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Family-friendly games for you and yours

Family-friendly games for you and yours!

Hi, welcome to my list of games! One of the reasons I love collecting these games is that I believe quality family time is essential to having a happy family.

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  • Paper telephone

    Paper telephone

    This is a great party game for teens or adults. Kind of like a cross between pictionary and telephone, players write sentences, convert each other's sentences into pictures, and back and forth until the results are hilarious.

     
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  • Catchphrase

    Catchphrase

    Catchphrase is a fast-talking guessing game, good for big groups of people. This post tells you how to play and includes some printable catchphrase word lists you can play with.

     
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  • Corporation

    Corporation

    Corporation is a great indoor party game for teens or adults. Players use memory and what they know about other players to guess each other's code names and create the biggest "corporation."

     
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  • Fruit basket

    Fruit basket

    Fruit basket is a simple indoor game for big groups, easy enough for young kids, and also entertaining for older kids and adults. Players switch chairs, trying not to be the one left without a chair.

     
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Line tag

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Line tag is an easy variation of tag you can play on a basketball or volleyball court (or preferably those basketball-and-volleyball-courts-in-one). Perfect for small kids and perfect for killing time. I have fond memories of playing it at my church building when I was a kid…

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The cup game

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Watch a video and learn how to play the cup game, a clapping routine you learn and do as fast as you can. Best for big groups killing time in mess halls. 🙂

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Categories

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Categories is a fun and simple pool game. Players choose items in a category and try to swim across the pool without being tagged.

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A big thank you!

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I just wanted to say a big thanks to all my visitors! This past weekend set a new record high for Game Gal visitors (up 270 percent!). I guess the holidays are a big time for games, families, parties, and fun. This site started out as just a hobby, but I’m glad I have been able to help you out with word lists and game ideas.

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