Every table has a youngest player and a loudest one, and the game should be picked for the youngest. Uno Spin suits a table with a seven-year-old, and Incohearent suits one where everyone's 17 or over.
The rest comes down to whether your table would rather draw, answer questions or slide tokens into each other's property.
What suits a family table with children at it?
Uno Spin, £15.29, is for ages 7 and up. It's Uno with a spinner: when someone plays the spin card they spin the wheel and do what it says, with commands like Swap Hands and Double Spin. The page says the cards carry symbols that identify each colour, so players with any form of colour blindness can join in. It doesn't give a player count or a playing time.
Game Monopoly Knockout, £22.49, takes 2 to 8 players aged 8 and over. You aim, slide and collide your tokens to knock rivals onto Super Tax or Jail, or off the board altogether, and collect more cash. There are 16 sliding tokens in four colours, and teams are allowed. It's a Monopoly where the contents list has no dice, so your aim takes the blame.
Pictionary Air 2 needs two devices
Pictionary Air 2, £21.59, is the drawing game, and the drawing happens in mid-air with a light pen. You see it on screen and can cast it to the TV. The app is free, and the page says its clues cover themes for players of all ages, so younger players can join a family night or the grown-ups can set up their own.
Check what you own before you check the box. The game needs two smart devices, and they aren't included. Two device stands are. Casting to the TV also needs a streaming device, which isn't included either.
Incohearent is for tables with nobody under 17
Incohearent, £19.79, is a card game for 2 to 20 players aged 17 and up. The page says it isn't meant to be played with children. It's the word game on this list, and the words mostly aren't words.
One player is the judge, flips the sand timer and holds up a card so only they can see the answer. Everyone else reads the gibberish on the front aloud until someone hears the real phrase in it. First to decode 13 cards wins, and there are 500 cards in the box, which is a lot of nonsense said with great confidence.
What about the trivia table?
Game Trivial Pursuit Drop Trivia, £22.49, is the trivia pick. Its listing is thin: the page talks about Hasbro Gaming in general and doesn't give a player count, an age or a playing time. Check the box for those before you plan an evening around it.
Count the people at your table against the range on the box before you buy. Monopoly Knockout stops at 8, and Incohearent goes up to 20.
Prices read on Wednesday 11 November 2026.