Playing board games and card games with family and friends can provide a great way for families and friends to come together and have fun during this Christmas holiday season. If you haven’t yet, try out these 5 popular Singaporean designed games to play that you don't want to miss out!
1) Combo Cone Paradise
Publisher: Mercat Games
Ice-cream Stacking Game
The game is simple and can be played by people of all ages. The colorful and whimsical ice cream themed cards add to the fun and make the game visually appealing. The game involves you playing as artisans, stacking delicious flavors of ice cream cards on top of each other to create ice cream sundae combos. Players will find it fun to outsmart one another by challenging themselves to collect combo patterns and obtaining the most serving points to emerge as the best artisan! If you like puzzle games like Candy Crush, you will enjoy this game!
2) Toxic People
Publisher: Ameba
Pub Drinking Sabo Game
Toxic people card game might look like normal poker, however players will find the addition of sabotage elements to the game of poker more exciting. Using sabotage cards like ‘Bully’ and ‘Cheater’, players can disrupt the results of his own or other players’, making the game more unexpected and challenging. These elements definitely add an extra layer of strategy, luck and fun to the traditional poker game! If you are looking for a game to ruin friendship this Christmas, be sure to look for a copy of this game!
3) Brew and Fool
Publisher: The Fun Theory
Brew Weird Potions... and Drink Them!
Have fun and enjoy the playful competition of Brew & Fool with friends and family. Playing as royal alchemist, you need to collect and build up a hand of matching potions using your wits as you see through the cunning motives your fellow alchemists try to fool you with spells and sabotages. Be the first to brew the ultimate potion with mythical ingredients! If you like Harry Potter, you will find this game to be right up your alley!
4) Bearscape Spaceship Octo
Publisher: Lockdown SG
Escape Room Experience in a Box
Published by an actual escape room company, Bearscape has exciting ways to challenge your problem-solving skills and work together with friends or family for ages 12+ and above. The game involves solving math or science puzzles in order to escape from the virtual "room". There are also hints along the way so you will have an enjoyable time solving and unlocking the “rooms” with real locks!
5) The Family Race
Publisher: Family for Life Council
Family Bonding Time During Xmas
In support of the Year of Celebrating SG Families (YCF), Families for Life, in collaboration with Ministry of Education, has prepared The Family Race for all Primary 1 to Primary 3 students to take home and play with their families. Playing Family Race is easy for the family to learn. It involves players selecting a family of bunnies each and matching family values to their family member cards in order to bring the members back home. While players compete to finish bringing their family members home the fastest, they also can get to talk about important family values like Love, Care & Concern, Commitment, and Respect and have fun! What is better than spending Christmas with your family and play a game to have a memorable bonding Christmas!