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- Snippets (NEW!) Snippets is perfect for a party or family game night. It can best be described as a combination of Scrabble and Scattergories, but unlike Scrabble, you don’t need a crazy vocabulary to win, and unlike Scattergories there’s no ambiguity, and unlike most word games, the “smartest” player doesn’t always win.
- Proof! (NEW!) Is an award-winning math game loved by teachers, parents and kids alike. It can be played with ages 9 and up, but the rules can be adaptable for younger players too.
- The $tock Exchange Game (NEW!) © 2016 by 8th Kid Games Inc. We like this one not only for it’s play, but for the premise of the game. If you’ve got middle schoolers that are showing a penchant for money, economics or business, this is a fun way to put their budding talents into action.
- Settlers of Catan. Coming in at number one on our list and a popular favorite of many: Settlers of Catan. This board game is fun and challenging for the whole family.
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- Wingspan. Players: 1 to 5 players. Ages: 10+ Game Length: 45 to 90 minutes. Wingspan is a card-based engine-building board game where players are... bird watchers?
- Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game. Players: 1 to 5 players. Ages: 14+ Game Length: 45 to 90 minutes. In Genotype, players are assistants to the great scientist Gregor Mendel and must work to control how their pea plants inherit traits from their parent plants.
- Decrypto. Players: 3 to 8 players. Ages: 12+ Game Length: 15 to 45 minutes. Decrypto is an exciting thinking game between two competing teams. Each team has a member sending coded messages to their teammates, and those teammates must decode those messages—while trying to intercept and decode the other team's messages.
- Oceans. Players: 2 to 4 players. Ages: 12+ Game Length: 60 to 90 minutes. Oceans is similar to Evolution (they both share a designer) where players work to evolve a successful species, except this time it's deep in the ocean—which is full of threats and challenges.
- Outfoxed! This is a classic whodunit where students work together to figure out which fox stole the pie. It’s a combination of strategy and cooperation and will never be the same game twice.
- Camelot Jr. Create paths between the princess and the knight with these 48 puzzles of increasing difficulty. The classroom bonus of this logic game (along with Castle Logix, Three Little Piggies, and Little Red Riding Hood from the same company) is in the built-in flexibility.
- Hedbandz. This fancy version of the “What am I?” game is hilarious and a language booster. Use the cards provided or make your own to review vocabulary or content information.
- Rivers, Roads & Rails. Players create a growing map by matching tiles that include rivers, roads, and train track routes. We love leaving this out as a “community game” for students to stop by and play a few turns during a free moment.
Get a mix of 2p and 3-5p games. Stuff that you like and you want to share with them. I’m a high school student running the board game club at my school. Here’s some wisdom that I’ve picked up over the years: try having a theme such as Yahtzee style dice rolling games, king of Tokyo, dice throne, etc.
- Best Overall — Ticket to Ride
- Best Cooperative Board Game — Pandemic
- Best Board Game For Interaction — Catan and Catan Extension
- Best Strategy Game — 7 Wonders
- Best Quick Game — Codenames and Codenames Pictures
- Best For Incorporating Movement — Hasbro Twister
- Best For Very Young Children — Wooden Matching Game
- Best For Early School Age — Connect 4
- Best For Middle Schoolers — Upwords
- Best For Teenagers — Udog
Ticket to Ride is a board game with a railway flavor as the background theme. The original game connects train stations across the US and Canada, but there are other geographic variations such as Europe and Japan. It is a lightweight strategy game suitable for kids ages 8 and above. The aim is to build train tracks and connect routes with the chain...
As far as educational board games go, no game could be more timely than Pandemic! Us against the deadly disease(s)! Essentially, you and your fellow players’ job is to cure the planet of four rapidly-spreading deadly diseases – you win when/if you cure them all. This game is reasonably quick and easy to learn and does not have too many complicated ...
Catanis the modern version of the classic game Settlers of Catan. This is one of the best games for kids as it is pretty straightforward to learn, but not too easy to make it boring or not challenging enough. It is recommended for players aged 10 plus, however, our eight year old had absolutely no problem learning this game. In fact, he managed to ...
7 Wondersis one of my personal favorite family board games. It is strategically slightly more challenging than others (i.e., Pandemic, Catan) as it has more elements to juggle. My oldest son, who is quickly becoming a board game geek, loves it too. The rest of the family has taken to it, but they did struggle in the beginning. The goal of the game ...
Codenames is our go-to quick, lightweight and fun game for when we don’t have a lot of time or are a little too tired for a strategy game. Whilst the game can go for about 15 minutes, you can also play multiple rounds extending the fun. The game is also super quick to learn! You play Codenames and Codenames Picture in two teams. Our family of five ...
Does Twistercount as an educational game? Absolutely it does, and here’s why. Twister can be played by every member of the family, regardless of age, and each player will learn something different while they play. Very little ones can practice their colors, young kids can learn their left from their right, and older ones can develop everything from...
There’s nothing complicated about this beautifully made game and that’s what makes it perfect for very young children. This Wooden Matching Gamewill have your kids developing their concentration skills as they focus on remembering where each picture is on the board. The images are covered by cute wooden pieces and each player takes turns to lift tw...
Connect 4 is one of those games you could play for a few minutes or for an hour. It’s a simple game, but there’s a lot of educational opportunities from maths skills to strategy to problem-solving. Two players each have a set of colored discs which they take turns putting into the slots of a grid. The aim is to get four of your colored discs in a r...
This one has been around for a while but there’s a reason it’s a classic. For those unfamiliar with Upwords, it’s like a 3D version of Scrabble. There’s an 8 x 8 game board unit and each player has a tile rack and their share of 64 letter tiles. Not only can you make words going across ways, but you can also stack them upwards. Put your tiles on to...
At first glance, this game seems easy enough – move your marbles around the board and attempt to be the one who gets all their marbles home first. It’s so much more than that. uDogis a mix of a board game and card game, and the real fun is in the strategy. Your moves around the board are determined by the cards you have, but while you’re doing that...
Complexity: 2/5. Catan. You know the quintessential modern board game. If you don’t, here’s your chance. Careful though — your kids will be begging to play this again. Students will learn strategy in this game as they play different groups of settlers who are fighting to become the island’s dominant force.
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Sep 2, 2024 · Created in: 1972. For ages: 8 and up. If you love word games like Wordle, Boggle is the classic board game you need. (Bonus: Wordle is now also available as a board game!) It’s a fast-paced ...
