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Family board game nights for a lazy weekend or vacation!
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items Since my kids were toddlers, we have played board games with them. Of course, we started with typical games like Sorry, Uno, Monopoly, etc. Then we realized there were games with more strategy that made playing games more fun. My older girls are not ...
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Endless fun with these card games
Have a blast with these board Games
Endless fun with these card games
Sometimes it's great to grab a small game that can be played anywhere. These are quick and easy setups. For those nights, I like playing some of these games below. These games are best played with at least 3 people, but they are easy to learn and fun...
No Thanks is a fun game where you bid on cards and try to get the least amount by the end of the game. It's teachable to young kids or older adults too. I like that there aren't a lot of decision to be made. You either put a token to avoid taking the...
Amigo Games No Thanks! Card Game – Family Fun
Sushi go has a great theme and played well in a small group. You score points on having certain combinations of cards or full sets. While this game has some strategy, you don't have a lot of decisions to make and can be taught to almost anyone. The k...
Sushi Go - Pick & Pass Card Game 2-5 Players
Great card game for almost any age. It's similar to "go fish". You ask the other player for their lowest or highest card to collect sets. Travels well and can be taught quickly. We have played this on cruises when we have downtime. Instructions are s...
Trio Game by Happy Camper - Family Card Game
This is an oldy but a goody. We played this with the kids a lot, but 1 vs. 1 of course. It was one of their first games that they played. This is a two player game. It's a race to see who can get certain sets of colored candy before the other players...
Rio Grande Games Pinata Card Game
This is such a fun card game with yet another great theme. You need to try to become the first millionaire by building towers of matching asset cards. Once you have a set, you stack them, but they can be stolen from the other players. To prevent some...
Grandpa Beck's Cover Your Assets Card Game
We grew up playing the card game 31 with my grandma. We would often play with 3 quarters and had a free or extra hand once we lost our quarters. My kids now love to play that game in her memory. I’m not sure if we play the right way or her way. This ...
Thirty-One
My kids often ask to play this game. It’s a fun card game of pushing your luck! Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose all of the cards you flipped over. There really isn’t a lot of strategy to this game. It’s great for kids and adults. Plus, the g...
Ravensburger Push Family Card Game Age 8+
Have a blast with these board Games
These are all fun games with a great theme! They don't take too long to play. Anything longer than an hour and it will lose my interest. The instructions on these games are not super lengthy or confusing. Everyone can have fun playing these games for...
This game is definitely a great first game for people new to board games that are not the typical store bought games that you grew up playing. This is a very popular game for a great reason. You are building routes from point A to point B based on th...
Ticket to Ride Board Game - Train Adventure
This game is so much fun and has a little bit of strategy. It's similar to Yahtzee because you need to get certain patters with tiles. You score based on specific patters and sets that you were able to achieve. This is one of my favorite games. It's ...
Azul Board Game - Family Tile-Placement, 2-4 Players
This game is a bit more advanced because you have workers that you place on the board and move them in different spots. It's called worker replacement. It's back to the “stone age” where you are hunters, farmers, collectors, and tool makers. It's all...
Stone Age Board Game - Worker Placement Strategy
Another great theme and not super long of a game to keep kids or even adults attention span. In this game, you are on a train and playing a thief robbing a train along side other thieves. You want to be the one that gets the suitcase with the most am...
Colt Express 10th Anniv - Wild West Board Game
This is the first game in the series. You are getting cards that turn into spices. There is a good amount of strategy to this game. It's not overly complicated and easy to set up. It's definitely a unique themed game that anyone can learn. Though it ...
Century Spice Road Board Game by Plan B Games
My kids loved this game because of the pirate theme. Its a race around the board to get to the finish line with their ship. You can win gold and lose gold! This is easy to setup, quick to play, and my kids loved the "battles" with other players in th...
Jamaica Board Game - Family Pirate Racing
This game is similar to Clue, but way better. You get to go around the mansion and try to kill Dr Lucky with funny weapons that you get in the game. When you are not successful, the cards you get are quite funny and everyone enjoys them. One of my fa...
Kill Doctor Lucky