Family games nights are set to increase this year according to recent research from Drumond Park and I couldn’t agree more with their findings.
A predicted 51% increase over last year in the purchase of table-top games (which include traditional board games and action games) among parents of 4-9 year-olds may well be on the way.
Drumond Park surveyed over 1,000 families over the Summer and autumn and found more families are planning to buy games this year, an increase on last year. We love family games nights, and where I thought as the boy got older he would grow out of wanting to sit down and play with us I have found the opposite. OK, so there is still the pull of wanting to play computer games, but some nights he will ask to play a board or card game.
Traditional board games are a way of bringing different generations together and help communication between generations. The parents of children aged 4 -9 were surveyed and the findings showed a change of thinking. Parents are wanting to spend more quality time with their kids and surprisingly kids are loving playing games too.
But the main reason parents want more table-top games than ever before is because their children just love them. In previous independent research, undertaken by Drumond Park in May of this year, 86% of 4-9-year-old boys and girls said playing table-top games is one of their favourite forms of play. For girls only, the figure is 87%, while almost 90% of 6-year-olds of both sexes rate table-top games over other forms of play.
For us as a family its time to chat about our day or week, to learn new games and strategy’s and generally just have fun. There is nothing better than ganging up on Dad Dragon with a game of Dig In, or just silly fun with games like Crazy Claw, or Pickin Chickens.
For your chance to win the Family Game Pickin Chickens from Drumond Park enter with my Gleam app below.
Pickin Chickens
Picking Chickens is available in store and online now, 2-4 players for ages 4+ RRP £19.99
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Research method
Research was carried out on behalf of Drumond Park Games by Censuswide in May and October 2016. Two sets of 1,000 and 1,004 parents with children aged 4-9 years answered online questionnaires.
quite often we all love monopoly
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity
we play games like frustration, scrabble, monopoly. not as often as we should really, still lots of fun
MONOPOLY
Mostly at the weekends. We like Cluedo
About every 5-6 week when we stay at daughters, grandson then daughter games come out, monopoly is the one that comes out
At least once a week. We often play Mousetrap
On a sunday we tend to play board games, we like monopoly.
At least once a week and they love Bunny Jump
We play quite regularly and like scrabble.
Probably once or twice a month – we like Monopoly
we play weekly at the moment its monopoly empire
Monopoly and snakes & ladders but don’t play as often as we would like. We will make up for it over Christmas though 🙂
we like playing hungry hippos x
once a week our fav is Simpson cluedo
Board games, not that often. My daughter (almost 4) has only recently took an interest, so we’ve bought a couple for Christmas :o) but I love a good board game, me and the OH was playing Cluedo the other night (my favourite!!) … xx
Normally a few times a month and we love monopoly. 🙂
Hungry Hippo, one of my sons favourites 🙂 i would say we may play once a week
We played one today. ‘what a performance’ great fun with my little ones 🙂 we love games so play a few times a week.
We play at family get togethers. We don’t have children yet but we did have a niece and nephew 🙂
we like guess who and play it as often as we can
We play happy families. Would love to play this with kids
regular, we love Guess Who, we have tournaments.
we play games every saturday night, board and card games, our favourite is cluedo
We love playing Frustration.
at least a couple of times a week x
We do play alot of board games mostly on a weekend our favourite at the moment is Frustration
I love playing Monopoly with my family and doing puzzles 🙂
we play the new monopoly empire game almost every night 🙂 speak out looks good too.
most weekends ,my grandaughter loves frustration x
My partner usually plays games with our son before bedtime, their current favourite is the BBQ party game.
We play more during the colder months and my daughters favourite board game is a Disney pictoria one!
We play on gloomy weekends and our favourite game is monopoly
all together only at Christmas, Aquire. My daughter runs a board game club that meets twice a week at our local Tescos.
we play once or twice a year and our fav is Tabu
together, only at Christmas we play Aquire. My daughter runs a board game club though
Only at Christmas really!
Forgot to add Monopoly is my fave!
we play them most weekends, monopoly junior usually goes down well
This game looks like so much fun, we play Monopoly we have the Monopoly that you stick photos of your family on so we try to buy each other haha and we like playing The electronic Guess Who!
I love Monopoly but my 2 are too young for that at the mo – they love the different orchard toys games
We do once every couple of weeks, classics like monopoly or trivial pursuit.
Usually on a Sunday after dinner 🙂
Weekly and love frustration
We play games quite regularly and love Dino bite.
Not as often as I should and my favourite game is snap
We only seem to play board games at Christmas on when we’re on holiday. But we do love playing them when we do!
monopoly
Mainly only at Christmas however our Xmas tradition is however tired I am we open all their new board games and play them all on Boxing Day. Our favourite I think was pop up pirate! Simple but fun x
About once a week or so and the girls love Bunny Jump
The girls love all arts and crafts but especially things to do with glitter,glue,paper,pens and scissors
Very rarely and my favourite is the Game of Life.
