A review of Mario Party: Island Tour, a portable party game with many boards and minigames, praised for its variety but criticized for lacking online play.
A party game wherein many gather round a board, and through chance and cunning, much mirth ensues.
Tricky Towers review: WeirdBeard's physics tower builder isn't Tetris — no vanishing rows, 18 spells, three modes. Great with friends, thin solo. 6.8/10.
Buzz!: Quiz TV brought wireless buzzers, online play and user-made quizzes to PS3 in 2008 — a party quiz that still wants a crowded room.
A review of The Jackbox Party Pack 3, the 2016 bundle with Trivia Murder Party, Quiplash 2, Guesspionage, Tee K.O. and Fakin' It. Score: 7.8/10.
Nintendo's Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics packs 51 board, card and toy sports games into one Switch cartridge — a permanent party fixture.
Jackbox Party Pack 7 review: Quiplash 3, Champ'd Up, Talking Points, Blather 'Round and The Devils and the Details ranked, scored 7.8 out of 10.
Uno on Xbox Live Arcade (2006) turned a simple card game into a social hangout with voice chat and camera support. Our retro review scores it 7.2/10.
Jackbox Party Pack 5 review: five phone-controller party games including You Don't Know Jack, Split the Room and Mad Verse City, scored 7.9/10.
Runbow review: a color-shifting platformer where matching platforms vanish, built for nine-player chaos, plus the 30-minute Bowhemoth gauntlet. 7.4/10.
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes review: Steel Crate's co-op bomb game where one player sees the bomb and the others read the manual. 8.4/10.
Mario Party 2 hit the Nintendo 64 in 1999 with six characters, five boards, and 65 mini games. A look at the sequel that fixed the original.
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