Kids Games

Tic Tac Trek

What I love about this game:

Pick Up Sticks - Wooden Classic Game

Hues and Cues

My friend recently got this to play with her grade-school aged kids and the whole family is loving it!

Super-Fun Marble Run - Master Set

Cascadia

Good to play with the family.

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Carcassonne

We haven't played this as much recently but there was a stretch where my seven year old and I would play this every Saturday morning. A lovely, gentle, sneakily sophisticated game.

Spot it! Animals Jr.

Animal Jam

peak childhood game

Pips

New NYT game - fun, just the right amount of challenge, consider sharing with your grade school kids

Fluxx

“A card game that you win by doing a goal”

Montessori play in a whole new way!

Walkie Talkies

Classic fun for siblings or neighbors.

the color memory game

(Paper) The Architecture of the Folk Game: The Floor is Lava

how do the folk games of childhood begin? The paper argues that children's folk games like The Floor Is Lava aren't just passed between kids on playgrounds but instead can be independently invented in multiple places at once because the physical architecture of a space essentially encodes a game waiting to be discovered.

Clixo

Play Kits

I Love Hue Too

Beautiful game, love to play while im listening to other things, keeps my mind focused and engaged.

aa

addicting and minimally designed, no gaudy colors piercing your eyes ❤️

Tanghulu Master