The Best Party Games To Play This Thanksgiving, As Told By A Thanksgiving Turkey

Hello fellow Thanksgiving enjoyers! It is I, your buttered, seasoned, and golden Thanksgiving Turkey. I have spent year after year studying your family as you squabble over my bones and savor my crispy skin and I’ve got some wisdom to impart before we meet again sandwiched between cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes.

Firstly, you all need to talk about your feelings more. You can’t just go through life pretending everything is okay, while simultaneously criticizing each other for every tiny thing because you can’t actually say the thing that’s really bothering you. It’s okay to not be okay. <3 Also, I’ve curated a great list of party games to bring the family together over more than just your discomfort over your weird aunt’s doll collection.

The Jackbox Survey Scramble

I have watched innocuous conversations with your family turn sour faster than it takes my tryptophan to bring you to your post-meal nap. Try The Jackbox Survey Scramble instead to compete over the most and least popular answers to tons of fun questions! The Jackbox Survey Scramble is available on October 24th just in time for you to spend all of your vacation days with your in-laws. And with a family-friendly mode, everyone can join in! Except for grandma, because she has a potty mouth and an unhealthy relationship with competition.

Fibbage: Enough About You

I’m going to keep it real, you all have a superficial relationship with one another. For some reason, everyone is afraid to ask any questions that will actually help you get to know each other. This year, consider playing Fibbage: Enough About You to better understand why your college-aged-niece chose a ceramics major or why your parents no longer talk to that one uncle. Who knows what you may learn. <3

The Devils and the Details

Every year once the meal is over I watch the same few people get up to put leftovers away and clean the dishes and the same few people go and sit on their ass in front of the TV. The Devils and the Details is a great game for the whole family to play to remember that it’s important for families to share in household and emotional labor.

The Jackbox Naughty Pack (M-Rated)

Once you step away from the family to finally hang with your old friends from high school, have some adult fun with The Jackbox Naughty Pack! These three raunchy M-rated games are a great way to let loose and say what you really want to say! Fake it at Friendsgiving with Fakin’ It All Night Long, draw something scandalous in Dirty Drawful, or point out the butt on a kayak in Let Me Finish!

And don’t forget to launch all of these games using The Jackbox Megapicker on Steam! This free software is the easiest way to play some fun games with your family and friends this season, while also a healthier avenue to disassociate after your mom asks you when you and your boyfriend are getting married. Again. <3