We have an entire cabinet overflowing with board games, yet we’re always looking for more to add to our collection. We use them throughout the year; whether we play as family, with guests or classic fun for the kids. It’s a great opportunity to unplug, visit, connect, and simply have a change in routine. Unless you routinely have game night and in that case – great for you!
So, it may come as no surprise that board games are top gifts to give at Christmas, they are just one of those items that people rarely buy for themselves despite meaning to.
You can bet that HASBRO released some new games in 2015. Here’s just a very small sampling of new HASBRO games perfect for gifting, rather than daunting lists, let’s keep it simple. These three would cover fun for the entire family!
MONOPOLY JUNIOR: Disney Frozen Edition
Age: 5 years and up/Players: 2-3/Approximate Retail Price: $19.99
The fast-trading property game of MONOPOLY meets the power of snow and ice in the MONOPOLY JUNIOR: Disney Frozen Edition game. Kids can join Anna, Elsa and Olaf as they travel through Arendelle and buy its most magical locations. Play as Anna, Elsa or Olaf and whoever collects the most money wins! MONOPOLY JUNIOR: Disney Frozen Edition game includes one game board, three character movers, 24 Chance Cards, 36 Character Markers, 90 banknotes, and one die. Available at major retailers across Canada.
GUESS WHO? EXTRA Game
Age: 6 years and up/Players: 2, Approximate Retail Price: $29.99
Unlock the fun in this electronic version of the original guessing game! Players select a character, then lock their selection into place using their game lock. Take turns asking your opponent questions to eliminate characters. Close the doors on the board as you get closer to guessing your opponent’s character. Make your final guess by placing the key into the keyhole to unlock the winning tune. The first player to guess their opponent’s character and hear the winning music wins the game! Available at most major retailers across Canada. Two “AAA” batteries required, not included.
JENGA QUAKE Game
Age: 6 years & up/Players: 1 or more/Approximate Retail Price: $27.99
The classic block-stacking, stack-crashing game of JENGA is getting a shake-up! In JENGA QUAKE, players take turns carefully pulling out the brightly colored JENGA QUAKE blocks one by one from the tower. The excitement and suspense builds as the tower randomly vibrates and rotates during play. Keep calm and a steady hand to be the last player to place a block on the tower before it collapses! Requires 3 “AA” batteries, not included. Available at most major retailers across Canada.
Who on your shopping list would love a new HASBRO board game?
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Disclosure: Hasbro sponsored this holiday giveaway to my readers, all opinions are my own.
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My kids play them all the time but as a family its probably monthly.
about once a month with the kids
We play games quite often either with the kids or grandkids. Great way to spend an evening with the family
We try to play every week
about once a week, we love board games and card games
I do not play. But I want to learn how to play.
My son and I have played the last 2 days in a row so far
We play board games several times a week. Our Guess Who game is old and falling apart but it’s still a favourite!
We have family game night once a week
We play at least 5 times or more a month! 🙂
My family and myself play every friday night! Thanks for the great giveaway! You have an amazing blog!
Almost every week we play.
try to get the kids off their electronics and play at least once a week!
I play a board game with my preschooler once a day. It’s our bonding time 🙂
we play monthly with the grandchildren, will play more often in the cold weather
We love board games and play a least once a week
We only play about once a month
We don’t have a set night as my grandkids are busy with sports/skating/dancing etc but we often play at the weekends and always when my daughter and her children drop in to visit. 🙂
We play board games a couple of time a month although we seem to go through streaks where we’ll play a lot and then take a break for a bit.
We play board games at least once a week
almost every weekend , with 3 young daughter , its fun and sometime we invite my sister and the kids over and just have a big game night
We play about once a month with the grandkids
We play board games every weekend when we have free time.
2 a month
generally once a week.
We try to have a game night at least once a month, twice if we are doing good.
We have a family game night every 2 weeks and its a blast, some new games would be a delight
We play board games once a month
Not as often as I’d like – every couple of months.
My daughter and I play board games at least once a week…quite often more!
We played board games weekly. More often when my granddaughter is in town!
We play board games a few times a month.
I play board games with my kids at least a few times a week – we love games!!!!
I play board games a few times a year.
We play board games every weekend in summer and less in other seasons.
We play games at least 2 x a week !
We play board games a couple nights a week.
Not that often anymore actually.
sometimes on weekends
we play every few weeks
We like to play as much as we can, always have fun with some friendly competition!!
We play once a week!
we play a couple of times a month with our grandson
We occasionally play board games at home on the weekends. We play lots during the holidays and when we’re out camping though!
We try to have a family game night once a month.
We play board games once a week. The night rotates due to schedules, after school activities, errands, etc.. but we always make time 1 evening a week.
We play board games two or three times a month. It is so much fun and i wish we could play more often.
probably monthly
We play games every week with our grandkids
We play every couple of weeks.
We don’t play very often when the weather is good, but we play 2 or 3 times a week when the weather is awful.
We play board games several times a week.
We play board games usually once a week.
We play games once every two weeks.
We play them mostly around holidays when we’re all together at home.
We play mostly around the holidays
We play board games at least once or twice a week.
We play board games or cards every Thursday night
We play them mostly in the summer time when school is out. Not too often.
We play mostly in the summer at camp.
