Around the Table Games Portable, Meaningful Conversation Starters and Car Travel Game - Family Talk

I'm terrible at conversation, especially in the car. Constantly forcing my passengers to sit in silence as I desperately try to find interesting things to say. You can really only talk about the weather for so long before your passengers start to judge your abilities to hold a conversation. Well, when my family and I decided to take a road trip I knew i needed to up my conversation game. There's no way I can let my young children know that their father is in fact devoid of any relatable thought or idea. I knew I had to solve this problem or at least disguise my deficiency. Naturally, I went to the Internet where I knew I would find tons of supportive people who would help guide me through my conversational reformation. After painstaking research and field study, not to mention countless failed conversations and awkward silences, I stumbled upon this gem, "family talk". Origianally designed for long car rides to bring up thought provoking ideas for you to get to know your passengers, I've found that I can carry this in my back pocket and use them in day to day interactions. My ability to hold a conversation was once embarrassing and a definite personal weakness. But now, after purchasing "family talk", I can actually have a decent conversation.

Love the variety in this card pack. This has been a great little conversation starter around our dinner table. I love that they are attached in a ring and easy to hang up on our keyholder and grab dinner time.

I bought this product for conversation ideas for dinner time with my mom. I am also an adult. I had read the reviews and picked this one out intentionally, partially because of the price, but also because it seemed really good from the reviews. Well, I thought some of the questions were dumb. For example, one of the questions was something like, "Why might someone use a guide dog? When is it okay to pet a guide dog?" I was like, "Really? This is not the kind of thing I was expecting for good, deep family conversation." Some of the questions are deeper, like "What is causing you anxiety right now in school, work and home?" Some of them are just kind of interesting, like, "What was your favorite meal your grandparents cooked for you?" I was disappointed with some of the questions. I do enjoy, however, that it helps to start more meaningful conversations if you don't know what to talk about but still want to engage. They are just not all the type of questions I was hoping for.

We’ve gotten in a bad habit of letting my son watch his tablet while he eats, so in an effort to break that habit, I ordered these on a friend’s recommendation.There’s a good range of questions, and my son enjoys answering!It’s helping to wean him off of screens and for us all to connect better.

There are many different questions in this set from innocuous like “how many of your former addresses and phone numbers do you remember?” To “What’s your greatest fear?” Quite the range! We will enjoy our family meals together as we share our answers.

With the exception of our teenager, our kids loved the idea of these cards. I'd say the best age range for these is the 7-12 year range, but younger kids can answer some of the questions. Some of the cards were a little more uncomfortable than we wanted to discuss at dinner ("Who in your family has the hardest time saying 'I Love You"') and some just didn't lead to much discussion ("Is it OK to pet a service dog"). For the price, I'd like to see more questions. We got through these in just a couple weeks.

The standard questions, "What did you learn at school this week?" and "What was your favorite thing you did at school today?" have been answered numerous times ("nothing" and "recess"). We opened the game at the table and we learned so much about my granddaughter and her friend, and they learned a lot about her grandparents and mother. When we finish all 100 questions, I hope a new set of questions will be available!

These questions are a good way to keep family members at the table rather than everyone leaving to get on their phones, computers, tablets, etc. Good conversation starters