My wife and I have played hundreds of card and board games and this is by far our most played one. Promising review: 'This is the only game I’ve ever felt compelled to leave a review on. The player with the most cards at the end wins! The first to answer correctly wins the round and keeps the card. Famous Spacecraft), which you'll probably find a lot more difficult than expected under pressure. Matching players then race to give an example of the category on their opponent's card (Ex. The basics: This fast-paced game has players flipping cards until the symbols on two players’ cards match. And since it's just a deck of cards, it's so easy to travel with - I even have the carrying case! It's really easy to teach newbies usually have a handle on things after the first round, and rounds go by quick. My partner and I teach it to everyone who will let us, and we've yet to encounter someone who hasn't also fallen in love with this super engaging, fast-paced, and competitive game. Number of players: 2–4 (an expansion pack is available for more players). Unused Blitz pile cards count for negative two points, while every card played in the center Dutch piles count for one point each. Whoever clears their pile first yells 'Blitz' and the round is over. Players compete simultaneously to create Dutch piles in the center, laying down cards of the same color in sequence while using as many cards from their Blitz Pile as possible. Each player starts the game by dealing themselves a 10-card 'Blitz' pile and the primary goal is to get rid of that pile as quickly as possible. The basics: Each player has a stack of 40 cards containing cards 1–10 in four colors. All around a great game to add to your collection.' - DivaChalice

It would be great for kids, families, and adults. It is easy to teach and set up, which is nice when we have newcomers to our gaming group.

It's a great game to throw into the mix, and usually gets us talking and joking around a bit more than our other games. We tend to play more involved Euro-strategy games, but we decided to test Codenames after seeing so many positive reviews.

Promising review: 'It almost feel redundant to leave a review for this since everyone and their mother has done so already, but my gaming group loves Codenames. Spymasters give one word clues trying to tie as many codenames together as possible, and get their teammates to locate all their agents before the other team. Their teammates only know the agents by their 'codenames' - cards on the board with random words. The basics: Two players act as their team's 'spymaster' who knows the locations of all the secret agents.

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