Cockroach Poker
Best Board Games for Families
Ages 8 & up
2-6 Players
20 minutes
About this GameThis card game is all about bluffing, with cards that show cockroaches, rats and stink bugs.
The goal is to force another player to collect 4 of any one type of critter.
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Azul
Best Board Games for Families
Ages 8 & up
2-4 Players
30-45 minutes
About this GameThis game is easy to learn but offers deep strategy. Players compete to create the best mosaic by choosing and placing tiles, focusing on patterns and scoring without word-building.
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Just One
Board Games for Older Kids
Ages 8 & up
3-7 Players
20 minutes
About this GameJust One is a cooperative party game in which you play together to discover as many mystery words as possible.
Find the best clue to help your teammate. Be unique, as all identical clues will be canceled!
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Karuba - Tile Laying Puzzle Game
Board Games for Older Kids
Ages 8 & up
2-4 Players
40 minutes
About this GameThis is a tile-based puzzle game that's simple to learn.
Play your tiles to make a pathway, racing against other plays to get the loot.
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Rhino Hero: Super Battle
K-2 Board Games
Ages 5 & up
2-4 Players
10 - 20 minutes
About this GameSequel to the popular 3-D stacking game Rhino Hero, the Super Battle edition includes the same stacking challenges (build a spectacular 3D cardboard skyscraper) plus epic superhero battles.
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Hoot Owl Hoot
Preschool & Toddler Board Games
Ages 4 & up
2-4 Players
15 minutes
About this GameThe owls have ventured out to explore the dark forest at night. Players cooperate to help the owls fly back to their nest before the sun comes up.
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Zingo
Preschool & Toddler Board Games
Ages 4 - 7
2-6 Players
10 minutes
About this GameThis simple Bingo-type game is easy and fun for all ages, especially pre-readers and early readers.
The Zingo! Zinger pops out tiles. Players race to be the first one with a full card by matching tiles to spaces on their playing boards.
In addition to the standard version which matches with a picture/word pair, there are also sight words, numbers, and early spelling versions.
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Blokus
Best Board Games for Families
Ages 7 & up
2 Players
10 minutes
About this GameThis game takes less than a minute to learn.
Take turns placing your pieces on the board, following just one rule: each piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners!
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Spontuneous - The Song Game
Board Games for Older Kids
Ages 8 & up
4-10 Players
30 minutes
About this GameNo musical talent required. The designated tunesmith announces one word and the race is on to sing (or shout) at least five words from a song containing that word.
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Ticket to Ride Board Game
Board Games for Older Kids
Ages 8 & up
2-5 Players
30 - 60 minutes
About this GameTicket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure in which players collect and play matching train cards to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America.
The longer the routes, the more points they earn.
Build train routes for points across North America in this original version. Want to explore the world? Try one of their many other versions, including Japan, the UK, Germany, Europe, and beyond. Whether you win or lose, you’ll have fun building routes.
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Exploding Kittens
Board Games for Older Kids
Ages 7 & up
2-5 Players
15 minutes
About this GameExploding Kittens is a highly-strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian roulette.
Players draw cards until someone draws an exploding kitten, at which point they explode – unless that player has a defuse card, which can defuse the kitten using things like laser pointers, belly rubs, and catnip sandwiches.
All of the other cards in the deck are used to move, mitigate, or avoid the exploding kittens.
Expansion packs are available.
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The Magic Labyrinth
K-2 Board Games
Ages 6 & up
2-4 Players
20 - 30 minutes
About this GameLead your Magician through an invisible maze on a quest to gather missing magical objects.
Try to navigate the maze before the Master notices the objects are missing, using memory and skill. It's tough, though, because the maze has invisible walls, and missing objects are only revealed one at a time.
But watch out! If you run into a wall and drop your ball, you go back to start to begin all over again.
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Dragon Snacks
Preschool & Toddler Board Games
Ages 4 & up
2-4 Players
About this GameWave your hand to magically reveal the treasure in the dragon’s belly. Collect the treasures to win.
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The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game & Board Book
Preschool & Toddler Board Games
Ages 3-4
2-4 Players
15 minutes
About this GameNo reading required.
Your forest friends are hungry and need help. Spin the spinner, pick up the matching acorn with the Squirrel Squeezer and place it in your log.
The first player to collect 5 acorns wins.
Preschoolers learn about colors as they help squirrels find their acorns, as well as matching skills and taking turns.
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Telestrations
Best Board Games for Families
Ages 12 & up (younger with modifications)
4-8 Players
10 - 15 minutes per round
About this GameA great party game, Telestrations is what would happen if Pictionary married the childlike game of Telephone.
Draw a picture. Decipher your neighbor’s picture. Write down what you thought they drew. Pass it on and repeat.
Warning: most participants laugh until tears are streaming down their face.
Note: We often play with kids as young as age 7. Kids may not know what the item is on their card, so just let them know to draw another card if they are unfamiliar with the clue.
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The Mind
Board Games for Older Kids
Ages 8 & up
2-4 Players
20 minutes
About this GameCard game.
Players work together to play cards from 1 – 100 in ascending order – without speaking or communicating in any way.
Learn to read each other's tells, invent an unspoken language of knowing glances and furrowed brows.
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Kingdomino
Board Games for Older Kids
Ages 8 & up
2-4 Players
15 minutes
About this GameThis
Even adults love the challenge of building the best kingdom with domino-like tiles.
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Valley of the Vikings
K-2 Board Games
Ages 6 & Up
2-4 Players
10 minutes
About this GameThis
Created by kid game pros HABA, kids can practice their dexterity and smarts in the annual barrel bowling contest.
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Outfoxed! Whodunit Board Game
K-2 Board Games
Ages 5 & up
2-4 Players
20 minutes
About this GameThis cooperative game of deduction is best played with the kids making decisions and adults playing along.
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Animal Upon Animal Stacking Game
Preschool & Toddler Board Games
Ages 4 & up
2-4 Players
15 minutes
About this GameThis stack ‘em up game is super easy to learn and fun for even the youngest gamers.
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