Family games keep things light and easy to learn, the kind you can pull out with anyone at the table without spending half an hour on rules. They’re meant for laughs, a bit of friendly competition, and that feeling of just enjoying a game together, whether you’re a seasoned player or brand new to the hobby.
Some examples of family games are The Peak Team, Movie Fight and 10 To Leave.
Linyo – Drawing Yourself into Corners
Roll-and-write games feel pretty settled these days, I guess. You roll some dice, everyone looks at the same result, and then each player quietly works things out on their own sheet. It’s quick, it’s usually easy to explain, and most of the time you can be playing within a minute or two. That’s probably why…
Pondscape – Keeping Some Very Demanding Frogs Happy
In Pondscape, you’re not saving the planet or designing some grand wildlife reserve. You’re just building a small pond. That’s it. And honestly, that already tells you a lot about the game. Over fifteen rounds, you build a personal 3×5 grid of cards. Frogs, habitats, water, food. Everything wants something slightly different, and your space…
Garden Lake – Koi, Lilies, and A Board Full Of “Hmm… No, Not There Either”
Garden Lake is a tile-laying puzzle game where you try to build the nicest little water garden you can. The theme says you’re taking part in something called the Water Beauty Symposium, which sounds way fancier than the actual experience. In reality, you’re placing tiles with koi, lilies and empty water, trying to fit everything…
Map Masters – A Crunchy Little Dungeon Walk
Map Masters is one of those games that looks cute and harmless at first. You set it up, see the bright artwork, and you think you’re in for a casual little walk through a dungeon. But, let’s be fair, after a round or two you realise you’re actually dealing with quite a crunchy puzzle where…
Dragonarium – Our Little Dragon Architecture Project
In Dragonarium you step into the role of a hatchery official trying to earn the grand title of minister of the imperial hatchery. Sounds fancy, right? The idea is that you’re summoned to this massive imperial library where elements swirl around your head and little dragons wobble over dusty books like they own the place.…
Clickety Clack – A Roll-and-Write That Clicks… Most of the Time
Some games try to impress you with huge boards or artwork that looks ready for a museum wall. Clickety Clack… well, it really doesn’t. And honestly, I didn’t expect that much from it at first. It’s just a few dice, a small board and that funny little click when you snap two dice together. But…
Critter Kitchen – More Than Just Stirring the Pot
In Critter Kitchen, you’re running a little restaurant in the coastal town of Bistro Bay during Restaurant Week. Your team of animal chefs, mice, lizards, and boars, are all busy hunting down ingredients, cooking meals, and trying to impress a celebrity critic who’s coming to town. Over seven rounds, you’ll gather food, plan dishes, and…
Garden – An Abstract Duel Where You Make the Rules (Sort Of)
Garden is a two-player abstract game about, well, bugs in a garden. Each player controls a small team of insects, trying to form lines of their color while quietly messing up the other player’s plans. It sounds peaceful, but it’s not really. Every move shapes what the other person can or can’t do next, so…
A Carnivore Did It! – Solving Animal Crimes Through Logic Puzzles
A crime’s gone down in the city of Furrow Heights, and everyone’s got a story. The thing is, not all of them are true. In A Carnivore Did It! you play as detectives helping Chief Inspector Fox Banner figure out which animal suspects are lying and which ones aren’t. Every case is basically a little…
Gnome Hollow – How a Tiny Garden Turns Into a Big Puzzle
There’s something charming about tiny gnomes doing serious garden work. Gnome Hollow drops you right into their hidden village, where everyone’s busy preparing for the Hollow Harvest, growing mushrooms, collecting wildflowers, and trading shiny things that probably don’t make much sense to us humans. It’s a tile-laying and resource management game where you build up…
The Peak Team – Communication Is Overrated Anyway
The Peak Team is a cooperative board game where you play as park rangers trying to finish missions and record wildlife before the park closes for the day. Each round is basically a workday in the park. You move around, spot animals, and keep routes open while juggling missions that somehow never seem to stop…
Frank’s Zoo – It’s Not Always the Lion Who Wins
In Frank’s Zoo, the animals aren’t exactly playing nice. Players try to get rid of their cards by following a slightly absurd food chain that somehow starts making sense after a few rounds. The deck has 60 animal cards, each with its own rank or trick, plus a few point and team cards for scoring.…
Walking in Osaka – Timing Your Steps in Old Japan
Let’s take a little trip to Osaka, just a few centuries back. Walking in Osaka is set in 1620, during Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate. The castle’s being rebuilt, the city’s alive with merchants, samurai, and temples, and in the middle of it all is Fanny, a traveler who somehow ends up in this time period, exploring…
ORBIT – Cosmic Tourism, Knizia Style
So, Orbit: Orbital Race Between Interstellar Tourists. Quite a mouthful, right? It’s a racing game where space tourists compete to visit every planet in the Silo System and make it back home first. It’s kind of like a sightseeing trip that somehow turned into a galactic marathon. I mean, the idea’s fun. You’re flying around…
Kuldhara – Keep Calm and Don’t Run Out of Water
Two hundred years ago, deep in the Thar Desert, the village of Kuldhara disappeared overnight. The story goes that the villagers, tired of the Grand Vizier’s cruelty and his demand for the chief’s daughter, set their homes on fire and vanished into the night. Since then, people say the place is cursed, with hidden treasures…
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