Family Games

Made to work when kids and adults play together—and both can have fun.

Ages: usually 8+ (sometimes 6+ if streamlined)
Rules: still approachable, but with real choices
Time: 20–60 minutes
Depth: enough strategy/variety that adults don’t feel bored
Fairness: often includes catch-up mechanics or “skill compression” so kids can compete.

Examples of what you’ll see: roll-and-move, memory match, simple set collection, quick dexterity games.

Ticket to Ride
Carcassonne
Splendor
Azul
Kingdomino
Codenames
Sushi Go!
Dixit
Match & Toss
Pandemic

Carcassonne

Carcassonne is the game that turns a table into a medieval landscape-builder, where tiny meeples

Sleeping Queens

Sleeping Queens is the kind of kids’ card game that feels like a bedtime story

Flamecraft Duel

Flamecraft Duel is the quick, cozy, and competitive little sibling of Flamecraft—designed for two players

Wingspan

Wingspan is the kind of board game that makes people lean in to read bird

Dixit

Dixit is the game where you look at a dreamy, surreal illustration and confidently say

Azul

Azul looks like a calm, classy tile-laying game—right up until someone “politely” leaves you a