Games

We LOVE games at our house! Not only are they a fun way to spend time together as a family, they are a great way to exercise the brain. 

It's taken me a while to start listing game recommendations on this page because I wasn't sure how to categorize them. (I like to use games in unit studies and for different school subjects as well as for fun family activities. Many games fall into multiple categories.) I've finally decided to just list games alphabetically and include skills, subjects, etc. in parentheses. Check back every so often as this page will always be a work in progress.

7 Wonders - card game from Repos Productions (Ancient History, strategy, building)

Attika - tile game from Rio Grande Games (Ancient Greece, strategy, building)
Balderdash - board and writing game by Mattel (Language Arts, especially creative writing and vocabulary) There are two versions:  the original is just word definitions and the other includes acronyms, laws, movie synopses, and more.

Bananagrams - tile game (spelling and vocabulary)
Battle Line - card game by GMT Games LLC (Ancient Greece, military, strategy)
Big Boggle - cube game by Winning Moves/Hasbro (spelling, words, quick thinking, spotting)
Blink - card game by Mattel (mathematics, matching, observation)

Carcassonne - tile game from Z-Man Games (Middle Ages, building, strategy)
Carcassonne:  The Castle - tile game from Rio Grande Games (Middle Ages, strategy)
Cash Flow - board game from Rich Dad Poor Dad (investing, financing, budgeting)

Deer in the Headlights - card and dice game from Front Porch Classics (number identification, simple addition, but just plain fun)
Eye Know - board game from Wiggles 3D (all subjects covered in trivia questions; visual identification)
Fluxx - card game by Loony Labs (different versions have themes; adapting to change, overcoming)
Hector and Achilles - card game from Phalanx Games (Ancient Greece, the Trojan War, strategy)
Himalaya - card game by Noble Knight Games (Geology unit or Asian social studies and geography, mountaineering, addition of hundreds)
Love Letters - card game by AEG (deduction)
Pictureka! - tile/card game by Parker Brothers/Hasbro (matching, spotting, memory--great for kids)
Qwirkle - tile game by Mind Ware (shapes, colors, matching, problem solving)
RA - board/tile game from Uberplay (Ancient Egypt, strategy)

Rivers, Roads & Rails  - tile game by Ravensburger (matching, building - great for young children)
Rummikub - tile rummy game from Pressman (problem solving, numbers, matching, patterns)
Saboteur - card game by Mafair Games (problem solving, cooperation)
Scrambled States of America Game  - card game from Gamewright (U.S. geography, various other skills like matching, and counting syllables, quick thinking)
Scotland Yard - board game from Ravensburger (deduction, strategy, cooperation)

Sequence - board game from jax (strategy)
Set - card game by SET Enterprises (spatial intelligence, pattern recognition, mathematics)
Settlers of Catan - from MayFair Games
Take Off! -from Resource Games (geography)
Typo - card game from University Games (vocabulary, spelling)