Best Games for Families

Too Many Bones comes loaded for bear by breaking into a new genre: the dice-builder RPG. This game takes everything you think you know about dice-rolling and turns it on its head. Dripping with strategy this fantasy-based RPG puts you in the skin of a new race and takes you on an adventure to the northern territories to root out and defeat growing enemy forces and of course the infamous baddie responsible.Team up or go it alone in a 1-4 player Coop or Solo play campaign. With over 100+ unique skill dice and 4-7 classes to choose from every battle is its own mini challenge to figure out. Your adventure will consist of 8-12 battles before you reach your final destination and face off against one of a number of possible kingpins in order to win. Along the way you will be faced with storyline decisions that will quickly have you weighing risk/reward odds and logic - with dice woven into every aspect! Your party will also be faced with other decisions: when to rest when to explore or even which fights to pursue! The Encounter cards offer fun plot twists and some comic relief all while setting the stage for your next battle.

Rippling rivers rustling forests wheat fields swaying in the wind and here and there a cute little village - that's Dorfromantik! The video game from the small developer studio Toukana Interactive has been thrilling the gaming community since its Early Access in March 2021 and has already won all kinds of prestigious awards. Now Michael Palm and Lukas Zach are transforming the popular building strategy and puzzle game into a family game for young and old with Dorfromantik: The Board Game.In Dorfromantik: The Board Game up to six players work together to lay hexagonal tiles to create a beautiful landscape and try to fulfill the orders of the population while at the same time laying as long a track and as long a river as possible but also taking into account the flags that provide points in enclosed areas. The better the players manage to do this the more points they can score at the end. In the course of the replayable campaign the points earned can be used to unlock new tiles that are hidden in initially locked boxes. These pose new additional tasks for the players and make it possible to raise the high score higher and higher.—description from the publisher

Designer Eric Lang known for his dudes on a map games describes The Godfather: Corleone's Empire — a standalone big box board game with high-quality miniatures — as thugs on a map.In short the game is a streamlined confrontational worker placement game filled with murder and intrigue. You play as competing mafia families who are vying for economic control of the organized crime networks of New York City deploying your thugs your don your wife and your heir on the board to shake down businesses and engage in area-control turf wars.Money rackets contracts and special advantages (such as the union boss) are represented by cards in your hand and your hand size is limited with you choosing which extra cards to pay tribute to the don at the end of each of the five rounds. At the end of the game though cash is all that matters and whoever has the most money wins.The game also features drive-by shootings in which enemy tokens are removed from the board and placed face-down in the river.

Zombie Kidz Evolution is the first legacy-style game for kids with basic gameplay similar to the 2013 title Zombie Kidz — but things will quickly evolve!In the game the young players are at school when zombies start to attack infiltrating the entryways then barring the way to classrooms. Players move through rooms and entryways to eliminate zombies and keep the zombie reserve full. If a zombie must enter the school but none are available then the school has been overrun and the players lose. To win the game players need to lock each of the four entryways as apparently the custodian has abandoned the post and given up the school for lost.As players get better they can complete missions track their development through a trophy-sticker system reminiscent of video games and open envelopes that contain new material for the game upping the challenge they face while also providing them with new powers and new heroes as well.

Stuffed Fables is an unusual adventure game in which players take on the roles of brave stuffies seeking to save the child they love from a scheming evil mastermind. Make daring melee attacks leap across conveyor belts or even steer a racing wagon down a peril-filled hill. The game delivers a thrilling narrative driven by player choices. Players explore a world of wonder and danger unlocking curious discoveries. The chapters of Stuffed Fables explore the many milestones of a child's life creating a memorable tale ideal for families as well as groups of adults who haven't forgotten their childlike sense of wonder.Stuffed Fables is the first AdventureBook Game a new product line from Plaid Hat Games in which all of the action takes place in the unique storybook — a book that acts as your rules reference story guide and game board all in one! Each adventure in the game takes place over several pages of the immersive AdventureBook. The book opens flat onto the table to reveal a colorful map or other illustration central to playing the game with choices story and special rules on the opposite page.On their turn a player draws five dice from the bag. The colors of the dice drawn determine the types of actions and options available to the player. White dice can re-stuff stuffies injured in battle. Red dice perform melee attacks while green dice perform ranged attacks. Yellow dice search while blue dice are used for special actions and purple dice can be used as any color. Most dice can always find a strategic use including moving using items or contributing to group tasks. Players can store dice for later combine dice for stronger actions or use them one-at-a-time for multiple activations. As turns go by black dice are also drawn and after enough appear minions emerge or attack and the dice bag is reset!Players can encourage each other by sharing dice or their precious stuffing. In addition to fighting minions each page of the storybook offers numerous points of interest charming characters to interact or trade with as well as many unusual challenges. And each page is but one chapter that folds into a branching overarching story with a multitude of items and a special discovery deck full of surprises.

