Treat yourself to some better board games

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Sourced from two bona fide board game boffins, trust us when we say it’s unlikely that you’ll get a better list of board game recommendations anywhere else.

This summer, the meteorologists of New Zealand are wisely hedging their bets with their Christmas and summer holiday forecasts. La Niña is with us for a historic third year and with this complex weather system comes the constant possibility of rain and spending holiday time indoors with your nearest and dearest.

Avoiding difficult conversations for the sake of peace is a game in and of itself but many of us will turn to literal games to pass the time.

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If you’re still playing Cranium but not doing the sculpting challenge because the playdough dried up ten years ago, or angrily slogging your way through the millennium edition of Trivial Pursuit which is inexplicably awful for both young and old, it might be time to upgrade your games.

These recommendations have been sourced from Ezra Whittaker, who has a literal masters in board game design and works at The Spinoff’s sister agency Daylight, and Te Aihe Butler, podcast manager and founding member of The Spinoff’s board game club.

Wavelength (All ages, 2-12 players)

Wavelength is a social guessing game. Two teams compete to read each other’s minds. Teams take turns to rotate a dial to where they think a hidden “bullseye” is located on a spectrum. One player, known as the “psychic” draws a card with a pair of binaries on it – Hot/Cold, for