Board game deals round-up

Articulate!

£16 at TK Maxx, £16.99 at Aldi* (normally up to £33)

Easy – it has an online version of the game (see right).

Yes – for free via the Articulate! virtual cards, specially launched for lockdown.

Gloomhaven

£103.20 at Amazon* (normally up to £139.99)

Not possible – you can't play over a call.

No – there's no online version.

Ticket to Ride

£27.29 at Zatu, £30.95 at Amazon*, (normally up to £39.99)

Not possible – you can't play over a call.

Yes – via an app (currently £4.99 via Google Play or £5.99 on the App Store).

Scrabble

£10.39 at Amazon* £13 at Argos* (normally up to £21)

Difficult – you'd need to make sure the same letters were removed from each player's bag each time.

No – but there are free apps such as WordFeud which let you play a similar game with friends via your phone.

Pandemic

£24.99 at Smyths Toys, £26.09 at Zatu (normally up to £40)

Not possible – you can't play over a call.

Yes – you can play virtually online for £7.19 on Steam.

Carcassonne

£25.09 at Zatu, £25.99 at Amazon* (normally up to £35)

Easy – it has an online version of the game.

Yes – thanks to the free online version at BoardGameArena.

Exploding Kittens

£10 at Amazon*,  £12.90 at OnBuy (normally up to £20)

Not possible – you can't play over a call.

Yes – via an app currently £1.79 via Google Play or the App Store for the same price.

Five Second Rule

£16.99 at Very (normally up to £20) 

Bit fiddly – one household could manoeuvre the pieces and read from the cards while other households could shout out answers.

No – there's no online version.

Cards Against Humanity (family edition)

£23.44 at Amazon*, £24.99 at John Lewis* (normally up to £30)

Easy – you'd all need to print free pack from the Cards Against Humanity website. To save paper, consider downloading and viewing onscreen instead.

Yes – you can download for free from the Cards Against Humanity website.

Jenga

£9.99 at Amazon*, £10 at Argos*, £11.99 at Very (normally up to £15)

Not possible – need to be in the same room to play.

No – there's no online version.

Connect 4

£9.60 at Argos*, £9.99 at Smyths Toys (normally up to £12)

Bit fiddly – one person would need to put all the tokens in.

Yes – via an app (currently free via App Store or Google Play).

Monopoly

£13.60 at Argos*, £13.99 at Smyths Toys, £18.99 at Zatu, £19.54 at Amazon* (normally up to £24)

Bit fiddly – each player would need to move/place all pieces on their own board.

Yes – via an app (currently £4.49 via Google Play and £3.49 via the App Store).

DobbleMSE Laura B's pick

£9.27 at Onbuy, £13.40 at Amazon* (normally up to £13)

Possible – for some versions, you'd all need your own pack.(See Connect and Play for which versions can be played virtually).

No – there's no online version.

DominionMSE Laura F's pick

£44.99 at Amazon*

Not possible – you can't play over a call.

Yes – there's a free Dominion online version.

What do you Meme?MSE Sarah's pick

£24.99 at Smyths Toys, £27.99 at Amazon* (normally up to £28)

Not possible – you can't play over a call.

No – there's no online version.

CluedoMSE Rhiannon's pick

£14.99 at Very, £14.99 at WHSmith (normally up to £25)

Possible – so long as one person has the set, they can move pieces for everyone.

Yes – it's £11.99 on Steam or there's an app (currently £4.49 via Google Play or the App Store)

Guess Who? Norwich City FC editionMSE Kelvin's pick

£24 at Official Norwich City FC Merchandise. Not available elsewhere

Possible – you'd all need your own (same version) board.

Yes – Twinkl has a free printable Guess Who-style game.

LinkeeMSE Laura F's pick

£19.59 at WHSmith, (normally up to £28)

Easy – only one person needs a pack. Everyone else can listen and call out.

No – there's no online version. 

The MindWhole team's pick

£7.95 at Chaos Cards, (normally £10.99)

Possible – each player could use a random number generator to get a number/s, then call it out rather than producing a card.

Yes – there's an app (currently £2.69 via Google Play)