Game Recommendations

To get us through quarantine and the downtime since, our family has turned to card games for something to do.  We wanted to share some of our favorites with you. 

8 Games we brought with us:

1-Unstable Unicorns: 2-8 players, 30-45 minutes play, ages 14-up. Build your unicorn army.  Betray your friends.  Unicorns are your friends now.

2-Quiddler: 2-8 players, ages 8-up.  A short word game where you spell words with your hand.  Don't get stuck with extra cards you don't use or you'll be stuck with their point value.

3-5 Crowns:ages 1-7 players, 8-up. A rummy style game consisting of 11 rounds.  Make the right combinations to go out first or be stuck with your losses.

4-Canasta Caliente:2-6 players, 45-75 minutes play, ages 7-up. South American style rummy game.  Can be played individually or in teams.

5-Exploding kittens: 2-10 players, 15 minutes play, ages 7-up. A kitty powered version of Russian Roulette with cards.  Avoid the exploding kittens at all costs.

6-Wizard: 3-6 players, ages 10-up. The ultimate game of trump consisting of tricks and points.

7-How to rob a bank:  2-4 players, ages 12-up. Play as the bank or team up as the robbers.  Take turns controlling your actions to foil the robbers plans.

8-Euchre: 4 players, ages 8-up.  A trick taking card game played in pairs.

I love 5 crowns, quiddler, and canasta!

Our favorite games using just a deck of cards:

Karma  https://www.setgame.com/sites/default/files/KARMA%20INSTRUCTIONS%20-%20ENGLISH2.pdf

Kings corner

https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/kings-corner/

Golf

https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/six-card-golf/

Trash

https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/trash/

There are tons more listed on the bicycle website with the rules to play them: https://bicyclecards.com/rules/

Games we got in India for Christmas:

Mind: 2-4 players, ages 8-up, 20 minutes play. The Mind is the ingenious, addictive and ridiculously fun game that everyone is buzzing about.  How do you know what is in someone's hands?  How do yo make the right decision when the game is on the line.  The rules are simple, but surviving the level is not.

Minimalize: 2-8 players, ages 7-up. A fun filled quick games with the motto, Lesser is better.  Minimize your total by putting down a single card, same number so a sequence.  Declare when the total value of your cards is less than 7.  Utilize power cards for dramatic twists in a game.

Code Names: 2-8 players, ages 10-up, 15 minute play. The two rival spymasters know the secret identities of 25 agents.  Their teammates know the agents only by their codenames.  The teams compete to see you can make contact with all of their agents first when given one word clues.  Their teammates try to guess the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team.  And everyone wants to avoid the assassin.

Other games we love but couldn't bring:

Bang! The Bullet!  ages 12-up. An old west style card game where each player is assigned a role.  Take out the outlaws without killing the sheriff or his allies and you win.

5 minute Dungeon: 2-5 players, ages 8-up.  Chaotic, cooperative real-time card game where players work to defeat monsters, obstacles, and dungeon bosses.

We love games and are always looking for a new one to try.  Please share with us your favorite games to play!!!