Children’s Games

Children’s games are exactly that, games designed for kids. That is to say board games and card games that younger people can get to grips with and play with a sibling or a friend with minimal adult interaction. A lot of the games listed here are games you will play with your children because they will love them, sometimes at the expense of your own enjoyment.

Don’t let put you off! Some of the games listed here are good fun and I will identify grown-up enjoyment in the reviews and features too.

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Cockroach Poker Review

5 Player Games, Bluffing Games, Card Games, Children's Games, Entry Level Games, Family Games, High Player Count, Party Games, Travel Games

Cripes everyone keeps bugging me for a review of Cockroach Poker! Okay no one did, but I have written one anyway!

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Barbecubes Review

5 Player Games, Alley Cat Games, Children's Games, Dexterity Games, Entry Level Games, Family Games, Travel Games

As Jim Carey once said: “Put another shrimp on the barbie”, he clearly wasn’t talking about Barbecubes, but we are in this review!

Captain Flip Review

Board Games, Children's Games, Entry Level Games, Family Games, Paolo Mori, Push Your Luck, Tile-laying Games

2024 Spiel des Jahres nominee Captain Flip gets a Board Game Review

Tsuro Review

5 Player Games, Board Games, Calliope Games, Children's Games, Entry Level Games, Family Games, High Player Count, Party Games, Travel Games

Tsuro has been around since 2005, but just because it has been around a while, doesn’t stop us giving this board game a review!

Similo Review

Card Games, Children's Games, Co-operative Games, Family Games, Travel Games

Find out why we love the family co-operative card game Similo so much in this Board Game Review!

Draftosaurus Review

5 Player Games, Ankama, Antoine Bauza, Board Games, Children's Games, Corentin Lebrat, Entry Level Games, Family Games, Ludovic Maublanc, Simultaneous Play, Théo Rivière

You’ve been so preoccupied with whether you could, have you stopped to think about whether you should read a Draftosaurus review?

Monster 12 Review

5 Player Games, Children's Games, Dice Games, Entry Level Games, Family Games, Kosmos, Peter Wichmann, Travel Games

The late football agent Eric Hall would’ve loved this dice rolling game, he would’ve called it Monster, Monster 12!

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Savernake Forest Review

Card Games, Children's Games, Devir, Family Games, Günter Burkhardt, Tile-laying Games

Adorable chipmunks and other woodland critters wait to steal your heart in Savernake Forest, read our review here.

Stomp the Plank Review

Board Games, Children's Games, Entry Level Games, Family Games, Florian Sirieix, Hachette, Push Your Luck, The Flying Games

As the tagline says: “Pack Your Trunks” because you’ll likely to be swimming with the fishes as you embody an anthropomorphic pirate elephant in Stomp the Plank!