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Smart Card Games
Card games are more than just a deck of cards; these card games appeal to
gifted children to play time and again! Check out these great card games,
and play them all!
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Little
Hands Playing Card Holder helps younger kids hold their cards!
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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!
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- The 24 Game
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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
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Ate 9
by Out of the Box
This short math game looks simple, and turns into a ton of fun for kids
of all ages, and their parents! Try it, you'll like it!
Anomia
(or from
Amazon)
Fast-paced family fun game, where common knowledge becomes uncommonly
fun!
 Apples
to Apples, Party Box Edition
or
Apple Crate Edition
(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)
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Apples to Apples
7+
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Apples to Apples
Junior
(ages 9+)
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Party
Box Expansion #1 and
Party Box Expansion #2 more apples, more fun!
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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...
BrainBox
by MindWare
Turn the timer over, study the card and try to memorize as many details as you
can. Roll the die to determine which question will be asked and quiz each
other on what you remember... BrainBoxes (ages 8+)
U.S. Presidents,
All Around The World,
All Around the USA,
Dinosaurs, plus for younger kids (ages 4-8)
My First ABC BrainBox,
My First Pictures,
Nature
BrainQuest (or from
MindWare)
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...
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My First,
For Threes,
Pre-School,
Kindergarten,
Bedtime (ages 3-5)
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1st Grade,
1st Grade Math,
1st Grade Reading,
2nd Grade,
2nd Grade Math,
2nd Grade Reading
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3rd Grade,
3rd Grade Reading,
3rd Grade Math,
4th Grade.
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade
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America,
Hispanic America.
For the Car,
Black History,
Presidents (all ages 8-12)
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Canada (ages 8-12)
 Card
Golf
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
The card game of history! Also try
Early American Chrononauts! From the folks who bring us
Fluxx
4.0
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...
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Dominion
by Rio Grande Games (or from
Fox Imaging)
Construct the most advantageous deck of cards, with lands, minions,
riches and more... Don't miss the expansion packs:
Dominion
Intrigue, Dominion
Alchemy, and Dominion
Seaside
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!
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Mythology,
Shakespeare,
Explorers,
American Indians, |
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Presidents,
Civil War,
Composers,
Painters: Masters of Western Art, |
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Mummies, Gods and Pharaohs, |
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Cats,
Dogs,
Birds,
Butterflies, |
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Trees,
Wildflowers,
The Body,
50 States |
 Flip
Out by Gamewright
(ages 8 and up)
FlipOut for this colorful card game of back-to-back excitement! Switch,
swap, and flip cards in order to get at least four of a kind in a row.
Sounds easy, but the cards in your hand are not necessarily your own! Every
card is double sided, so anyone can take and use any card in sight. Collect
the most cards and, no matter how you look at it, you win!
 Fluxx
4.0
(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) and Star
Fluxx!
Forbidden
Island
by
Gamewright
(or from
Amazon)
Dare to discover Forbidden Island! Join a team of fearless adventurers
on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins
of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make
some pulse-pounding maneuvers, as the island will sink beneath every
step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before
you are swallowed into the watery abyss! The latest creation by
cooperative game master, Matt Leacock...
Frog
Juice by
Gamewright
(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...
GUBS
by Gamewright
(ages 10 and up)
Welcome, you who have chanced to look beneath the dewy clover to uncover
the secret struggles of the Gubs. Behold this clever card game that casts
you in an epic contest to build the mightiest Gub colony. Seek wisdom from
The Esteemed Elder or protection from a Toad Rider as you fend off a myriad
of traps, lures, and other surprising events. Victory lies down an
ever-changing path and no one is safe until the final card falls!
Jurassic
Jumble
by Set Enterprises
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
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...
 Munchkin
by Steve Jackson Games
Imagine a dungeon experience, but in an easy-to-play and
tons-of-laughter card game. Slay monsters, gather treasure, and gain
levels... first player to reach level 10 is the winner. Try all the expansion
decks! Get the
Munchkin 1 thru 7 Bundle or purchase separately...
Board games and Accessories
Or pick from these stand-alone Munchkin titles, spoofs on a variety of different
genres that can be played by themselves or mixed with the standard
Munchkin decks...
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
 Pix
Mix (ages 8 and up)
Find the "pix" in the mix. Six transparent cards with simple line art,
like a butterfly or a football, are stacked and added into a window envelope
to create a tangle of angles and a clutter of curves. You have 300 seconds
to identify the 6 line art illustrations at the end of two rounds wins.
Includes 80 acetate cards, 4 window envelopes, timer, score pad. Add Pix Mix
Expansion kit with 60 additional cards, available from
MindWare...
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...
 Rock
by Out of the Box
Race to capture the bugs by covering each Bug Card with a matching Leaf
Card–It’s a wild scramble to find each bug!
 Run
Wild by Out of the Box
Race to get rid of your cards by creating sets and runs in the middle of
the table. Don’t have the right cards? No problem— grab from a set or run
already on the table, or play your cards on any existing set or run...
 SET
The
Family Game of Visual Perception (or from
Amazon)
Purchase
this great card game, or play the
on-line
version that changes daily, plus resources for teaching with SET. Also
from SET Enterprises:
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Quiddler
word game
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Triology
gin rummy with SET cards! (this one's also a board game)
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Xactika more figures, more challenge
Five
Crowns now there's five crowns to contend with!
Jurassic
Jumble
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...
 Super
Circles (ages 8+, much younger for gifted kids, 2-4 players) (or from
Funagain Games)
Quick to learn for even the youngest players, all you have to do is match
a ring of color on your card to the target card. Sounds simple, right? But
beware, you can't match the same ring the last player matched, and you're
racing all the other players to play the next card and change the rings to
match. Fun with two players, it gets wilder with each player you add...
Swap
This Uno variant card game adds a fast-paced hand-swapping to create a
great new strategy card game
 Swish
Spatial card game that challenges you to be the first to make matches,
or “Swishes”. Swishes are made by layering 2 to 12 cards so that every
ball swishes into a hoop of the same color. The cards can be rotated,
and must be placed on top of each other in the same orientation, and no
ball or hoop can be left unmatched. It's addictively fun!
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
McNeill Brighter
Minds)
Takes "Go Fish" to a whole new level, and adds challenge that even the
adults won't get tired of!
We
Didn't Playtest This At All (expansion deck) (2-10 players; the more the
merrier!) by Asmadi Games
Looking for a quick and wacky card game that keeps you on your toes?
Be careful reading the cards, or you'll cause yourself to lose.
And watch out for that Kitten Ambush! Don't miss the expansions,
We Didn't Playtest This Either!, We Didn't Playtest: Chaos Pack
Expansion, We Didn't Playtest: Dice are Fun (With Dice!) and
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...
Mensa Select!
Last updated
December 29, 2011
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