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Little Hands Playing Card Holder helps younger kids hold their cards!
 
1-2-3 OY! and A-B-C OY! card games (numbers or letters) for the younger folks, multi-player or solitaire... lots of fun!
 
The 24 Game Recommended
Create the number 24 from the four numbers on a game card. You can add, subtract, multiply and divide. Use all four numbers but use each number only once. Available from simple addition and subtraction, right up to fractions, decimals and algebra. Click for 24 Challenge tournament schedule.  Decks listed in order of difficulty
bulletAdd / Subtract Primer bulletIntegers
bulletMultiply / Divide Primer bulletFractions / Decimals
bulletFactors / Multiples Primer bulletFactors / Multiples
bulletSingle Digits bulletAlgebra / Exponents
bulletDouble Digits bulletVariables
 
Apples to Apples, Party Box Edition or Apple Crate Edition Recommended (ages 12+)
This game receives rave reviews from our gifted community, for family or group fun!
Also check out...  (And for a full list of the words in each set, visit Munching Apples fan site)
Apples to Apples Kids (ages 7-12) As soon as they can read! A bit heavy on cartoons and kid-culture references...
Apples to Apples Jr. 9+ Recommended (ages 9-14) an intermediate level, tons of fun! (or from Amazon)
Apples to Apples the basic set
Apples to Apples Customizable Cards create your own green and red apple cards (for inkjet printers)
Party Box Expansion #1 and Party Box Expansion #2 more apples, more fun!
Apples to Apples Bible Edition
Apples to Apples Jewish Edition or Apples to Apples Yiddish Edition

Blink
Sharp eyes and fast hands, but with handicapping to even the game for the most diverse 2 or 3 players... no reading required
 
Bohnanza
Card game all about planting, trading, and selling...
 
BrainQuest (click left for MindWare, or click below for Amazon links)
K - 7, with extra decks on America, Black History and more.  Each deck is packed with hundreds of intriguing questions on one side and answers kids can’t wait to discover on the other...
My First, For Threes, Pre-School, Kindergarten, Bedtime (ages 3-5)
1st Grade, 1st Grade Math, 1st Grade Reading, 2nd Grade, 2nd Grade Math, 2nd Grade Reading
3rd Grade, 3rd Grade Reading, 3rd Grade Math, 4th Grade. 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade
America, Hispanic America. For the Car, Black History, Presidents (all ages 8-12)
Canada (ages 8-12)
 
Card Golf Recommended
Play golf with a deck of cards?  You bet!  There's a course provided, but you can play ANY golf course in the world - all you need is the distance and par for each hole.  Use the deck to play and score your holes, and see if you can beat par.  We had fun playing it with teens and adults; good beginning as young as kids can add 3 digit numbers.  Not bad for quick mental math practice, either! Easy to carry and play almost anywhere...
 
Chomp 2-5 players, ages 6-8
It's a shrimp-eat-plankton world out there, and small fry will easily get hooked on Chomp!, the fast and finny food chain card game...
 
Chrononauts Recommended
The card game of history!  Also try Early American Chrononauts! From the folks who bring us Fluxx 4.0 Recommended
 
Cranium Whoonu (8 to adult) 
Have unforgettable fun as you reveal your favorite things, share hilarious stories, and bond over surprising connections. You'll be amazed at what you'll learn about your friends and family -- especially those you think you know best!  Also...
Cranium Zigity (8 and up, much younger gifted child) Quick card game, complete a puzzle, spell a word, sum it up, or match instruments...


Dominion by Rio Grande Games
Construct the most advantageous deck of cards, with lands, minions, riches and more...
 
Elements of the Scienauts
A real battle card game based on sound scientific principles, incorporates real data and real uses of the elements into exciting strategic game mechanics. Also find Lesson Plans and Limited Compounds and Alloys List
 
Family Business Mayfair Games
Fast paced card game of gangster warfare, intrigue and suspense puts the emphasis on fun. Each player is a mob boss competing to survive the murder and mayhem of the Prohibition era. The last player to have a mobster alive wins.  Family fun game!
 
Fandex Family Field Guides between a toy and a book, and lots of fun! 
With topics from history to nature and more, shaped cards include pictures and facts...  My kids love these!
bullet Mythology, Shakespeare, Explorers, American Indians,
bullet Presidents, Civil War, Composers, Painters: Masters of Western Art,
bullet Mummies, Gods and Pharaohs,
bullet Cats, Dogs, Birds, Butterflies,
bullet Trees, Wildflowers, The Body, 50 States
 
Fluxx 4.0 Recommended (or from Amazon)
The card game where the rules always are... in Fluxx!  Also available in EcoFluxx, Family Fluxx, Martian Fluxx and Zombie Fluxx versions.  Or get Fluxx Blanxx, and make up your own Keepers, Actions, Rules and Goals!  Other Fluxx Editions: German Fluxx and Japanese Fluxx, plus Monty Python Fluxx (or from Amazon)

Frog Juice (ages 8 and up)
How would you create a magic spell? You might need some unicorn horn or some eye of newt, or maybe some bats or toadstools or star and moon dust. But be forewarned as you're stirring up your potion--you'd better be wary of a black cat or the powerful All-Purpose Witch Wash! Strategy game for kids and adults...
 
