The 10 Best Games to Gift this Holiday Season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With delicious holiday treats, festive decorations, classic movies and family traditions, there are an abundance of reasons to bask in the yuletide glow. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or another festive holiday, games are a popular gift for kids and adults alike. From competitive board games to epic strategy games and hilarious party games, browse our list of the best games for 2020 and find the perfect gift for the holidays this year!
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Wingspan
Wingspan is a competitive card game that will make you think! Embrace your inner bird enthusiast and attract the best birds to your preserve. Get food by rolling the dice, lay eggs and draw from hundreds of unique bird cards. The player with the most points at the end wins!
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Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is a hilarious party game for children and adults. Simple enough to understand for an 8-year-old child but funny enough that parents will love the game too. This game will bring Gen Z, millennials and baby boomers together. Make sure you have quick reflexes to slap the pile when taco/cat/goat/cheese/pizza is achieved!
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Azul
Become a tile-laying artist and design a beautiful Portuguese palace inspired by the Moors. In this puzzle game, players take turns drafting colorful tiles onto their palace, in combinations that will allow them to score the most points. Azul is a very tactile game that looks like table art when you play!
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What Do You Meme? TikTok Edition
Fans of the party game What Do You Meme will rejoice! An entirely new set of meme cards is available— this time with Tik Tok memes. Similar to Cards Against Humanity, the judge picks out a meme, the rest of the players put down what they think is the funniest caption and the judge chooses their favorite!
Wavelength by Alex Hague, Justin Vickers and Wolfgang Warsch (2022 B&N Game of the Season)
Palm Court
5
Other Format
$39.99
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Wavelength
Wavelength is a fun team thinking game for older kids (14 & up) and adults. Break up into teams, choose a card and try to guess what target your teammate has chosen. If you’re on the same wavelength (get it?), you’ll win!
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Hues and Cues
Roses are red, violets are blue … I’m not reading you a poem, but the premise of this game! Using one or two-word clues, you must guess the color hue of your word. With 480 colors on the board, it’s not a simple task, but the closer you are to the correct answer, the more points you earn!
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Exploding Kittens Original
While not the most realistic game (how many exploding kittens have you seen in your life?), it certainly is one of the most fun. Players of all ages will enjoy this fast-paced card game. Similar to UNO, you must play action cards to defeat other players until you’re the last remaining. Most importantly, don’t get blown up by an exploding kitten!
M.A.S.H.
Mansion, apartment, shack, house. Does this ring a bell? The classic game of MASH that you used to play in your high school notebooks is back and better than ever. Determine your fortune including your profession, significant other, where you’ll live and what type of transportation you’ll have. With 300 fate cards and 40 scenario cards, every fortune you tell will be unique. This quick 10-minute game is fun to play anytime, anywhere and with anyone!
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You Laugh You Drink
A party game that’s as hilarious as it is simple. Adults will love this game, especially after a drink or two. Can you keep a straight face as your friends do ridiculous maneuvers around you? With over 200 gut-busting prompt cards including tickling, dancing, screaming and impersonating, you’re sure to find it very challenging to not laugh.
Disney Jungle Cruise Game
One of the best new board games this year is the Disney Jungle Cruise game. Join in the adventure and imagine you are the Skipper on this boat ride! Perfect for children around 8 years old but very much enjoyed with the rest of the family. Available in B&N stores only.
Shop our holiday gift guide list for even more great games to gift this season.











