It’s no secret that we like playing games as a family, and sometimes, we like to play something aimed at grown ups instead of playing what Miss A wants to play all the time.
We were sent this game in return for our review but all opinions are our own.
We have been playing a new game from Drumond Park recently called Best Of British. Aimed at ages 12 and over, we thought this would be a great game to play when we have friends round after Miss A has gone to bed.
She didn’t want to be left out when we first played this at home though and insisted on being in a team with her Daddy, but it was clear that she wasn’t old enough to appreciate the questions and barely knew any of the answers.
The game is centred around all things British with the aim of triggering the brain with plenty of information, facts that deep down you know you know about Britain, but you may forget about them as you don’t use the information every day.
The Best of British is a board game with a slight difference. You have a circular board to go around, but there is no dice to use, just question cards that have four different colours on them with various questions. To play, you start on the start space and receive a question from your opponent or opposing team.
The red question is asked first. If you answer this correctly you move your counter forward on the board to the next red space. You are then asked the light blue question and if answered correctly, move to the next light blue space on the board.
This means that sometimes you may end up moving a lot of spaces just by answering one question correctly.
As soon as you answer a question incorrectly then you move is over and the opposing team takes their go. The questions are on cards which cover a variety of styles and subject surrounding Britain.
You may get asked a question to identify a certain type of bread, or you may be asked a question such as “Who does Del Boy call “plonker”?”
Some of the questions you will know the answer to immediately, and others will leave you baffled I assure you, but it’s a great way of refreshing your memory, and also learning new facts that you may not have already known about Britain.
The winner or winning team are the first to reach the middle of the board and answer a bonus question. I guarantee you will be puzzled and laughing during this game as the competitive streak you never knew you had comes out.
There are so many question cards included in the game that you could play this over and over without seeing a repeat question.
The Angel of the North where I live 🙂
The Liver Buildings in Liverpool
Stone Henge
blackpool tower
St David’s Cathedral
Edinburgh Castle
Stone henge
St Pauls – London
Tower bridge
My favourite landmark is Windsor Castle (visited twice last year).
Big Ben 🙂
Mine is stonehenge.
Edinburgh Castle
Big Ben 🙂
The Angel of The North in Gateshead
The Tower of London, full of mystery and history!!
The cliffs of dover
Buckingham Palace
my beloved Castleford Tigers ground, might not be a landmark in many eyes but it is in mine.
The giants causeway in Northern Ireland
the white horse here in dorset
buckingham palace
It has to be Big Ben. I love London!
London Eye … a fantastic landmark and memory of 2000
Big Ben in London.
Buckingham Palace
Stonehenge
The white cliffs of Dover
The Houses of Parliament. It reminds us how important we are in this world
The Lake District National Park…as soon as I see those beautiful peaks I feel at home 🙂
Arundel Castle
Warwick Castle
captain Cooks monument
Big Ben
Stonehenge, i love the fact it’s so mysterious 🙂
Big Ben’s iconic so I’d probably say that as my favourite British landmark!
York Minster
I’m not sure if it is a landmark but I love Portland Bill Lighthouse, I have very happy childhood memories of that place 🙂
Edinburgh Castle
Buckingham Palace
The Angel of the North, I just love it!
Big Ben, london
Stonehenge is pretty amazing, also a big fan of Glastonbury tor but not sure if that gets classed as a landmark :/
The Liver Building
Buckingham palace
Edinburgh castle 🙂
I love Loch Ness. Beautiful.
Big Ben he’s just so cool xx
Brimham Rocks
Big Ben!
Edinburgh Castle
Big Ben
Big Ben
I like Edinburgh castle!
Stonehenge
Big Ben
Caerphilly Castle
Lands End
Big Ben
Has to be the iconic Tower Bridge
Edinburgh Castle
Buckingham Palace
I’m totally obsessed with the Shard 🙂
Fab giveaway, thank you. I love the look of this game. xx
The Tower of London
Stone henge!
I love the Tower of London, so stately and full of history.
For me it would have to be Tower bridge
Harbourside, Bristol
big ben x
Buckingham Palace 🙂
Blackpool tower
Edinburgh Castle
Westminster Abbey
The British Museum
I like the gerkin
Stonehenge
i love the tower of london x
Stone henge
he white cliffs of Dover
BIG BEN 🙂
Lincoln cathedral 🙂
Stirling Castle …best castle in the world…though coming from Scotland I tend to be a bit bias!
Hampton court maze
The Tower of London
The Natural History Museum.
Stonehenge x
Buckingham palace
giants causeway
Big Ben
The tower of London!
Big ben… Im a london chick!
big ben is my fav
I love Blackpool Tower x
Tower of London
Difficult choice, but I’d go with Edinburgh Castle. It’s so dramatic.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is probably my favourite.
Angel of the North
I love the Tower of London. x
has to be Stonehenge for me
Big Ben
The Bull in Birmingham 🙂
Wembley
Blackpool tower
Big Ben
Stonehenge
The Angel of the North – being from the North East i vote for this!
Stonehenge 🙂
The Bullring Bull
Pembroke Castle
Big Ben!
stonehenge x
St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Such a pretty building !
Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury
The ironbridge. A few miles from where I live 🙂
Big Ben 🙂
Tower Bridge
The Royal crescent in Bath.
Blackpool tower
Tower Bridge !
Tower Bridge
Pevensey castle- beautiful to drive by and full of history
blackpool tower
Big Ben
2nd severn bridge gateway to Wales and home
St Pauls Cathedral
The Tower of London
Tower Bridge 🙂
Ben Nevis in Scotland
Big Ben 🙂
Stonehenge!
Battersea Power Station. I just think its an awesome building and I’m so looking forward to seeing what they do with it in the future 🙂
The angel of the North in Newcastle is amazing
Stonehenge 🙂
Big Ben
Stonehenge 🙂
Tower of London is ace, explored it for the first time recently
this looks fun!