We’ve only just started as my children weren’t old enough before. Our favourite at the moment is a christmas tree stacking game
We play them a couple of nights a week, our favourite is Monopoly
We try to play them a few evenings a week xx
Once a week risk
Not as often as I would like and the game of life
Not as often as we would like but once every few months usually at family events. Favourites are Monopoly, Cluedo and Scrabble, the old classics!
We like to play them as much as we can, We love board games and we play them whenever we can! 🙂
We play about once a week and love monopoly
Once a week. My favourite is monopoly but everybody else hates it!
we like to play on a Sunday. Love Cluedo
It varies, might not play any for a few months, then play almost daily for a week or two.
Normally about once a month or so – and our favourite is Articulate!
Not often enough about every 4 months
weekends we play monopoly
We play as often as we can and tend to play Pictionary more than any others
only really at christmas now.
quite often especially frustration
Every few days when my son is in the mood. Tummy ache is our favourite at the moment.
We love board games in our family, so we play about once a week. We love classics like Monopoly, but also some slightly less well known ones like Carcassonne. Anything by Orchard games is usually good too.
we try a game of Scrabble now and then
not as often as we used to, we have some giant ones we play in the garden in the summer and then normally Christmas. our favourite is frustration.
We have regular Games nights about once a fortnight (or more if there’s nothing else on) and love to play pictureka, monopoly and Bingo
We try to have family night every Friday playing games, watching films and eating what the children choose for dinner. My favorite board game is cluedo.
Most weeks, we like monopoly
Every few weeks as a family, nearly every day with my daughter.
Only around xmas and our holidays now. I really like Disney Trivial Pursuits
We play a board game every couple of weeks, we like trivial pursuit or logo
Not often enough I love a board game family night
Once every month or so, but we should do it more!
We play them every Christmas. My favourite is Monopoly
Sunday afternoons at Nanny’s house in the winter and we love Trivial Pursuit.
We play monopoly mostly on a weekend
About once a month but we should play more often!!
Mostly at the weekend it’s usually monopoly but I also like the game of life
We play them quite regularly as my daughter loves board games, my favourite is Cluedo but my daughter loves Connect 4
we play board games often , our current favourite is Best of British
now they are older we play games a lot less unfortunately – but mostly at christmas
we all like a game of monopoly x if it doesnt cause a fight lol
we usually play 1 or 2 at the weekends, my children are young so its usually something like frustration or buckaroo.
monopoly
about once \ fortnight and we looove monopoly or mouse trap
Most days we love snake and ladders at the minute.
Beehive Bedlam maybe once or twice a week
Not as often as I would like to and Monopoly
Every other weekend if we can and games like articulate and monopoly
We tend to play games during the school holidays and my favourite is monopoly. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
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We play every few weeks, flounders and Articulate! are our favourites
I like to play Cluedo or monopoly with the older two but frustration and pop up pirate are favourites with my younger two.
At least a couple of times a month
We play at least 3 times a week – my 7 & 4 year olds love board games. At the minute Buckaroo and monopoly are the favourites
Usually once a week when grandson stays over, normally its monopoly or don’t laugh
Every month when the grandkids come for the weekend. Our favourite at the moment is Don’t Wake Dad
We all ways play over the weekends at more at the holidays. We love monopoly
Making Pom Poms is a family favourite . From Pom Pom spiders to Pom Pom Santa Claus x
We play them all the time. We actually had great fun playing ‘Hungry Hippo’ just last night. My little boy gets so worked up if he loses though 😉
I love playing Monopoly! We usually play board games once a week!
monopoly every few weeks 😀
once a week we try
we play weekly, usually at weekends, monopoly and the game of life are a couple of our fave’s
At the moment we are into pig goes pop and my daughter would have us playing it at every opportunity if she could!
we play them very often and we love monopoly the best
We play board games all the time, my Daughter always chooses and loves monopoly and mouse trap
we play them more over christmas and rainy days x
We play alot in the winter 🙂 we love monopoly 🙂
i love board games so we play them alot, more so over the weekends and half term xx we love game of life
Quite often, scrabble, monopoly, card games ~
We play every couple of days, at the moment they love frustration
Once a month–Disney version of Candy Land.
We play monthly and our favourite is PayDay
this is a great prize
frustration we love it
Every Saturday needs get us family night so we all play a board game and have a good laugh
At least once a week. We love Scrabble.
We have a family night once a week and playing games such as Buckaroo and frustration keep us all entertained
Our favourite board game at the minute is monopoly and we try to have at least one night a week where we play a few family board games
we try for once a week, doesn’t always happen though. our favourite is Hungry Hippos
We get together weekly play board games with the kids then adults have a quiz night once a month
We usually play once a week, or once a fortnight, depending on how busy our weekends are! We love Monopoly Junior if we’re including the kids, but Articulate and Trivial Pursuit for the grown-ups!
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we all love monopoly
We try to once a week and pass the bomb is the favourite.
Guess Who
My five year old grand-daughter loves Don’t Wake Dad and chess.
At least once a month but I do try for once a fortnight.
Less nowadays as my son is always out playing football with his friends, but we do try to play a game once a week at the weekends.
