Great for the family – Page 6 – The Skillful Meeple

Scrabble Slam

During the middle of summer if you are looking for a very small game to pack when travelling or for camping this could be the one. Scrabble slam is a 10 to 15 minute game for 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up. This is a good game for kids to work on vocabulary…

Sushi Go

Sushi Go is a fairly fast card game for ages 8 and up for 2 to 5 players. The game takes about 15 to 20 minutes to play. The idea is your trying to get the best sushi combo. It’s a draft and pass game that’s simple to play. The cards are adorable, and a…

The Mind

The Mind is quickly becoming one of my absolute favourite games. Its a card game for 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up and takes roughly half an hour. Don’t let the simplicity fool you this one becomes tense pretty quickly. I brought this one to a cottage. It was definitely the hit of…

Happy Salmon

Happy Salmon is one of my absolute favourites. The game is super simple and it takes only a minute or so to play a round. This is for ages 6 and up and for 3 to 6 players. The Green and Blue packs are pretty much identical except the card stacks have different colours….

Saboteur

Saboteur is a 3-10 player game for ages 8 and up. For this game, the players take on the role of either gold diggers or Saboteurs. Gold diggers are searching for treasures, Saboteurs are creating obstacles. During the game you’ll create a maze of pathways going from the start card to the goal cards. You…

Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle

The theme just works. It definitely keeps Harry Potter fans happy, but also you dont have to know the books or movies to play. The game itself looks good and every piece is well designed. I love using this to introduce people to deck builders and coop games. The Harry Potter theme shines through and keeps fans…

Anomia

A game for 3-6 players aged 10 and up. Game lasts for about 30 minutes. This one is great for groups, you can easily step in and out of the game so its perfect at the start or end of an evening. This is very similar style to Blurble, but offers a bit more of a challenge…

Tsuro The Game of the Path

This is a 2 to 8 player game for ages 8 and up. It takes very little time to learn, basically you are just following a path and hoping that it doesn’t lead you off the board. I really like the look of this game, it has a very nice design and a classic feel….

Blurble

Ages 8 and up, 4 to 8 players, however I have played this with more. Let’s start with how to play, the “blurbler” places the stack between themselves and the player to their left. When the two players are ready a card is flipped over, the first person to say a word that starts with…

Exploding Kittens

Exploding Kittens is a fairly popular card game. I understand the appeal, the art is adorable and the cards are funny. It’s a great game to pull out for non gamers, it quick, it’s simple and it’s light. It’s definitely not going to be the bulk of a games night. That is something to keep…