From high-pressure competition and advanced strategy to cooperative play and silly challenges, games offer an incredibly diverse range of ways to play and make memories. As families continue to look for ways to spend time together safely at home, these games are great screenfree options.
MINDWARE Players ages 3 and up compete to top their banana splits with the most ice cream scoops in With a Cherry on Top from Mindware’s Peaceable Kingdom brand. In this counting game, players roll the dice, gather the right number of scoops, and enjoy scratch-and-sniff cherries to place on top. The game also introduces light strategy skills.
RAVENSBURGER In Taco Bell Party Pack Card Game from Ravensburger, players ages 8 and up gather tacos and other Taco Bell menu items to feed their crew. They must also pay attention to the crew’s specific cravings to earn crave chips. The player who collects the most points wins the game, which comes in Taco Bell-inspired packaging.
FUNKO GAMES Kids ages 6 and up can show off their skills in the Disney Pixar Toy Story Talent Show Game from Funko Games. Players collect prize tickets for performing talents and playing out their cards. They may have to balance, toss, rope, roll, and more using the included Toy Story-themed accessories.
BIG G CREATIVE You’ve come to an untimely end, and your restless spirit won’t be calm until you solve your own demise from the great beyond in the game Ghosted from Big G Creative. Players ages 10 and up must identify a motive, a weapon, and a suspect in this who-done-it-style game.
ULTRAPRO ENTERTAINMENT Celebrate 40 years of an iconic video game with Frogger — The Board Game from UltraPro Entertainment. Players ages 8 and up race their frogs across the river to get tasty flies before their opponents, all while avoiding hungry predators and other obstacles.
WINNING MOVES Words Over Easy from Winning Moves Games is an egg-inspired spelling game for kids ages 8 and up. Players drop the six egg-shaped letter cubes through a sorter, which labels each die as “good” or “rotten.” Then, players select a category card, start the timer, and try to come up with as many words as they can for that category, using all of the good egg letters and none of the rotten ones.
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