Press - Forbes - Oct 31, 2025

Party Board Games To Liven Up The Night

By Alora Bopray & Jim McNett

Original source:
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/party-board-games-forbes/

"What Makes a Board Game Great for Parties? “This is a trick question because ‘board’ games aren’t good for groups larger than the number of players. Nothing kills a party atmosphere faster than watching somebody else roll dice for an hour,” says Evelyn Martin, brand activation expert at Directionless Creative and party gamer extraordinaire."

"Martin has hosted over 50 game parties at her house and hundreds of group events for her clients. These are their favorite party games and the ones that Martin has seen liven up groups the most:"

"The best party game for groups of any size, of any age, is Catchphrase. It’s fast, interactive, vocal (not sitting silently around a board), high energy, different every time, and people can join or leave whenever. “If you gave me an entire games store, told me I could only keep one party game, I would pick Catchphrase 99/100 times,” says Martin."

Editorial Notes:

The "hundreds of group events for her clients" mentioned in this article refers to Evelyn Martin's decade as a Brand Activation Specialist inside Diageo & AB-InBev; it was her job to throw parties on and off-premise for all the billion-dollar alcohol brands in those companies portfolios.