What's a good board game for adults?

Question

I'm looking for a good, different board game to play at family gatherings. Something that will engage everyone, but is unusual. We're bored with Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly. Something different but good for age ranges 25-75.

Answer 1

We played the "Set Game" over Thanksgiving weekend and very much enjoyed it. It plays like a board game, made up of cards layed out on a table top. (Our players were ages 28-65)

http://www.setgame.com/set/index.html





In the past, we also enjoyed Carcasonne.

http://www.funagain.com/control/product/~product_id=011110

Answer 2

Balderdash - every time I've played that game (with a large variety of ages, oldest person I've every played with is 59, that's close to your range) people have had a lot of fun.

Answer 3

Taboo is great. Cranium and Boggle are fun too.