Online family game night ideas

The first game that came to mind is Welcome to (Your Perfect Home) because you can play with as many players as you want, and the only pieces are one pre-printed sheet of paper per person (which you could laminate and use over and over) and a deck of cards that get flipped over once per turn for everyone to see (so everyone wouldn't need their own deck). It's not really interactive though, everyone does their own thing on their own board.

Any of those party games where you yell out answers (Outburst, Scattergories, Pictionary...) might work too.

My dh’s employer had them all playing online trivia with crowdpurr.com. I believe it’s free for 20 or fewer. They played it with 250 employees.

Just FYI: Unless you have a paid account, Zoom limits free meetings to 40 or 45 min.

My game night is playing Fiasco today. Never played it. We usually do hardcore board games but are trying to work with the limitations.

I can imagine Codenames could be possible with some workarounds. But cooperative games will likely be best. We are considering doing Pandemic at some point since it's available in a digital app version — the owner can just do a screenshare.

I played virtual Yatzee on FaceTime with my grandson yesterday.

Just wanted to pop back on this thread to share that I found an app. It’s called Houseparty. Games are limited, but they have trivia,heads up and a drawing one. Not sure what the max number is.

There is a site that ends in .io that does online card games including poker and cards against humanity.

I upgraded my Zoom account to the Pro level which allows me to go over 40 minutes. There are other levels to choose from as well. Itʻs only $14.99/mo. for the Pro level  if you are paying month-to-month. I thought it was well worth it. I too, am looking for some other games to play. I have played Sparked with a woman who hosts these games in person usually. She has adapted the game for online play by holding the spinner and spinning for everyone else. Then, she pulls the appropriate card and reads the question for the person to answer. This is a women-only group game and is meant for those who love those sort of "deep talks" with other women. 

Did you use a real boggle game or a digital?

my dd and I have been playing upwords but we are in the same house. I think my mom would enjoy playing a game with us from her house.

Btt..

Zoom is waiving the time limit for now. I was on with friends the other day and at about 35 mins a pop up announced that the limit was being waived for the time being. That was nice.

Friend said she had gotten the same message in several other chats she'd had a on Zoom, as well.