For many of us, board games are a great way to spend quality time with friends and family. They’re also a great way to get together with the same people and get new friends. Whether you’ve been playing board games for years or are just getting started, there’s an app for every type of player out there—from the beginner who needs help learning their first game to the expert looking for something more challenging. Take a look at these 4 board games that you can find in an app form!
Codenames
Codenames is a game that’s easy to learn, but you’ll have to take the time to play the game before you realize it.
The goal of Codenames is for two teams to identify their agents as they try not to give away their own identities and assassinate as many enemy agents as possible. This sounds simple enough, but it gets more complicated with each round because new words are added by changing one letter on a previously used word in order to keep guessing what other players’ words actually mean!
Settlers of Catan
Settlers of Catan is a strategy board game that has become so popular its name has entered the popular lexicon. It can be played by 2 to 4 players, and each game takes about 45 minutes to an hour to complete.
The aim of Settlers of Catan is for each player to build settlements and cities in order to generate resources, which are used for building roads and purchasing victory points (VPs) through development cards. The game ends when one player reaches 10 VPs; whoever has the highest score wins!
Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride is a board game, card game, and strategy game all in one. It’s also easy enough for kids to play but still challenging enough for adults.
In Ticket to Ride you are building railroads across America in the 19th century. You do this by playing cards that allow you to claim train routes between cities on the board—and the more routes you complete, the more points you earn. If your opponents complete routes before you do, they will score points instead of you!
The goal is simple: be first player with 200 or more points at any time during the game (or win outright if no one achieves 200).
Ticket to Ride is great for families because every player can work together toward a common goal even if they’re competing against each other at times; it’s cooperative and competitive at once!
Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game that has been around since 1948. It’s one of the most popular board games in the world, and you can play versions of it on your phone or tablet.
In Scrabble, players take turns placing letter tiles on a board to make words out of them. Each letter tile scores points once it’s placed, depending on where it is and what letter it makes (for example: S is worth 7 points if placed on a double-letter square). The player with the highest total score wins!