[Easy] A roundup of recommended card games that kids can enjoy too
Perhaps precisely because smartphones, TVs, and PC games have evolved so much lately, tabletop games are red-hot right now!
In this day and age, actually touching physical pieces while you play feels surprisingly fresh.
They’re so appealing that even adults get hooked.
Among these tabletop games, we’ve put together a selection of card games you can enjoy with your kids.
If something catches your eye, go ahead and buy it and give it a try!
It’s the start of a super fun time at home!
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[Easy] A Roundup of Recommended Card Games Kids Will Enjoy (1–10)
What is it? Game
The “What is it? Game” is great for helping small children learn the names of many creatures.
The person asking the questions draws a card, and everyone tries to guess what creature is on it by asking questions.
You can only ask questions or give the answer when it’s your turn.
The player who answers the most wins.
There’s another way to play, too: combine picture cards with cards that have a hole in the center and guess which creature is visible through the hole.
Enjoy meeting lots of different creatures with these two ways to play!
The “Haa” game
A game that tests your acting skills: “Haa-tte Iu Game.” Players say a specified word like “haa” or “eeh,” and everyone tries to guess the situation in which it’s being said.
Since there’s nothing complicated to think about, even kids can easily give it a try! First, draw one theme card.
Next, deal each player an Act Card to assign which situation they’ll perform.
Then everyone says the word according to their assigned situation, and the others guess which situation it was.
If someone guesses correctly, both the guesser and the performer earn points.
The player with the highest total score at the end wins!
Recipe
Recipe is a card game where you gather ingredients to make your favorite dishes.
Based on the dish card you draw, you collect the necessary ingredients.
You build your ingredients from the cards you’re initially dealt and the cards you draw on your turn, discarding what you don’t need.
The first player to collect all the ingredients and complete their dish wins! Throughout the game, both the dish card and the ingredient cards you’re collecting stay face-down, so you’ll be on the edge of your seat wondering who might finish at any moment.
There are many versions—Hokkaido cuisine, world dishes, sweets, and more—so pick the menu that suits your taste!
[Easy] A roundup of recommended card games kids can enjoy (11–20)
Dobble
Dobble, which lets you play five different mini-games, is a card game for 2 to 8 players.
There are 55 cards in total, and any pair of cards will always have exactly one symbol in common.
Try games that make use of these differing symbols: modes where you grab as many cards as you can from a central pile, where you win by emptying your own deck, or where the number of cards remaining decides the winner.
It’s a card game that’s perfect for livening up New Year gatherings.
DOBBLE – Dobble
Dobble is a card game filled with various illustrations that’s fun to look at from the start.
There are 55 cards, each featuring 8 different pictures.
By comparing the cards, you try to find the one that has a picture in common.
Think of it as a slightly more challenging version of Concentration.
The game offers several ways to play, but they all share the same core rule: find matching symbols.
For example, in “The Tower,” you quickly spot the symbol that matches between the face-up pile and your hand to collect cards.
In “Three Cards,” you look at nine cards laid out and find three cards that share a common symbol.
With so many modes, kids can enjoy playing for a long time without getting bored!
Sleep softly.
A card game called “Sotto Oyasumi” where you’ll lose if you sleep on it—as the name suggests.
Deal 5 cards to each player, and the first goal is to collect 4 kids wearing the same hat.
Players take turns passing an unwanted card to the person next to them.
When you complete your set, place all your cards face down.
That player wins the round! Then everyone else, even if they haven’t completed their set, must also casually place their hand face down as soon as someone does.
The player who fails to notice and keeps holding their cards normally loses and receives a Sleepy-Head card.
Keep playing until the Sleepy-Head cards run out, and the player who has received the most Sleepy-Head cards in the end loses.
Without Katakana
The card game “Katakanaashi,” where katakana is forbidden.
You explain the prompt written on a card without using any katakana, and everyone else tries to guess what you’re talking about.
The first person to guess correctly and the person giving the prompt each get one point.
If the prompter slips and uses katakana and someone points it out, the person who caught it gets one point and the game moves on to the next katakana word.
The game also has extra rules using “Event Cards,” such as requiring explanations with single words only, or forbidding all Japanese and allowing gestures only.
It’s a game that reveals just how often we rely on katakana.