The weather is turning and spring is just around the corner, which makes me reminisce about playing the best board games at summer ... it's overflowing with amazing new ideas.

“Hands down, Just One is our favorite new party game,” says Kelsey Demers, who runs the board-game blog the Tabletop Family. “It’s simple to play, a breeze to teach, and utterly addictive.

If you're fed up of slogging through hours of Monopoly, it's time to break out the best family board games. There's no shortage of choice these days, and all of them leave old-timers like Clue in ...