5 popular board games to set the mood during the summer

After a barbecue, on the beach or with a family around the table, nothing beats a good board game to closed the evening. Good news: we spotted the most popular board games for summerthose that are taking on the beach, on the train, or that you keep preciously for a dinner with friends. The promise is simple: zero headache, but a maximum of giggles and in bad faith assumed. Light, fast, often crazy, these games are perfect for holidays.

For several summers, some titles have systematically returned to the suitcases and the Amazon baskets*. Skyjo, Uno Flip! … Trust tops of sales and aperitif tables. For what ? Because they are easy to go out, quick to understand and they stick wonderfully to the atmosphere of summer: fun, spicy and always collective.

Skyjo, the unbeatable card game

Have you ever played? Prepare to spend your evenings there. Skyjo is the perfect example of the game that won thousands of groups of friends without knowing exactly why. It’s necessary accumulate as few points as possiblebut everyone ends up taking pleasure in making others lose it. The rules are explained in 2 minutes flat, and one part still calls for another. It’s light, addictive, portable and universal, Ideal for picnics, trips or summer evenings.

What do you even?: Humor, web culture and punchlines

If you have always dreamed of proving that you were the funniest in the group, What do you even? is for you. The principle: Associate legendary cards of memes with absurd or shiny legendsdepending on your inspiration of the moment. The most convincing prevails. It is completely subjective, therefore completely unfair … And that’s what makes all the salt of the game. We must dare, play on common references, and assume the punchlines that bite.

6 that takes !, The game that we can no longer let go

Do not be fooled by its apparent simplisste. 6 that takes! East The fast, clever and sneaky card game which will appeal to strategists as much to occasional players. It’s about putting your cards intelligently … while trying to avoid the penalty inflicted by others. We plague, we take revenge, we laugh.

White coconut, the most popular

We no longer present it. White coconut It remains, summer after summer, one of the best -selling games on Amazon. Its cards with absurd combinations, daring or even very borderlinemake it a classic for adult evenings with friends. The goal? Complete sentences with the most delusional (or embarrassing) proposals possible. Laughter is immediate, and the level of improvisation can go very far. There are even several extensions to vary the pleasures according to the group’s level of intimacy.

Uno flip!, The twist of a classic

Everyone knows the UNO. But UNO FLIP! is its version under caffeine. As soon as the “Flip” card is played, we return the whole game and the rules change at all. The tension rises from a notch, the low blows intensifyand the atmosphere becomes as unpredictable as an episode of reality TV. Even Uno fans admit to this more rhythmic, more spicy, perfect version for Rise the pressure.

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