My Little Scythe is a competitive family-friendly game in which each player controls 2 animal miniatures embarking upon an adventure in the Kingdom of Pomme.In an effort to be the first to earn 4 trophies from 8 possible categories players take turns choosing to Move Seek or Make. These actions will allow players to increase their friendship and pies power up their actions complete quests learn magic spells deliver gems and apples to Castle Everfree and perhaps even engage in a pie fight.Some of My Little Scythe’s mechanisms are inspired by the bestselling game Scythe. It caught the eye of Stonemaier Games as a fan-created print-and-play game in 2017 (it went on to win the BoardGameGeek 2017 award for best print-and-play game).—description from the publisher

It is 1729 in pre-revolution France a time when the aristocracy has all the power and the means to rule the country. As a wealthy well-educated aristocrat you have travelled the world and had the fortune to enjoy your life to the fullest – but you see that history is about to change course and you know that in order to stay strong your family must prepare well. You need to find new allies. You must absorb smaller families and use their potency to strengthen your kin. You have to arrange wise marriages nurture strong connections at court obtain titles build mansions and find the right spouses for your daughters and sons...Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy enables you to build a powerful dynasty in 18th century France as you step into the shoes of a French noble and compete for lasting honor. Over three generations you – a resourceful patriarch or matriarch – will attempt to create a lasting legacy by establishing a house with ties to many different wealthy and powerful families from France and abroad (Spain Italy Russia and other countries).This card game offers endless possibilities. Each time you build a family you write a unique story bringing to life the diverse relationships between parents and their children between cousins uncles aunts nephews and nieces. Whether you are looking for the best husband for your only daughter or a suitable wife for one of your two sons whether you are looking to add new blood to your family by marrying into foreign nobility – you will be working to make your family rise in status through prestige and wealth new skills and abilities.In Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – known previously as Nobles of Paris and winner of Ducosim Spelontwerp in 2009 – you will find 75 spouse cards with unique traits more than twenty secret missions nine titles and nine contribution to the family cards. This all culminates in a highly thematic card game that will satisfy players who enjoy exploring many different paths to victory.Legacy is a worker placement game in which you take actions to improve the standing and/or wealth of your family. You will expand your family creating an ever-growing tableau the family tree. You will need to balance the three 'currencies' in the game Prestige (converts to Honor points at the end of each generation of which there are three) Income (your income which converts to hard cash at the end of each round of which there are 9) and Friend cards (which are actual connections/friends and are the only way to marry into wealthy/famous families and can only be received through actions such as marrying a woman who brings some of her social contacts with her).Prestige Income and Friend cards can be gained and lost. You can for example lose some prestige by marrying someone infamous or lose some Honor points (i.e. reputation) by asking friends for money. There are also numerous actions you can take that will affect one of the three 'currencies' detrimentally such as bribing someone to get a title (for which you need to pay but also in the loss of friends who felt they deserved that title and not you) or the maintenance of a beautiful new park you have built for the people (losing you income). Finally you can also take actions that result in the loss of some of your social contacts (friends) due to jealousy or people simply no longer wanting to be associated with you.These currencies are carefully balanced by the male and female friend cards in the game. Generally men will give you income and possibly prestige but will cost you a dowry/wedding costs. Women on the other hand will give you connections (new friends you can choose from the current socialites (cards lying open on the table) and possibly prestige and will sometimes even earn you a dowry!The card interactions allow for multiple different paths to success but you must choose your road strategically planning out where you want to be headed else you will be left behind in the dust by those with greater and more successful plans than yours.

In Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade Geoff Engelstein brings the arcade classic to the tabletop with art atmosphere and roll-and-write mechanisms.Choose one of the four unique tables and matching backglass for scorekeeping then roll a shared pair of dice and get the pinballs rolling! You'll select one of the two die results then move your pinball to a bumper or spinner or target one level below with a matching number. Once you reach the lowest level pick which flipper's roll to use to send the ball right back to the top. Play well and you'll unlock bonuses like multiball score multipliers and more to help you get the high score!The 4-Cade comes with four different tables each with its own unique art and challenges. In Carniball the intro table you shoot ducks pop balloons and ring the bell in the test of strength! In Cyberhack steal data from an evil corporation and earn Hacks to help you when you activate the RUN mini-game. In Dance Fever return to the 1970s with lots of spinner action as you try to manage the main playfield and a mini-pin at the same time. In Dragon Slayer take on the role of a young wizard and defeat enemies for big bonuses; hit drop targets to level up and learn new spells that let you manipulate the dice and trigger bonuses like multiball.—description from the publisher

We designed Trekking the World for gamers and non-gamers to play together. The goal was to make a game inviting for non-gamers but with a little subtlety under the hood for gamers.Gleaming monuments and sunrise vistas await your arrival as you traverse the globe to experience its many wonders. Will you explore ancient ruins deep in the jungle or go wild on a savanna safari? Build your bucket list of destinations and take a whirlwind tour to visit them all - but hurry your fellow travelers might just beat you there!In Trekking the World 2-5 players compete to be the ultimate globe trotter by racing to visit world-renowned locations and collect rare souvenirs along the way. The game spotlights 48 real-world destinations each beautifully illustrated and accompanied with educational passages to inspire your next getaway.—description from the publisher

In the 1980s a merciless battle raged in Sicily that would later go down in history as The Great Mafia War. Different mob families fought with and against each other for supremacy in southern Italy.In La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War you play against each other in teams (2 vs. 2) to take control of Sicily. Six different mafia families each with special abilities are at your disposal. The game rounds are divided into two phases: In the planning phase you develop your abilities and bring fighters as well as secret orders to the board. In the combat phase these orders are revealed and executed. Here you use your fighters and bombs to dominate as many regions as possible. The combat system is both simple and innovative making every fight an exciting psychological duel. The team that best combines and coordinates its abilities will finally dominate Sicily.La Famiglia is a team game that provides lasting excitement through asymmetric abilities and a variable game set-up.—description from the publisher