Nowadays, having planned sleepovers are rare, especially if you’re already an adult. Thankfully, kids and teens do still like staying over at their beloved friends’ houses. Whatever the reason the sleepover will happen or who’ll be there, it’s advisable to bring or get some board games and jigsaw puzzles ready.
Since you’ve landed on this page, you might be wondering why you should even own those kinds of games and if it’s still a good idea.
1. Play Jigsaw puzzles to let you and your friends get closer
Board games are excellent at making friends closer or further apart, depending on the game you’ll choose to play. Regardless, most games are multiplayer and can be played in teams. And having shared victories and defeats are great at making relationships closer.
If you don’t want to risk getting your friends annoyed with each other, especially if you have that one overly competitive friend, jigsaw puzzles are a great choice. It’s a compelling game that can take your friends’ hands off their phones so you can socialize more. Not to mention that you can give them as gifts to them once the sleepover’s over.
2. Play The Game Of Life to let you relieve some stress
Aside from getting closer to your friends, you most probably wanted to have the sleepover to relieve some of the tension you’ve been building up. While talking to your friends often is enough, the conversation may hit a dead end even if you still feel down. Thankfully, you can make the night longer and relieve yourself with board games and puzzles.
The best board game to have when you want to destress is the Game of Life. With it, you can revive your dreams about the future, even if it’s already too late and your life is already in shambles. You can even gain insight into what you need to do next and push you to make intelligent decisions, which may even turn your life around.
It’s one of the oldest board games you can play. Milton Bradley, a highly successful lithographer and creator of many beloved board games, invented this game in 1860. Originally named The Checkered Game Of Life, the game has been continually changing, but you can opt to have the classic or modern version.
3. Play Clue to sharpen your mind and show off your deduction skills
Clue is one of the classic games you can play during a sleepover. With it, you and your friends can play as detectives and discover what happened to the poor Mr. Boddy. Playing this game can sharpen and let you show off your deduction skills.
If most of you don’t know how to play it, you may want to consider watching the Clue movie to be more acquainted with how it works. Despite being a flop when it was released in 1985, it became a cult classic. It’s a great watch, especially if you and your friends are fans of mystery, drama, thriller, and comedy flicks.
4. Scrabble to let you be competitive with your friends
Scrabble is a staple in every sleepover, and it’s an excellent game if you’re a competitive bunch. It’ll also test your vocabulary and how creative you can get. The game is also fun, and hilarity ensues whenever one of your friends tries to pass ridiculous strings of letters as actual words.
5. Play Risk to let you burn a lot of time
Risk is a game where you play as leaders set to conquer the world. You’re given 200 infantries, 12 cavalries, and eight artilleries to play the game. Some rules may change depending on the number of players in the game. You have 42 territories to take over, and the game ends once you get all of them.
The fun thing about this game is that it’ll test your patience and diplomacy skills. Know that this game requires several hours to finish, so be sure to start early in the day if you want to sleep. If you do forget about the time, be sure to do all the sleep regimes you know to get a good shuteye in your friend’s house.
6. Play Monopoly to let time pass as you shut off your brain
Monopoly is an excellent feel-good game that you can enjoy with your friends. The best thing about this game is that it can trick you that you’re good at it. To win a game often requires luck, as every move you make relies on your dice rolls. If you lose on a game, it’s fine. You know well that your luck is bad that day.
Monopoly is the game of choice if you just want to waste some time and have fun. If you’re playing with kids, it’s an excellent game to teach them how life is unfair as this game is good at teaching that lesson, especially if one of the players is steamrolling everyone.
7. Play Uno to destroy and strengthen your friendships at the same time
While Uno being considered a board game can be controversial for some pedantic people, no one can argue that it’s a great game. Despite having simple mechanics, the laughter and drama this game can generate are endless. The more people you have, the better—just be sure you have a lot of decks.
Uno is a game you can play thoughtfully or carelessly. It’s the game of choice if you’re a few hours away from sleeping, as it’s easy to put down once a round is over.
8. Play Cards Against Humanity to blow some steam off
There will be times that you and your friends will be too tired of society and the world in general. Playing Cards Against Humanity—it’s fairly a new game—can let you blow some steam off and keep your sanity in check. It’s also a great game to play if you have a friend who’s too prim and proper.
Card Against Humanity is a fun-filled game, and it gets better if you have a few creative friends in tow.
Conclusion
It’s true that people can play games using their smart devices and handheld consoles during sleepovers nowadays. However, it can’t beat board games and jigsaw puzzles when it comes to making you and your friends organically interact.
Also, playing one lets you have a change of pace. It’s no secret that most people spend most of their time in front of LED-lit screens these days. Bringing and having a classic board game with you during a sleepover is a very welcome thing. Not to mention it can let you experience some sweet childhood nostalgia.