We just started playing games with my five year old and play quite often in a week!
we try and paly weekly
About once a week
it’s getting harder and harder to get everyone together, but i try every couple of weeks
we play often. the grand kids love playing games
We play about once a month unless we have company over who enjoy board games and then it will be more often.
about once a month
at least once a week
At home, we play board games not as often as we should, 4 times a month, at least once a weekend we have family game night, it’s lots of fun
We play they every few weeks. Usually on rainy days 🙂
We have a game night once a week and try to play most weekends.
Well I always wish we could play them once a week, but realistically it is more like once a month. During the winter it is closer to once a week though, but spring/fall/summer we still spend more time outside.
We play board games once or twice a week.
we try to get in a game night once a week 🙂 usually sundays
We love board games and play a couple times a week!
We play 2 times a week usually.
A couple times of year but now that we are out of the baby stage there will be more time…I hope!
We enjoy playing Uno and usually do at least once a week.
I’d love to play them more – we have limited options for our kids’ ages or 2 player games though.
Truthfully I don’t play board games, I don’t enjoy them. However my husband plays games with our kids, at least once a month. He’s great at it. His Father, our kids’ grandpa is even better. When they come visit he plays with the kids all weekend.
we play board games whenever we get together with my family; it varies depending on when we visit.
We donèt play as much anymore, but my son has a standing game on Thursday evenings with his friends.
Your family plays board gamesall the time. Great way to be together
We play board games on average once or twice every 1-2 weeks.
We don’t really play board games too often
We play once a week
our son just turned 4 and we’ve been playing sorry a lot lately. I think we’ll be playing a lot of board games.
My family plays board games several times per week. It is valuable, quality family time together.
I’d have to say bi-weekly
We play at least 4 times a week….current favorite is Stratego. I’d love to have Jenga Quake!
My daughter and I play board games about 3 times a week!
We play board games about once every couple months!
whenever we have a chance, at least every other week
Not enough to be honest. My kids do love them so we should do it more often.
daily – I play a lot of games at work with the kids I see for speech therapy.
We play one board game per week! My husband and I are very competitive!
We play 1x per week. The kids love game night!
Sadly not often enough. Would like to at least once a week.
We played weekly in the winter!
I haven’t played board games in a while, but loved them as a child and am planning to go back to them with my kids now.
We try to play board games every weekend
I play it once a month
I don’t play as much as I wish I did! We don’t have many games at all, always enjoy our scrabble once in awhile.
We dont play board games often enough!
We don’t play much but now that he is a bit older I am hoping we can start!
We try and play board games a few times a week with my grandson , and sometimes when friends ae over , i love playing board games 🙂 we love scrabble and yahtzee 🙂
My kids are a little older now, so not as often as we once did. However, when we are all together for an evening we love to play a fun board game.
At the moment we haven’t been playing many at all but I would like to make friday nights game night, because I love board games
Every week.
Not too often, maybe every few months. But the kids play boardgames with their grandparents a lot more.
We play weekly with our grand daughter
We play board games when we have the great-nieces and great-nephews for sleepovers.
Whenever my little cousins come over. So every few months or so we play board games
We try to play at least once a week, but sometimes it is once a month.
Usually one a week we try to get in some board games
We play once a week.
Every weekend!
I usually play with my grandchildren. We have played monopoly, Chinese checkers, regular checkers, yahtzee and, card games of many types
I have played many games with my grandchildren: yathzee, Chinese checkers, regular checkers, chess, Monopoly, and many types of card games
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Sadly when I moved out from my parents’ house, I left my favourite board game (LIFE) over there. So I play the app instead about once a week.
We like to have family game night every Friday. We play board games 2 or 3 times a month.
Usually once a month but I would like to more often.
Not often enough. In the summer weekly but winter maybe once a month
We have three boys (5, 4, and 2) so they are just beginning to understand the concept of games. Can’t wait to include them in this more. We usually will play board games about every month or so when we have friends over who are able to stay later.
We play around once a week
Not enough – but as my grandkids get older – I want to teach them about board games
We definitely do not play often enough. It is so hard to play as a family with a 14 mth old.
We play board games about once a week.
As a family, we play a lot of games at the cottage and love scrabble at home.
Jenga Quake looks awesome! Thanks for the fantastic contest!
I don’t play any board games. Probably because I don’t own any. Hopefully, I can win this contest and change that.
We like to play once every week or 2 as a family
We definitely don’t play as often as I would like!
We play them often but not often enough. Sometimes it’s just good to unplug and connect as a family
We try to play at least once a month with friends
A couple of times a month.
Family game night every second Friday , we alternate with Family movie night.
as a family – not often enough. my kids play a lot but has a family every few months.
I like hello winter
currently, I am working in a school -aged daycare – I LITERALLY play board games EVERYDAY
We try to play board games at least weekly!
2or 3 times a month
We dont play board games yet, we dont own any yet . We do make our own though .
Once a week with my family!
We play board games about once a month at minimum.
Every week or so, but then sometimes there is binge-playing on special occasions. This new Jenga looks fun!
Probably about once a month as a whole family!
It depends, we play them at the cottage on rainy days & at night, at home we play when it’s really cold outside or if there’s a storm!
we used to play board games daily, now it seems like its monthly
We play board games about every two weeks1 Thanks for the great contest!
We play probably twice a month.
At least once a week. More, if we’re staying indoors because of bad weather, etc.
We play board games twice a week with our grandson.
I play about once a month.
We don’t play them very often, my kids almost old enough to be interested
Our daughter loves games, and will play as often as she can convince someone to play with her 🙂