Family reunion games
Games for big mixed-age groups, indoors or out on the grass.
All family reunion games
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Baby Photo Match
Pin up a baby photo of every guest and let everyone work out who grew up to be whom.
- 6+ players, think game
- 15 min
- Ages 10+
- Calm
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Charades
One player acts out a word or phrase without speaking while their team races the clock to guess it.
- 4+ players, talk game
- 20 min
- Ages 6+
- Lively
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Egg and Spoon Race
Racers carry an egg balanced on a spoon to the finish line. Drop it and you go back to the start.
- 4+ players, move game
- 15 min
- Ages 4+
- Lively
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Fishbowl
The same bowl of names is guessed three times: first by describing, then with one word, then in silence.
- 6–20 players, talk game
- 40 min
- Ages 10+
- Lively
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Limbo
Players bend backward to pass under a bar that drops lower each round, without touching it or the floor.
- 4+ players, move game
- 15 min
- Ages 5+
- Lively
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Marshmallow Tower
Teams have a fixed time to build the tallest free-standing tower they can from dry spaghetti and marshmallows.
- 3+ players, make game
- 20 min
- Ages 7+
- Lively
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Scavenger Hunt
Teams race to find everything on a list, hidden or in plain sight, before the time runs out.
- 2+ players, move game
- 30 min
- Ages 5+
- Lively
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Telephone
A whispered sentence travels around the circle and comes out the other end as something else entirely.
- 6+ players, talk game
- 10 min
- Ages 5+
- Calm
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Three-Legged Race
Pairs race side by side with their inside legs tied together, so the two of them have to move as one.
- 6+ players, move game
- 15 min
- Ages 6+
- Rowdy
How to choose
A reunion often means a large group, a wide spread of ages and relatives who barely know each other. Team games with mixed ages do two jobs at once: they keep everyone busy and they give cousins a reason to talk. Check the player range on each card, since many living-room games stop working past a dozen people.
Not sure which of these fits your group? The game picker asks how many people you have, how old they are and where you are, then deals three games.