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Recommended Casual Game Award

Casual Game Recommended badgeEach Recommended game has been carefully evaluated by our editorial staff and found to meet the following conditions:

• Representative of the casual game genre in terms of game length, depth, and complexity
• Appeals to a general audience, with a G or PG content rating
• Has acheived a high rating in gameplay, quality, and originality

 


 

A trick-taking game with a twist! In Pikoko, you can see everyone's hands but your own. Place bets on how many tricks you think each player will take, and then play the hand for the person on your left.

In this tile drafting game, players are collecting habitats for their 3D planets, to fill their worlds with animals. Collect the most of certain types of land to win animal cards, collect points, and win the game.

Players divide into two teams. The intelligence officer on each team uses picture cards to give clues to their teammates in real time, directing them around the city, as they race to find clues and be the first to solve the crime, all while avoiding the cops!

A roll-and-write game in which each round players take turns drafting dice and filling their valleys with houses, sheep, trains, and of course, sunflowers! Score points based on your placement, and create the winning valley.

Draft a die each turn and pass the remaining dice to the player on your left, as you collect sushi to score points at the end of the round. There are five different types of dice, each with their own unique scoring. Use menu tokens to reroll dice and chopsticks to swap dice with other players.

Players create sets and runs by playing blocks into the center of the table and rearranging those already there. Stack tiles to change their value, and fit them into different collections. The first player to run out of blocks wins the game.

A fast-paced ladder-style card game that features some of your favorite cereal mascots (at least your favorite creepy ones!) Compete to see who can eat the most cereal (in the game of course) with the help of your mascot’s special ability.

A dexterity, disc-flicking game that will have you taking on the role of lawman or outlaw as you flick your way around a wild west town in a tense shootout.

A thematic party game that is as much about not saying the wrong words as it is about guessing the right ones!

Each team selects words that cannot be used by the opposing team while they give clues about their secret word. The catch is that they have no idea what words were selected, so they must tread carefully to avoid the traps!

Winner of the 2008 Mensa Select award, Tiki Topple is a game of hidden information, hand management, and board manipulation. Each turn, manipulate the tikis on the board as you try to maneuver your tikis to top position.

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