As well as family favourites like Guess Who, Operation, Junior Scrabble, Game of Life Junior, Kerplunk, Cluedo, Monopoly we have tried to list some new ideas or it might remind you of an old favourite!
❤️ Hasbro Cootie
This game lets your little ones build their own bug – the player who builds their bug first wins. Helps your little ones learn body parts as well as unleashing their creativity as they build different bugs each time. A real hit with parents and kids alike.
❤️ Orchard Toys Shopping List Memory Game
Orchard’s best feeling game! Players turn over cards to match items on their shopping list. They’re encouraged to say their item out loud before adding it to their trolley.
❤️ Candyland
A real favourite amongst families, it’s one of the few games which are genuinely suitable for younger kids as it requires no reading or strategy – players simply have to follow directions. With characters named Giggly Gumdrop and Mally Mallo, whats not to love?!
A STEM puzzle game by The Happy Puzzle Company (think Rubiks cube!), a game all ages can play together This board game is confirmed that all of arrangements have AT LEAST one possible solution for each, and maybe even more! Some are very easy, and some are much harder. Find a solution first, then challenge yourself to find another one… and… another one?
❤️ Peppa Pig Muddy Puddle
You really can’t escape her. If she isn’t on your TV she’s in your living room in the form of a game. Little ones love her though so if anything’s going to hold their attention, its a Peppa Pig Muddy Puddle game! With easy to understand rules, the aim is to get George to Peppa by jumping through muddy puddles with the help of Peppa’s friends, being sure to avoid any holes which might appear along the way.
❤️ Orangutwang
Along the same lines as the ever popular Buckaroo, players take turns to hang animals and fruit on the orangutang until it all gets too much and he throws them off! Easy to set up and requires no thought so a good bet for younger kids.
❤️ Dobble
Dobble is a quick-thinking card game that comes in a handy tin. Each card features eight different symbols and any two cards have exactly one symbol in common. There are five variations of the game you can play. There are also themed versions available including Harry Potter and a waterproof version – handy for the beach!
❤️ Outfoxed
Suitable for 2-4 players aged 5 and above with a playing time of around 15 minutes. Mrs. Plumpert’s prized pot pie has gone missing and it’s now a chicken chase to crack the case! Will you halt the hungry hooligan before it flies the coop… or will you be Outfoxed? A cooperative board whodunit game that all the family can play and enjoy
❤️ Charades for Kids
Who doesn’t love a game of charades?! The beauty of this game is that the whole family can join in – as well as written cards there are also picture cards so even the really little ones can play along.
❤️ Don’t Wake Dad
Can you reach the fridge and win the chocolate cake without waking Dad! Use the exemption cards to avoid pressing Dad’s alarm clock so as not to disturb him, there are brilliant sound effects with the game including Dad snoring, the clattering of pans, the shriek of the cat as you tread on his tail and several more!
❤️ Funny Bunny
Help the Funny Bunnies reach the succulent carrot at the top of the hill. But be careful, the path is full of holes which suddenly open under the feet of the bunny and ‘boom’, they disappear In addition to the holes you must also avoid the obstacles: a mole pushing out of his hole, a drawbridge and a turnstile which all add to the perils.
❤️ Spy Code Operation Escape Room
Enjoy the excitement of an Escape room challenge from the comfort of your living room! This game often said to be as much fun for adults as kids, tests your spy skills by challenging you to solve a series of tasks to free the captured player before the time runs out. Encourages teamwork and problem-solving.
❤️ Battleship
Battleship is the classic naval combat game which lets you hold head to head battles. You must search for the enemy’s fleet and then destroy them one by one whilst protecting your own fleet.
❤️ Bank Attack
You’ll need to work together as a team under intense pressure to crack the vault and release the gold hidden inside! Each player will be given a role and you’ll then use and swap tools to open the vault in 5 minutes before the alarm goes off.
❤️ Qwirkle
Qwirkle is a quick game to learn but you’ll soon discover that you need to think strategically in order to score the most points! It is as simple as matching colours and shapes but also requires tactical manoeuvres, so a good game to play with school-aged children.
❤️ Honeycombs
Honeycombs is the family matching game that will have players buzzing around like bees to a honeypot! Each game comes with 52 hexagon shaped tiles that feature six different symbols. Players must frantically connect their tiles together as they attempt to be the first to either join all of their tiles up or to create a honeycomb shape! The more matches you make the more points you will earn…have you got what it takes to be the queen bee?!
❤️ Monopoly Voice Banking
This game is proving hugely popular with families. It features lights and sounds, and comes with an interactive Mr Monopoly banking unit. Mr Monopoly is the Banker and manages the players’ money via his top hat. Players travel around the board aiming to be the person with the most money and highest property value to win!
❤️ Stoopido
Some light hearted fun, everyone looks silly playing the Stoopido Game. Kids will love making their parents look ridiculous by piling them up with plastic glasses, noses, hats, ears and eyes.
❤️ Make and Break
Race against the clock to build the most structures in the allotted time. Try to replicate as many of the structures on the cards as you can in the time indicated by the dice – the cards vary in difficulty but it’s the luck of the draw which challenge you’ll have to do.
❤️ Loopy Lenses
Loopy Lenses is the family game of silly scribbles! Take it in turns being the drawer and the guesser. Guess correctly what your opponent is scribbling and you get to roll and move forward! However, all is not as easy as it seems, your opponent will be wearing loopy lenses making drawing all the more difficult!! So much fun to be had with this new family board game! A great game for 4+ players.
❤️ Einstein Eats Eggs
A twist on classic charades, the box holds 1,200 crazy alliterative phrases like the colossal chickens clucked. You have to describe them and your teammates need to guess as many as they can in 90 seconds. A lot of fun for all ages.
❤️ How To Rob A Bank
One player is the bank, the others are the robbers. You must plan your actions using the playing cards but keep your strategy a secret. Then take turns revealing your actions by moving, picking up money bags, triggering alarms, and more!
❤️ Know Quiz
kNOW! is the first board game that is powered by the Google Assistant, which means that you can play a multi-activity quiz game that is always evolving and up-to-date.
Ask questions that have never been possible to ask in a quiz game before:
“Hey Google, how many days until Christmas?”
“Hey Google, how many episodes of “Midsomer Murders” are there?”
With over 1,500 questions for you and other players to compete, you can ask your
Google Assistant for the most up-to-date answers to see who wins!
