Big Group? Start Here.

Games that survive eight-plus people and at least one skeptic.

We've watched most games buckle somewhere around six people, right when the extended family shows up or the whole office decides to join in. These are the ones we trust past eight, nine, ten. Even with the cousin who insists, every single time, that he doesn't like games.

The games

Fishbowl — “The rules fit on an index card, and round three has ended at least one friendship we know of.” PLAY IT TONIGHT — ♥ maya, 41 plays

Gartic Phone — “Telephone meets Pictionary, and everyone's a criminal.” FREE, JUST GO — ♦ rosa, 12 plays

Blood on the Clocktower — “Werewolf for people who got tired of dying first and doing nothing all night.” GOOD WITH THE RIGHT CROWD — ♣ einar, 6 plays

Spaceteam — “Everyone shouts nonsense until the ship explodes. Somehow this is cooperative.” FREE, JUST GO — ♠ sam, 17 plays

Wavelength — “Argue about whether a hot dog is a sandwich, but with a scoring dial.” WORTH OWNING — ♠ sam, 11 plays

Codenames — “Reveals exactly how your best friend's brain works. Or doesn't.” WORTH OWNING — ♣ einar, 23 plays