuse for Michael to meddle with everyone's clues and make the game even more difficult.

Buy: Clue: The Office Edition ($49)

If you've ever played the game of "celebrity," where everyone writes down a person's name on a piece of paper and puts it into a jar and teams try to guess the most names using either a single word or action, then you get the general idea of Monikers. I promise you'll be cry-laughing for this one! For four to 12 players.

Buy: Monikers ($49)

This is a classic that still holds up and is great for two to four players. Match the numbered tiles in sequential order or color combinations, similar to Rummy.

Buy: Rummikub ($15)

Travel across North America without leaving your home with this award-winning train adventure game. It's a two- to five-player game, but you can actually play against Alexa if you say, "Alexa, launch Ticket to Ride."

Buy: Ticket to Ride ($41)

For two to four people, Blokus is a tile game of strategy perfect for anyone who loves the satisfaction of that perfect fit (you know what I'm talking about, Tetris fans).

Buy: Blokus ($25)

In Evolution: Climate, two to six players create new species and aim to help them thrive throughout an ever-changing environment. Add traits to your species like a long neck to help eat leaves from tall trees, horns to ward off predators, or even turn yourself into a carnivore and go on the offensive. But be careful, because the watering hole could dry up on any turn, leaving everyone scrambling for food, or even worse, the climate could turn too hot (or too cold) causing any unprepared critter to fry (or freeze)!

Buy: Evolution: Climate ($50)!

If you could watch James Corden's Carpool Karaoke videos all day, you'll want to play this board game inspired by the series on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Make sure you have your phone's Spotify or other streaming service ready to go so you can play songs. Prompted by the game's cards and materials, teams will dance, sing, deliver celebrity impressions, and answer trivia questions about Carpool Karaoke.

Buy: James Corden's Carpool Karaoke Board Game ($16)

How could you not want to play a Golden Girls-themed Clue game inspired by our favorite feisty over-50 foursome? With a description like this — "players attempt to solve the crime of WHO ate the last piece of cheesecake, WHAT they left at the scene of the crime, and WHICH room they did it in" — we're so ready for this.

Buy: Clue: The Golden Girls ($27)

While not technically a board game, we'll allow this twist on Scrabble because it's just that fun (and adaptable). You can even play it solo!

Buy: Bananagrams ($14)

This classic dice game is surprisingly addictive, and great for two or more players.

Buy: Yahtzee ($18)

This is so much more than just a themed version of Clue — in fact, give yourself adequate time for setup (I learned that the hard way), since you'll need to put together the board — complete with spinning wheels that reveal secret doors to the classrooms — and pop out all the various pieces, like the tokens that represent House Points. A really immersive board game that fans will love.

Buy: Harry Potter Clue ($39)

If you want a good laugh, give this adults-only game a try.

Buy: What Do You Meme? ($30)

For a pop culture twist on What Do You Meme?, try out this Mean Girls expansion pack that features 50 totally grool photo cards and 50 caption cards with quotes from the cult classic film that definitely make it feel like the meme limit does not exist.

Buy: What Do You Meme? Mean Girls Expansion Pack ($13)

Ever wished you could play a game of Scrabble without having to wrack your brain coming up with words? Quirkle may be the game for you! Instead of words, two to four players earn points by laying down tiles of the same color or shape — and if you can manage to lay down six at once, that's a Qwirkle!

Buy: Qwirkle ($25)

This Friends-themed Monopoly game lets you play as any one of the six core characters by choosing a token: there's Monica's chef hat, Ross's dinosaur, Chandler's sweater vest, Rachel's handbag, Phoebe's guitar, and Joey's pizza. Oh . . . my . . . God, are you ready?

Buy: Friends Monopoly ($21)

In this game, everyone is on the same team (two to five players), playing as fireworks technicians working together to create the best light show possible. The catch? Everyone can see your hand except for you! Each player will need to make use of hints from others about which fireworks they're holding in order to light them in the correct order. Can your group manage to fire them all off and claim the perfect score?

Buy: Hanabi ($10)

How well do you know your family? With Loaded Questions, you'll be put to the test! Everyone takes turns reading a loaded question to the rest of the group (four to six players). After everyone secretly answers, the asker has to guess how each person answered in order to score points. It's great for getting people to open up about themselves.

Buy: Loaded Questions ($18)

This adult-only version of the game is for ages 17 and up, and has some racier questions, like "What word sounds dirty . . . but isn't?"

Buy: Adult Loaded Questions ($14)

Look, you can't argue with a classic! This game never ceases to be challenging and fun for word nerds.

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This strategy game (two to 12 players) that involves playing cards and a board is easy to play, but still challenging enough to be fun for adults.

Buy: Sequence ($15)