If you're in the mood to get touchy-feely with your special someone but have to keep things PG around the family, Fingle ($1.99, iPad) is a cool two-player game that encourages contact -- romantic or otherwise. It's like Twister for your fingers, with a pair of players working together to move blocks on-screen to their goal zones. Good, clean-ish fun!

Fire up a few rounds of Words With Friends ($2.99, Universal) with your family or close peeps this holiday, and you might find that everyone soon forgets about unwrapping presents and eating good grub. This delightfully competitive Scrabble clone is intensely addictive, and it's even cross-platform compatible with Facebook so everyone can get in on the action.

We haven't quite wrapped our brains around why, but all fruit must die! Slicing and dicing citrusy goodness is way more fun with a friend in Fruit Ninja HD ($0.99, iPad). Going head-to-head in split-screen multiplayer lets you face off to see who can get the biggest score and make the biggest mess without accidentally kung-fuing explosive bombs.

Putting your artistic skills, Draw Something ($2.99, Universal) has you drawing wacky pictures for others to guess and vice versa. This social-networking puts a silly spin on classic Pictionary that's a blast to play with friends or absolute strangers alike. Facebook integration also makes this one a very flexible pick for a group of family to join in on.

The classic game of large-scale strategic warfare and backstabbing returns. One of the best parts about Risk ($0.99, iPad) on iOS is you don't have to spend an hour setting the board up. That means there's a lot more time for family members to plot their strategies, forge their alliances, and dig in for a long game of cutthroat territory capture and conflict.

If fantasy combat is your family's thing, then it shouldn't take a lot of effort to rope mom and pop into a few rounds of Hero Academy (Free, Universal) to get them hooked. This turn-based battler's strategic chess-like matches pit a medley of peculiar factions against one another in cartoonish skirmishes that are handily addictive and easy to get into.

Does the thought of competitive pachinko get your heart pounding? If so, then Peggle HD ($0.99, Universal) is a must-have addition to your family playtime list. Playing tons of levels on your own is absorbing enough, but unlock duel mode and you can face off against friends in pass-and-play matches to challenge opponents shot for shot.

Who doesn't like a good old game of Monopoly ($0.99, iPad)? This ultra portable iOS edition captures the money-grubbing magic and epic play sessions of the original, only you don't have to hassle with shelling out green by hand and juggling tons of cards. The faster-pace also helps keep games from losing momentum, which is a welcome plus.