Jurassic Jumble Recommended from the makers of SET
Fun family game of switching and swiping dinosaur cards and bones, for up to 9 friends or family members of all ages!
 
The Legend of Landlock 2 players, ages 8 and up (gifted ages 6+)
Employ a variety of complex-thinking skills like visual discrimination and spatial relations to achieve your goal. At the same time, learn the importance of thinking ahead before you play...
 
Mille Bornes 
First published in 1962, Mille Bornes (pronounced "meel born," French for "milestones") is an auto racing card game whose object is to be the first to complete a series of 1,000-mile trips - another favorite from my childhood!
 
MindTrap (or from Amazon)
Mindtrap's more than 500 riddles, mysteries, and trick questions will have you scratching your head as you puzzle out the answers...
 
Monkeys on the Moon 2-4 players (3-4 are better), ages 10 and up (8 and up gifted)
Players attempt to curry favor from different tribes of monkeys who are technologically improving to the point where they will rocket off the moon. As humorous and silly as the game sounds, this auction game is actually clever and unique, as players first bid on monkeys of different factions then attempt to increase the rating of the different tribes. Different monkey factions are at odds with each other, and helping one tribe will incur the wrath of another; so a player must watch who they throw their lot in with...
 
My Word and My Word Junior
Fast-paced word-building card game - Junior has more vowels and less difficult letters in the deck
 
Once Upon a Time: The Storytelling Card Game (all ages)
Players create a story together, using cards that show typical elements from fairy tales. One player is the Storyteller, and creates a story using the ingredients on her cards. She tries to guide the plot towards her own ending. The other players try to use cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to play out all her cards and end with her Happy Ever After card...
 
On the Dot the Super Spotted Brain Teaser (1-4 players)
Try to arrange four transparent squares so they perfectly match the pattern shown on the dots card. Flip, rotate, and overlap the squares to create a "spot on" copy...
 
Optical Illusions Playing Cards
54 different illusions, created by Pentagram design company
 
Pit
The "Corner the Market" Card Game. Shout your deal and trade your cards to "corner" the market. Be the first to get all the cards of one commodity, slap the "Corner!" board and you'll win the hand. You'll feel like a trader in the pits of the exchange! Beware of the Bear and take your chances with the Bull...  Also Deluxe Pit Card Game
 
PDQ - Pretty Darn Cute Game (ages 8 and up)
Quick! Try to make a word out of the letters SMP. Sound SiMPle? How about PTR. Get the PicTuRe? In this lightning fast party game, it's an all-out race to be the first player to shout out a word using all three letter cards in play. Each round starts with a different set of letters - it's up to you to fill in the blanks. Whoever has the most cards at the end of the game is the WNR!
 
Phase 10 (1-6 players, ages 8 and up)
Like Rummy, with challenging twists.  Race through each of 10 phases along the way... if you fail to complete a phase, you must try again!  Also in a Masters Edition
 
Qwitch
3 to 5 players race to play cards in sequence. But watch out! Letters and numbers can go up, down, or stay the same... and switch at any time
 
Rat-a-Tat Cat (2-6 players, ages 6 and up...gifted kids even younger!)
Can you keep a poker face? Can you remember the numbers on the other players cards? Sharpen your memory and your timing with this clever game of strategy, skill, and awareness.  Rules for younger and older kids...
 
SET Recommended The Family Game of Visual Perception (or from Amazon or MindWare)
Purchase this great card game, or play the on-line version that changes daily, plus resources for teaching with SET. Also from SET Enterprises:
Quiddler Recommended word game
Triology gin rummy with SET cards! (this one's also a board game)
Xactika more figures, more challenge
Five Crowns now there's five crowns to contend with!
Jurassic Jumble Recommended family game of switching and swiping dinosaur cards and bones...
 
Sleeping Queens
Rise and Shine! The Pancake Queen, the Ladybug Queen and ten of their closest friends have fallen under a sleeping spell and it's your job to wake them up. Play a knight to steal a queen or take a chance on a juggling jester. But watch out for wicked potions and dastardly dragons! The player who wakes the most queens wins...
 
Signals and Semaphores
History in a box, including the fascinating historical background of the signal flag, semaphore, phonetic alphabet, and Morse code systems, in training dial, postcards, playing cards, posters...
 
Swap
This Uno variant card game adds a fast-paced hand-swapping to create a great new strategy card game
 
Ticket to Ride by Days of Wonder, to learn more, visit Ticket to Ride website
Cross-country train adventure where players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America...  Also Ticket to Ride: Europe, Ticket to Ride: Märklin, Ticket To Ride USA 1910 Expansion, Ticket to Ride Switzerland, Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries and Ticket to Ride Dice Expansion
 
Three of a Crime (2-6 players, ages 8 and up)
It's a shrimp-eat-plankton world out there, and small fry will easily get hooked on Chomp!, the fast and finny food chain card game...
 
Twisted Fish (or from Amazon)
Takes "Go Fish" to a whole new level, and adds challenge that even the adults won't get tired of!
 
You've Been Sentenced (3-10 players, ages 8+)
Using a unique word deck of pentagon shaped cards containing conjugations of funny words, famous names from throughout history, familiar places, and wild cards, players have to make grammatically correct and justifiable sentences. The real fun begins when players have to read their sentences out loud and explain what they mean to the rest of players. They form the jury and vote thumbs up or down on whether the sentence and justification stand and the points are scored...
 

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