One of my family's favorite games when I was growing up was Dutch Blitz. We picked it up on a trip to Pennsylvania Dutch country if I remember correctly and could never find anyone else to play with us. Imagine my surprise when my friend's daughter whipped it out for game night. We also played Uno, Pass the Pig, and ended with a few rousing rounds of Twister.

It's amazing how many things you can accomplish when you don't have a working language between people. I found myself thinking of the Tower of Babel several times throughout the night. Me and the kids have a much harder time communicating anything but the simplest items, but we had a ball playing games. I win, accompanied by pumping your arms seems to be universal to every language. ;)