Favorite Family Games!

Games are great for a time like this for many reasons, but especially because they provide a positive motivation to get through less pleasant tasks and they offer focus and a good-for-the-brain kind of distraction.

3+


Memory; 3+, 1-10 players
(Many options, including I Never Forget a Face)

5+

Blokus; 5+, 2-4 players


6+

Connect 4; 6+, 2 players
Guess Who; 6+, 2 players
Set; 6+, 2 players


7+

Battleship; 7+, 2 players
Carcassonne; 7+, 2-5 players
Othello; 7+, 2 players



8+

5 Crowns; 8+, 1-7 players
Clue; 8+, 2-6 players
Mastermind; 8+, 2 players
Scrambled States of America; 8+, 2-4 players
Stratego; 8+, 2 players
TransAmerica; 8+, 2-6 players
TransEuropa; 8+, 2-6 players


10+

7 Wonders Duel; 10+, 2 players
Settlers of Catan; 10+, 3-4 players

12+

Scattergories; 12+, 2+


14+

Boxcars; 14+, 2-6 players
Codenames; 14+, 2-8+ players




16+

Cranium; 16+, 4+ players

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