Christmas is the time of year when families dig out their board-games from the loft so they can argue, cheat and gloat at each other. Well, forget Cranium - these are the games we want to subject our relatives to this year.



The Running Man Game Show from The Running Man (1987)
The Original: Convicted men are slaughtered by gladiatorial warriors as they try to win their freedom. If they survive the game, they go free.

How We’d Play It: We’d stick some American football gear onto our nan, hand her a fork and tell her to jab at us while we try and get past her into the kitchen. If we survive the game, we get a cup of tea.



Colossal Cave Adventure from Big (1988)
The Original: World’s first videogame, played by Tom Hanks when he was a youngster. It had a Wizard in it.

How We’d play It: Pull a couple of wires out of the back of our Playstation 3, kick it a few times, smash in our TV screen, then tell our granddad to read us Harry Potter while we try to play Little Big Planet.



Lightcycles from Tron (1982)
The Original: Scientist gets stuck in a computer and has to fizz around an electro arena on a lightcycle against other lightcycles in order to escape.

How we’d play it: Trap our aunt and uncle in the garage, throw them a couple of bicycles with torches strapped on the front and make them peddle until we get bored.



Jumanji Board Game from Jumanji (1995)
The Original: Couple of kids play a mystical board-game, which releases a hairy man-child and a load of weird and wonderful creatures into the world.

How We’d Play It: Hide a tramp in a wardrobe under strict instructions to leap out when he hears the family arguing about Trivial Pursuit. Maybe Sellotape a dog, a cat and a hamster to his leg for good measure.



Death Race from Death Race 2000 (1975)
The Original: Tooled up murder cars race across America, gunning down pedestrians for extra points. Ridiculous costumes include leather masks.

How We’d Play It: Peashooter wielding drunkards race across our garden, pelting squirrels for extra points. Ridiculous costumes include Santa hats.



Quidditch from Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)
The Original: We’re not sure if even JK Rowling knows the rules to Quidditch. It’s the weirdest game ever created.

Still, we’re pretty sure it involves flying around on the back of a broomstick trying to score pointless goals to rack up high scores that’ll be rendered instantly useless by someone catching the Golden Snitch

How We’d Play It: Bomb around on the back of a hoover, kicking footballs at our little brother’s face until he catches one of the Maltesers we’re chucking at him.