Activities for pre-teens
624 activities found
Mysterium
One player is a silent ghost sending cryptic dream-card visions to psychic investigators who must identify the correct suspect, location, and weapon that led to the ghost's murder.
Nine Men's Morris
Players alternately place and move nine pieces on a grid to form rows of three called mills, removing an opponent's piece each time a mill is formed until the enemy has none left.
Operation
Use tweezers to remove ailment pieces from a patient without touching the metal sides — touch them and the buzzer sounds. A hilarious dexterity game that tests your steady hands.
Orléans
Fill your bag with citizen tokens — knights, farmers, monks, and traders — then draw them to populate your action board, travel the Loire valley, and build a trading empire in this acclaimed bag-building game.
Othello
Place black and white discs on an eight-by-eight board and flip your opponent's pieces by trapping them between yours — the player with the most discs when the board fills wins.
Hanabi
A cooperative card game with a twist — you hold your cards facing away from you, relying on clues from teammates to play firework cards in the correct order without making too many mistakes.
Hive
A two-player abstract game with no board — surround your opponent's Queen Bee using heavy Bakelite insect tiles, each with unique movement rules, in an ever-shifting hexagonal hive.
Istanbul
Race through the Istanbul bazaar with your merchant and four assistants, collecting rubies by trading goods — drop an assistant at each location you visit and return later to retrieve them.
Jenga
Take turns removing wooden blocks from a tall tower and placing them on top, keeping your hands steady and nerves cool — until someone makes the whole thing gloriously crash down.
