Board games that create laughter are nothing new to the hobby. In fact, they are growing in popularity year after year as gamers everywhere continue to choose to laugh with their friends rather than fight with them in Ri sk or take their rent money in Monopoly.

Funny tabletop games will forever be a favorite in the hobby, as they can lead to fantastic experiences and hilarious memories between friends and families. Whether it be inside jokes, funny faces, or silly answers to mundane questions, there are all sorts of reasons that players crack up while playing their favorite game.

10 Cards Against Humanity Is Profanity And Dark Humor In A Box

Cards Against Humanity Board Game White And Black Cards

Cards Against Humanity has become one of the most successful games to come out in the last decade. The game has sold millions upon millions of copies and it sometimes even has a dedicated section at stores like Target. Similar to Apples to Apples, the game gives players a prompt on a black card. They then use their white cards to make the funniest response. The prompts offer great setups for jokes such as a silly question, an incomplete sentence, and more. The crude humor is not for everyone but it resonates with many players.

9 Dixit Makes Weird Artwork Come To Life

Dixit Board Game Setup and Ready To Play

Dixit comes with 84 unique illustrated cards by a lot of different artists. The images are strange, abstract, and sometimes hard to describe. In Dixit, the active player will choose a card from their hand and give a clue about it.

The clue can be anything they want, from a single word to an entire song, the only limit is players' imagination. Then, every other player puts in a card from their hand that they think matches the clue. The clues that players think up have most groups laughing from the very start.

8 Tenzi Is Yahtzee Gone Crazy

Tenzi Board Game and 77 Ways To Play Tenzi

Tenzi gives each player 10 dice and, on the word "Go," everyone rolls and re-rolls their dice as fast as they can until all 10 are the same and that player yells "Tenzi." It is a simple and silly enough game that will keep groups entertained for a short period. However, the same company also made a deck of cards called 77 Ways To Play Tenzi. With this addition, the game comes to life and the crazy new twists on the game make each play almost always ends up in hilarity.

7 Don't Get Got Makes Every Player Feel Like A Spy

Don't Get Got Board Game Party Setup

Don't Get Got is one of the most unique games to come out in the past few years. It's a game that can be played while at a party, while watching movies with friends, or even while playing a completely different game. Each player gets a wallet of unique challenges to complete throughout the night, which includes things like getting someone to wear your hat. If a player ever gets caught,they fail that mission.

6 So Clover Lets Players Feel Incredibly Smart

So Clover Board Game Setup With Components

In So Clover, each player gets a plastic four-leaf clover and puts word cards onto it. Then players must write a clue on each leaf that points to the 2 words underneath. The group works together to try and match the correct cards onto each player's clover while the clover's owner must keep quiet.

This creates hilarious situations where players are baffled by the clues and the clue-giver is even more baffled that the others don't understand the obviously excellent clues they've written down.

5 Just One Is So Simple Yet So Brilliant

Just One Board Game Clues Written Components

In each round of Just One, one player is the active player. They draw a card and say a number between 1 and 5. This gives all other players the word they are trying to make the active player guess. Players then write down one, and only one, word as a clue secretly. The active player then closes their eyes as everyone else shows each other what word they wrote. If 2 or more words are the same, those get erased. Then the active player has to try and guess the answer with only the clues that were one-of-a-kind.

4 Say Anything Gives Players Ultimate Freedom

Say Anything Player Writing On Clue Cards

In Say Anything, all players are given a prompt to respond to. However, instead of playing a card from their hand, players are given a blank slate where they can write anything they can think of. This can be inside jokes, references, absolutely ridiculous answers, it is completely up to the players and leads to some hilarious results. It can certainly be dependent on the group playing, but it can become so silly and so fun that most players will keep coming back for more laughs.

3 Telestrations Mixes Telephone And Pictionary

Telestrations Board Game 12 Player Party Pack Components Inside

Telestrations is now a modern classic that has been captivating gamers and bringing laughter to homes for years. Every player has a dry-erase book and writes a word on the cover. Then, they flip to the next page, draw that thing, and pass the book to the next player. That player then writes what they think the picture is. This continues until all players have contributed to each book. The game is hilarious, as players flip through the books to find out how the word "bird" became "chainsaw juggler".

2 Time's Up Is Everything Right With Party Games

Time's Up Board Game With Timer And Deck Of Cards

Time's Up is played in three rounds with a small deck of answer cards. Two or more groups are competing against each other to guess the most cards in each round. In the first round, players can say anything they want as clues. In the second round, players can only do sounds and miming. In the third round, only miming is allowed.

In just a short period, the game creates inside jokes and motions that are hilarious. It's a hysterical game that has been popular for years for a reason.

1 Balderdash Is As Classic As Party Games Can Be

Balderdash Board Game Scoring Track Pawns Dice And Deck Of Cards

Balderdash is similar to other party games, yet it stands the test of time as one of the favorites. In the game, players are given a prompt such as an acronym, weird word, or a person's name. Each player then writes down what they think the correct answer, definition, or description is trying to pass off their answer as the real answer. Those are the rules, but most players just write answers to make each other laugh. If a night of crying from laughter is what players are after, then they don't need to look any further than Balderdash.

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