After a big dinner nobody wants a rulebook or a two-hour game. Survey Showdown is five minutes: three boards of survey answers, sixty seconds each, everyone filling their own. Herd Think asks the whole table one question at once. Neither has a turn to wait for.
Relatives in another state join the same room from a link. Keep the video call open for the talking and let the phones do the answering. In Survey Showdown, Herd Think and Quiz Night every answer is typed or tapped on your own screen, so the lag on the call costs nobody a turn.
Once the table has woken up, the second half of the list is for talking. Color Clues is one word for one colour, Picture Stories is a clue about a picture, and Imposter is one word each and a vote. Only One closes it: the whole table on the same side, against the deck.
Pick by the night you’re having
Survey Showdown
Five minutes, no turns, and one instruction: name what most people said.
Half the family is on a video call
Herd Think
Everyone types an answer to the same question at once. Nobody has to be heard to play.
Cousins who want to win
Quiz Night
Fast right answers pay more, and the last question is a blind bet.
A family that would rather not compete
Only One
It is the table against the deck: thirteen cards and one shared score.Eight for after dinner
Survey Showdown2–12 players · 5 minThe top answers to a survey question, a board each, sixty seconds. If your family shouts answers at game shows, start here.
Herd Think3–12 players · up to 100 with Teams · 10–15 minWrite what the rest of the family will write. Answer alone while everyone else agrees and you are handed the Pink Cow.
Category Rush1–12 players · 5–10 minOne list, a board of names, a few bombs. Take turns tapping, and the last one standing takes the board.
Quiz Night1–12 players · 3–19 minFour options and one clock. The host sets the length, from about three minutes to nearer twenty.
Color Clues3–10 players · 10–15 minOne player sees a colour and says one word. Everyone else picks from 480 shades. Three to ten.
Picture Stories3–8 players · 6–10 minClue one of your pictures, everyone else slips in a decoy, and the table votes. Three to eight.
Imposter3–12 players · 5–10 minEveryone sees the secret word except the Imposter. One word each, said out loud, then a vote.
Only One3–7 players · 10–15 minCo-op. Everyone writes a one-word clue for the guesser, and identical clues cancel out. One score for the whole table.Playing in under a minute
- 1One person opens tableparty.io on a phone or a laptop and picks a game.
- 2Everyone else types the four-letter room code on their own phone.
- 3Play. Anything secret stays on your own screen, so it works across a table or a video call.
Questions about Thanksgiving games to play online with family
What is a good game for the whole family after Thanksgiving dinner?
Survey Showdown. A game is five minutes, two to twelve people play at once on their own phones, and the only instruction is to type what most people would say.
How do relatives who could not travel join in?
Put them on a video call and send the room link. They join in a browser and play the same game as the people at the table, each on their own screen.
We have more than twelve people. What then?
Five of these seat twelve. Color Clues stops at ten, Picture Stories at eight and Only One at seven. With a bigger family, pair people up to share a phone, or open a second room and swap players between games.
Do the games have Thanksgiving themes?
No. They are the same games all year, with our usual questions and word lists. What suits the day is the shape: short, for mixed ages, and playable from another house.