Not all games have to be a competition! Enjoy playing with your friends and family, working toward a common goal. Whether you win together or lose together, you’re sure to have a great time!
Players try to beat the ogre to the treasure by creating a path from START to END. Along the way they need to collect three keys to open the treasure. Players strategize, cooperate, and build the path together. If they do it before the ogre gets there, they all win!
Players: 2-4 Age:5+
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CONCEPT KIDS
Work on colors, patterns, and other methods of identification for a plethora of animals! Just pull an illustrated animal card and, using the board, indicate what traits the animal has. Is it green or orange? Does it eat meat or plants? Does it have a beak or scales? Piece together the clues and name that animal!
Players: 2-12
Age: 4+
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OUTFOXED
Which fox stole the pot pie? Move around the board, collecting various clues and using the unique decoder to eliminate suspects. Can you find the thief before they make their great escape? This game makes it easy to adjust the difficulty, so kids either younger or older can enjoy themselves, too!
Players: 2-4
Age: 5+
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SPACE ESCAPE
Help the mole rats escape their snake-infested space station! Climb up ladders, slide down chutes, and travel around the board to collect all the equipment and get the heck outta dodge. With several different difficulty levels, this game is great for a wide variety of ages–even adults will get a kick out of it!
Players: 2-4
Age: 7+
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HANABI
Put on an amazing fireworks show with the help of your friends! Everyone needs to either discard or play cards from their hand, but there’s a catch: they hold the cards backwards, so only the other players can see them. Give careful clues and remember all pieces of information to orchestrate the show of a lifetime!
Players: 2-5
Age: 8+
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SPACETEAM
The tagline for Spaceteam is “a chaotic and cooperative card game,” and it lives up to its promise. You and your friends have five minutes to work through a series of problems to rebuild your space ship and survive in the depths of space. But a spanner’s been thrown in the works: everyone has their own stack of issues to get through, and someone else might have the part you need! With a wide range of difficulties and a quick playtime, this game is fantastic for game nights and beyond.
Players: 3-6
Age: 10+
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MYSTERIUM
In this murder mystery game, one person adopts the role of the silent ghost who delivers clues about their killer to the psychics gathered around the table. Using the gorgeously illustrated clue cards, the ghost hints to who, and what killed them, and where it happened. This game is by far the most complicated on this list, but it is also incredibly rewarding when the night comes to a close and the murderer is revealed. While the game can be played with as few as 2 people, I would recommend at least 4.
Players: 2-7
Age: 10+
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CODENAMES: DUET
Codenames: Duet is a cooperative take on the hit game Codenames. In this version, both players take on the roles of spymaster and agent simultaneously, taking turns giving and receiving clues. Collectively, there is one full clue card between the two players–but each can only see half of it! Connect as many of the agents as you can with one-word clues, taking care to avoid civilians and assassins along the way. Can you find all of your agents before you run out of turns?
Players: 2+
Age: 11+
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EXIT: THE GAME
Exit: The Game brings the experience of an in-person escape room into your home! Work your way through a variety of puzzles to get out of whatever scenario you choose. With a wide range of themes and difficulties, it’s easy to find something that everyone will enjoy. Players can come and go as they please without the pressure of needing to stick through the whole thing–although it’s so much fun that they’ll definitely want to!
Players: 1-4
Age: 12+
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