Im a new teacher and still working things out. I have done quite a bit of searching and I cannot find any good conversation games that will actually get the kids using phrases instead of just doing vocabulary games.

Maybe I am just overlooking all the good ones, but does anyone know of any fun games to play that can be used with phrases?

Try talking o-mok, talking battleship, talking dominoes, make a talking board game, something with pictures and dice etc

I use pass the bomb game. I found it somewhere online maybe here? Basically there's a bomb that explodes randomly. I have them pass a piece of trash paper around in groups of 6-8 while the bomb is ticking down. When the bomb explodes the person with the paper does whatever the slide says. They're usually easy questions like ask your group members what they do in their free time. They can talk about their hobbies and you walk around probing for more specific answers. "I like to play game" what game? etc... gl! The do you love your neighbor game is great too, but too difficult to arrange in my classroom. Talking battleship is also good for speaking but takes some time for explanations (my coteachers don't show up for the most part).

Just wanted to give this thread a "bump" because I've really appreciated it and found it useful.