MaiTaiMary Posted October 21, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 21, 2014 We'll be cruising with our 7, 8, and 10 year old. I'd like to pack a couple of card games we can play. Any suggestions other than UNO or a regular deck of cards? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipdevoll Posted October 21, 2014 #2 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Phase 10 Sent from my SGH-M919 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherryf Posted October 21, 2014 #3 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Apples to Apples! They have a Jr version suitable for your young ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruisinkris Posted October 21, 2014 #4 Share Posted October 21, 2014 We'll be cruising with our 7, 8, and 10 year old. I'd like to pack a couple of card games we can play. Any suggestions other than UNO or a regular deck of cards? :) A few more suggestions: Crazy 8, Fish, Old Maid, and one that's not a card game, but is easy to learn, pack and play: LCR (it's a dice game that even my 6 yr old grandchildren can play). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiTaiMary Posted October 21, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted October 21, 2014 These are great suggestions! Thank you! :D yes, I should open this up to pretty much any SMALL, easily portable, quick game. :) The LRC looks like a good one! I was looking into this one, too: http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Moves-1046-Pass-Pigs/dp/B00005JG3Y/ref=pd_sim_t_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=119XRSSPKHTNPS19DWDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzCanuck Posted October 21, 2014 #6 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Second vote for Phase 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellseroni Posted October 23, 2014 #7 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Phase 10 is awesome (I'm an avid player)....but it is definitely not the quickest of games. A game your kids may like along with all the adults involved may be Mad Gabs. I could be wrong on the name, but I'll look it up and double check. If wrong, I'll post a correction. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnival_Brides Posted October 23, 2014 #8 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I also say Phase 10. We are starting to teach our niece (she's 6), so we've cut it down to Phase 3 or Phase 5 with her. She's also a huge Go Fish fan. Over the summer we were able to pick up Finding Nemo GoFish/Old Maid and Dr. Seuss Go Fish/Match Game in the $1 of Target. We've had some trouble teaching her to hold her cards, but we were also able to find Frozen themed card holders in there are well. You might look at some of the different Uno options too, just to change it up. We have an older Disney Uno game that has some different rules and cards that aren't in the regular game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoopy5386 Posted October 23, 2014 #9 Share Posted October 23, 2014 SkipBo Jr is great, so is Angry Birds Card Game. http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-W3969-Angry-Birds-Card/dp/B004VUX5XO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
092306 Posted October 26, 2014 #10 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Uno, Go Fish, Crazy Eights and Old Maid were favorites of mine. Can't wait til DS is old enough to play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odile Posted October 27, 2014 #11 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) For some more off-beat suggestions: Jungle Speed (a fun but compact and infinitely repayable reflex and memory game) Timeline (for slightly older kids and teens, who are into history) We Didn't Playtest This At All (for random, infuriating, hilarious nonsensical game) Asmadi Games has a number of other small deck games of various kinds, which would be easy to pack and worth checking out for age and interest. I demoed Flowerfall last year at GenCon and it was surprisingly engaging for such a simple game. Edited October 27, 2014 by Odile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiTaiMary Posted October 27, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Looking for a new game for our next cruise.... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyjohns Posted October 27, 2015 #13 Share Posted October 27, 2015 SkipBo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notentirelynormal Posted October 27, 2015 #14 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Not a card game but the kids loved playing Jenga on one of our cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Oakville Posted October 27, 2015 #15 Share Posted October 27, 2015 My son is 8 and we play gin rummy together. I bought those little hands card holders when he was younger so that helps him hold all the cards. I tried teaching him how to play cribbage; but God help me, I can't remember how, and re-learning it seems so complicated!!! I'm off to google Phase 10 and LRC! As a family, we play JOKERS, which is about as much as my DH and my DD can take ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavesprite Posted October 27, 2015 #16 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) This is a great thread, I'm going to keep watching. We love Uno, Phase 10, and tri-ominos and rummikub. (we'll be taking all of those on an upcoming cruise, because they are compact) Edited October 27, 2015 by Wavesprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavesprite Posted October 27, 2015 #17 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Oh and Farkle (it's a dice game like Yahtzee, and super easy and compact to play) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denas Posted October 27, 2015 #18 Share Posted October 27, 2015 RAt-a-tat-cat. We love this game and it is super quick. Another thing I have gotten TONS of use out of is an iphone version of a game called Heads Up. I can't tell you how many times we have been stuck in a line somewhere and I pull out my phone and we start playing. Usually everyone in line around us starts to join in as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabunit Posted October 28, 2015 #19 Share Posted October 28, 2015 If you are willing to go away from cards there are a lot of dice games that use very similar components. Take a sent of dice and misc. markers with you and adding another game is often as simple as adding a photocopied small board and the rules. I have a small box that travels with us that contains common components and rules for Can't Stop, Qwixx, Level X, Numeri, Finito, and Martian Dice. And I'm sure there are more that could be played. This box is also borrowed by our cruising friends, who mark inside the lid where it has been. The box is more well traveled than we are! Martian dice has gotten the most attention from other passengers (we trash talk a lot when playing it). We also have taken a very select brick of Dominion cards with us. This usually gets the attention of the crew - we find that many of them know games. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted October 28, 2015 #20 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Five Crowns is fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrdsrdsr Posted October 28, 2015 #21 Share Posted October 28, 2015 There's a German game called The Great Dalmutie, but I've no idea whether it's available in English. My brother-in-law speaks German so could read the instructions! I didn't check whether you're UK or US, but there's a game Whot that's good for children in the UK. Don't know whether it's in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A&Jfamily Posted October 28, 2015 #22 Share Posted October 28, 2015 They have plenty of dice games, or the banana tiles or dominoes all in travel sizes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymbomb Posted October 28, 2015 #23 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Not sure about the appropriate age range, but we love Monopoly Deal. Some friends introduced us to it in our last cruise. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabunit Posted October 29, 2015 #24 Share Posted October 29, 2015 There's a German game called The Great Dalmutie, but I've no idea whether it's available in English. My brother-in-law speaks German so could read the instructions! I didn't check whether you're UK or US, but there's a game Whot that's good for children in the UK. Don't know whether it's in the USA. It's available in the US on the Internet. It is called The Great Dalmuti here. I'm not sure if English rules are included, but translations are available on-line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabunit Posted October 29, 2015 #25 Share Posted October 29, 2015 To the OP's question: If you want to move beyond the mass market card games, you could consider the following: Bohnanza (that is the correct spelling) Coloretto 6 Nimmt (aka Take 6 or Category 5) Wizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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