Eight of the best family and adult boredom-busting board games to keep you entertained

Whether you are looking to bring the family together, relieve some built up stress or keep the kids occupied, now is the perfect time to invest in a new board game or two. With a flurry of new games hitting our living room tables over the past few years, it's not hard to see why a good-old fashioned board game is still one of favourite past-times. - The Bonkers Battle of Wacky Challenges, £24.99 If you find it hard to keep the whole family sitting down for an entire spell of a board game then this is the one for you. The second installment in the best selling Ticket to Ride series of train adventures, Ticket to Ride Europe is a strategy game that requires you to create routes on the board that score points.