Big group outings may be put on hold for the time being, but that does not mean that your group of 5 or fewer friends can't have a good time with our tabletop games. In fact, with social distancing measures in place, playing tabletop games may just be one of the safest activities to do outdoors. Here we compiled a list of our best games for your games day outing!

 

#1. Bohnanza, $23.90

Mechanisms: Hand Management, Negotiation, Set Collection, Trading

No. of Players: 3 to 5

Playing Time: 45 minutes

Suitable for ages 10 and above

 

As card games go, this one is revolutionary. By having the oddest rule that you cannot rearrange your cards in hand, you will have to plan and play strategically to plant fields of these beans, and then harvest them. The game enhances the negotiation skills of the players as you barter with your friends for the bean cards you want!

How to Play:

1. Each player starts with a random hand of bean cards (Remember, you can’t rearrange them!)
2. On your turn, you must plant the first 1 or 2 cards in your hand into the “fields” in front of you. Each player starts off with 2 fields and each field can only hold 1 type of bean. If all fields are full, yet you still have to plant a new type of bean, you must harvest a field to make room for the new arrival.
3. Next, reveal 2 cards from the draw pile. You may trade these 2 cards and your cards on hand with other players. You can even chose to make future promises!
4. End your turn by drawing 2 cards, placing them at the back of your hand.
5. When you harvest beans, check to see if you collected enough bean cards to earn coins. After playing through the deck 3 times, the richest player wins!

#2. Castle Panic, $59.9

Mechanisms: Battle Card Driven, Semi-Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Trading

No. of Players: 1 to 6

Playing Time: 60 minutes

Suitable for ages 10 and above

 

A favourite of medieval, fantasy lovers- Castle Panic. Your group must work together to protect the castle and keep the monsters lurking in the forests at bay. Trade cards, slay the monsters, and strategise to stay alive. Ensure the group’s survival, but make sure you got the upper hand to be… The Master Slayer!

How to Play:

1. Draw cards to have a full hand of cards. At the start of your turn, you may discard 1 card from hand and draw another card to replace it.
2. Next, you may trade cards with others to improve your hand
3. Then, you can play as many cards as you want that are in your hand. The cards can be used to attack/slay/slow down monsters, build walls that are destroyed, or even to draw more cards.
4. Following, the monsters will move closer to the castle
5. Draw 2 new monster tokens and resolve them. It is now the next player’s turn.
6. The players win when all 49 monsters are slayed. Add up the number of victory points for slaying the monsters and the player with the most points is the Master Slayer! However, if the last tower in the castle is destroyed, the monsters win.

#3. Coup, $32.90

Mechanisms: Hidden Roles, Memory, Player Elimination, Variable Player Powers, Bluffing

No. of Players: 2 to 6

Playing Time: 15-30 minutes

Suitable for ages 13 and above

 

Coup is a game involving elements of manipulation, deception and bribing to rise up to power. With a variety of characters, you can chose to lie about your character and utilise their special action! Accumulate as many coins as you can, and launch a COUP to eliminate one player’s character immediately.

How to Play:

1. Shuffle all character cards and deal 2 cards to each player faced down. Each player can check their own cards.
2. On your turn, refer to your summary card and chose an action to take. You can chose to bluff the other players and claim a character that you do not have, utilising their action. If the player’s action is not challenged, he automatically succeeds. 
3. Any player who wishes to challenge the player’s action will voice out. The 2 players will each reveal 1 of their cards which will no longer be in use. If the challenge is a success (Indeed, the first player was bluffing), he loses the card and the second player can draw another card. If the challenge was a fail (The first player was not bluffing), the second player loses his card and the first player can draw another card.
4. The last player standing will win the game.

#4. Rhino Hero, $19.90

Mechanisms: Hand Management, Stacking and Balancing, Dexterity

No. of Players: 2 to 5

Playing Time: 15 minutes

Suitable for ages 5 and above

 

Rhino Hero features a super adventurous, incredibly heroic- but also extremely heavy rhinoceros who is trying to ascend the building that you are going to build. Using wall and roof cards on hand, sabotage your friends to topple the building! Requiring to build 2 roofs and the addition of Rhino Hero to the building are some special powers the roof cards have. 

How to Play:

1. Each player starts with 5 roof cards. 
2. On their turn, they will have to build up a level using wall cards, then end by placing down a new roof card.Each roof card bears markings that indicate where the next player must place walls on the card.
3. The first player to finish all roof cards will win! However, if the building topples, the player who causes the building to topple automatically loses and the player with the least roof cards wins!

#5. Rats To Riches, $52.90

Mechanisms: Hand Management, Set Collection, Stock Holding, Economic, Finance Accumulation

No. of Players: 2 to 5

Playing Time: 45 minutes

Suitable for ages 8 and above

 

You and your friends are a bunch of scheming rats, thinking of a way to collect $100 Swindles, working your way to a better class sewer. The gameplay involves earning income, buy-sell assets, and then buying power cards! Take this chance to be The Red Ruffian, or The Green Gangster, or even… The Big Cheese to win the sewer empire!

How to Play:

1. The objective of the game is to accumulate $100 Swindles; You may do so by earning lots of income, accumulating the blue Pipe cards or smartly utilising power cards.
2. On your turn, firstly draw income depending on the number of green Income cards you have.
3. Next, you may buy a maximum of 3 cheeses. (Each cheese will cost you $1 Swindle).
4. Using your cheese, you may buy an unlimited number of power cards in The Open Sewer. The price of the cards are shown on the cards.
5. And then, it will be the next player's turn. The game ends when 1 player gets to $100 Swindles.

 

And that is all for our recommendations for The Perfect 5 Games To Play For 5 People And Under. All the games are available for purchase on our website, so do check them out! Social distancing for groups 5 and below can be fun- especially with the right games to keep you company!