My 5 year old daughter loves playing board games with us. Our favourites currently are the classics like Snakes and Ladders and Connect 4.
every few weeks
We try to play once a week and the favourite at the moment is snakes and ladders.
Around every couple of weeks, we love boardgames
we play every Sunday afternoon
Most days. We usually play the shopping list game, or things like hungry hippos/pop up pirate!
We try to play quite often, my kids love Guess Who and Monopoly
We love all board games from Mouse Trap to Monopoly! This looks great
We usually play a board game on the weekends if we’ve got some time, usually monopoly! I wish we had more spare time though as it’s nice to have some family time.
Probably a few times a month! The current favourite is Snakes and Ladders
Every week our favourite is monopoly
We love the Logo Game in our house!
every week and we all enjoy Cludeo the best
Not that often, but Monopoly is our favourite
About twice s month
we like to play Hotel Tycoon.
We only really play at holiday times and our favourite is the Game of Life.
We tend to only play them at Christmas but should do more often to be honest. I love Monopoly!
We have games night once a month our favourite is Disney trivia pursuits as everyone knows the answers adults and all
once every couple of weeks. we love scrabble
We play board games every now and then. Not too often because there are a few sore losers in our house hahahha. We are into the logo board game at the moment x
we tend to play more games in the winter our favourite at the minute is monopoly tho its still a bit hard for our youngest to join in
My littlest children enjoy lotto type games and these are great because all the family can play. My eldest loves connect 4
We often play on Sundays. No single fav but played Pop up Pirate & Buckaroo this week.
We play them at weekends our favorite at the moment is BBQ Party Game 🙂
Most weekends and we usually play alphabet loto with my son
We love playing board games. Monopoly is a favourite in our house but we also like cluedo
We play board games quite often, I love The Logo Game
Regularly we play Monopoly
Not as much as we should, we like Monopoly
every day from frustration to hungry hippo’s my kids love games
Monopoly
We play every few days. My little girl loves a sweet game from ELC which teaches colours
Not as often as I would like. Currently like LABYRINTH
WE LOVE CLUEDO
several times a week! Cluedo, Monopoly and Risk!
Build a Beetle
about once a week. Our favourite changes but at the moment it is Frustration
love playing Monopoly
Family Get-togethers
Usually weekends and def over Christmas!
We love playing games and often have a game night once a month.
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We play quite regularly, love Scrabble.
we have a monthly board game afternoon as my other half only gets 1 weekend off a month currently its horrible histories monolopy
We try and play at least once a week, Flick Em Up is a favourite at the minute.
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Every Sunday night! We love Gooey Louis in our house!
its got to be hungry hippos or monopoly. Either one ends in violence !
maybe once or twice a week we love monopoly junior
hungry hippos 🙂
Once a week, my favourite is monopoly.
Not as often as we should, maybe once a week. We love Ludo x
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We don’t play as often as we used to, my favourite it Monopoly but I take it a little too seriously
We usually play on the weekend as the kids get to have a slightly later night so we all get in our pjs and play board games! x
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We play board games most weekends 🙂
daughter loves playing the cupcake game
Not very often, but we do occasionally when the weather is bad.
Monopoly is our favourite, play it occasionally
Not very often – I like Monopoly
We play about once a week. We like frustration or monopoly but my sons tend to get bored with that
We love GUESS WHO, most weekends. least one month!
Trivial pursuit but don’t get round to playing it as much as I’d like xx
we play board games a few times a month our favourite game is guess who
Most weeks we play some kind of game so could do with some fresh ones
We have a board game party once a month, I love logo, but the kids like Disney trivial pursuit and hungry hippos
I play all the time with my children, our favourite at the minute is Frozen Monopoly .x
every week we tend to play on a Sunday after dinner when our grandson is here but the older ones dont join in as much now
we try on a weekend
Definitely not often enough, my daughter will be 5 in january, I’m hoping her attention span will be a little better as the last games we purchased barely got played!
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we like to play cluedo
We like playing all sorts but the favourite is monopoly
we play them weekly
Every Saturday or Sunday. My favourite is Scrabble but my daughter is a bit too young to play it 🙂
We all play articulate, but if often gets quite rowdy!
Not as often as I’d like to, but when we have the nephews round we tend to play something. I like the old classics like Cluedo
most weekends we play board games and our favourites are monopoly,cluedo and connect 4
We love a good board game and play several times a week.
we play board games every sunday me and the kids
Nearly everyday in our house 🙂 xox
Not v often. Monopoly.
we play about once a month or so , my favourite is mousetrap
I love playing board games. At the moment the kids love Pie Face but I force them to play my fav, Hotel, sometimes x
not as often as i would like. picked up hungry hippos recently – that has gone down a treat.
Love games , think there the most important part of family time together.
Scrabble
Scrabble….
Not as often as I would like – a handful of times a year.
Our favourite is Cluedo.
Not very often, my son has only just started being interested in them, so has asked for a few for Christmas
at least once a month maybe more will all will get together and play games most of the day
Usually once a week, on a Sunday afternoon.